On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:26:29 -0500, Andy Cuffe put
finger to keyboard and composed:

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:33:19 -0500, "Mark"
wrote:

Is there any way to override the programmed antitheft keys on a Windstar
2000 LX? Right now I'm going to have to have it towed to a Ford dealership
because I disconnected the battery to clean the contacts, and now it won't
recognize my keys. Any help would be appreciated. Mark.


This definitely shouldn't happen when you disconnect the battery.

Yeah, I would have expected the ECU to retain the key IDs in some kind
of nonvolatile memory.

- Franc Zabkar
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