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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 05:44 PM
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Theft Indicator light, Don't come on!!

Hello again all,
I am in the process of putting a PATS bypass in my truck, so my alarm will start the truck, but I have just noticed that my Theft indicator light never come's on at all, going back in time, I dont ever remember it coming on.I know i have PATS on the truck, because I have 3 keys with the chip in them. What could cause this to happen and how do i fix this?

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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Have you put the cluster in test mode? I believe it's holding the trip button down and turning the key on, continue holding the trip button until the odo reads test or some other text. Then you can scroll through the testing options, one should make all of the needles sweep, the next should turn on all of the idiot lamps in the cluster. If the light doesn't come on, the bulb is most likely blown.

If you have had the GEM or VSM replaced it's possible the PATS wasn't turned back on. Also some tuners have the option to disable PATS, if your running a custom tune, you need to check with your provider.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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thanks, i'll check/try to get into test mode, strange i never knew you could run a test on the cluster
 
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 10:03 PM
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These clusters are feature packed. Check out this website, Mustangworld HEC Instrument Cluster Diagnostics
 
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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update, the bulb was out, up and running now, thanks
 
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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Interesting... The Theft light on my truck works fine, blinks when the key is off, but when I ran the cluster test, it did not come on....

2004 diesel
 
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