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Understanding Ford PATS: The Passive Antitheft System Explained

How the Ford PATS antitheft system works Ford’s PATS Passive Antitheft System uses a key with a transponder in the head of the key. Each transponder is coded with a unique identifying code made from a possible 18 billion combinations. It’s a passive system because it doesn’t require any input from the driver. Ford has also referred to their PATS system as SecuriLock. The second portion of the system is a PATS transceiver module. The PATS module generates an “exciter” field that powers the chip in the key, which then … Read More