2000 Ford Excursion
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I got a call from a woman living over near The Mesa on a Sunday morning. She'd already been through it once with another locksmith and was understandably skeptical about calling again.
The situation: her 2000 Ford Excursion would crank, fire for about two seconds, then die. Every single time. The previous tech had cut and attempted to program a replacement key, charged her for the job, then told her the vehicle had some kind of module problem when it wouldn't run. He left. She'd been borrowing rides all week.
There was no module problem. When I connected my scan tool and looked at what the immobilizer system was seeing, it was clear the previous programming attempt had not completed the security learn sequence properly. The key data had been written partially but not confirmed into permanent memory. The system was in a confused state, and it was rejecting the key on every start attempt because of it.
I cleared the failed data, verified the mechanical cut on the key blank was actually correct first, then ran a clean programming sequence from scratch. The immobilizer system on these Fords has a timed security countdown built into the learn procedure. You can't rush it. You sit and wait. If you interrupt it or skip the confirmation step, you get exactly what she'd already experienced: a car that cranks and dies.
Two keys programmed, both confirmed. I started the Excursion, let it idle, started it again from cold. She stood there and watched it run like it had never had a problem.
She asked why the first guy hadn't just done it right. Honestly, the procedure isn't forgiving if you don't know the timing requirements cold. She'd already paid once for a job that wasn't finished. I made sure she left with a working vehicle and a spare.
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“My Sprinter van key broke and I was stranded. Marco was very friendly and helped me get three new keys quickly. I will definitely be using them again.”
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