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May 7, 2011 | 05:20 PM

Scalemandave

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Pats Keys

Are all Ford & Mercury transponder keys the same? I bought some off fleabay. One worked ok on My 03 F150. Tried 2 on My dad's 02 Sable & neither worked. Mercury Use a different chip?

May 7, 2011 | 09:50 PM

whitefordexplorer

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did you do the ingnition on/off trick?

May 8, 2011 | 08:36 AM

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The keys are the same.
We need some more info on what you have done.
There are many threads on PATS programming procedures.
Tylus and I have both posted the steps.

May 8, 2011 | 09:43 AM

Scalemandave

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I programmed them like the owners manual says & the same way I did with My truck. After searching some more it seems there are A,B,C,D,E chips. The F150 has the C chip & the Sable has the E chip.

May 8, 2011 | 06:03 PM

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From: St Louis

Those are not "chip" types. Those are the PATS system types that can be installed in Ford and L-M vehicles.

Each variant may have its own peculiarities as to how it is to be programmed. See chart at http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdi...ts_job_aid.pdf