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Spilled soda in dashboard. Certified mechanic got everything checked, contact points cleaned tested, battery charged and tested, starter tested. Everything works but have to reset anti theft feature to start.
How long has your 2007 Mercury Mountaineer had this problem?
Just this once when soda spilled into dashboard
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The anti-theft feature cannot be "reset" by some diagnostic tool or anything like that. The anti-theft system is passive, and requires communication between a transceiver in the vehicle and a key that has been programmed to correspond to the transceiver. Clearly, there must be an interruption in this relationship. If parts have been replaced, then the keys must be programmed again using a suitable high end Ford equivalent diagnostic tool. Otherwise, the keys previously functional and programmed should not be at issue. www.repairpal.com/repair-shops