1997 ford explore anti theft problem

Asked by Renee1985 Jul 09, 2016 at 08:30 AM about the 1997 Ford Explorer 2 Dr XL 4WD SUV

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have ford explore and the the ignition is
damage and it won't start it turns over but
not start how do I bypass the anti theft so
that it'll start up

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Auto_Centric answered 8 years ago

No anti theft by-pass. Repair the ignition and have the new key frequency programed into the EECIV computer.

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