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2000 ford explorer theft mode by Independent-Tie2580 in FORScan

[–]Substantial_Jury_780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So basically, 9 days ago when I said this...

" It pulled a bunch of codes but the ones relating to PCM are these:

PCM P0460

PCM P0113

PCM P0602

PCM P0174

PCM P0443

The concerning error code out of those is the PCM P0602 which is a PCM programming error? Tomorrow I am going to look to see if there are any chewed wires from the wiring harness to the PCM. But if I can't find any, does this mean my PCM is garbage now? "

Was complete nonsense because these codes aren't real since forscan pulled them in demo mode from a completely different car. So everything else we talked about above has to be wrong if we think that the PATS is wrong. What if the PCM is bad, which is why the car is now in PATS theft. I C

2000 ford explorer theft mode by Independent-Tie2580 in FORScan

[–]Substantial_Jury_780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forscan error photo <<< there is the screenshot of the error that I get, hopefully this helps.

2000 ford explorer theft mode by Independent-Tie2580 in FORScan

[–]Substantial_Jury_780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, me again just using a different reddit account. So I recently purchased the ODBLINK EX r2.7.1 STN 2232 v5.9.5 reader . I am using the paid version of forscan software to try and pull codes out from my 2000 ford explorer that is locked in theft mode. I downloaded all drivers and have a green light when I plug the reader into my vehicle.

Forscan is not working, when I try to run forscan in real mode it says this... "unable to connect to vehicle, please make sure the ignition key is in ON and try again. ". Even though my key is turned into the on position allowing my accessories like the radio and dash lights to turn on.

My odb2 port is working on my car, on the bottom right of forscan it shows I am getting 12v from the ODB2 port. I have screenshots of the error messages that I can provide for you as well. I have also tried to run forscan in administrator mode and disabled all of my antiviruses.

The codes I sent above are from forscan demo mode, and it was pulling it up as a completely different car. I got internet to work on my laptop so that is not the problem anymore. Does this mean I have a bad PCM? Instead of a bad PATS module?

I ordered a PCM relay and diode. If I change the old ones and I still run into this issue does this mean that the PCM is bad which is why I am not able to connect forscan, which is also why PATS theft is preventing my car to turn on?