security

So my '98 is giving me issues. It won't start and I had ford program a key. They gave me bad news, basically telling me that they couldn't do anything with it. I know it has something do with the security on it. Question is do I start with fuses and pray that's the issue or should I start somewhere else? For example, maybe gander at the security module itself? And now let's say it's the module itself, is it worth it to replace or to just remove it? If anyone has any suggestions, I'm willing to listen.

Update! I had a little time today to mess with the mustang, and I got it cranking but not firing over. From what a friend and I have concluded that it's the PATS. I got two keys and 2 PATS antennas; one key works and the other is for looks. After trying a security reset, you know leaving the key turned to acc. we finally got it to at least try to start but no luck That starter will run all day if I wanted but it won't actually fire over. We did our fair share of digging thru wires and checking fuses but no luck on that front either. From what I gathered in other forums, it will need a tune to disable. My honest question is where I find said tune and how would I go about flashing it to the ecu. I guess what I'm asking is what's a good software or how do I flash an ecu? I know this is confusing topic and wording, but I have no idea. My issue yeah, I could pay someone else do it, but I want to learn how. I know that makes no sense, but I really just want the experience and the knowledge. So just bear with me on this and no I don't have to be the one to do this, but the challenge would be nice. As always, any help would be greatly appreciated

gkomo said:

I feel like i've seen a few different PATS/Security threads recently. I can't help with your issue as i have no knowledge of those systems, but here's a bump for you.

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Thank you, I appreciate it