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Re: Newer Ford PATS (immobilizer) programming question
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 12/19/2016 3 Replies

Ford makes money because you need the IDS or a tool that has paid Ford for rights to the software. I agree it's based on security, and it's needed, but it leaves a tech hanging if they don't have an IDS and a NASTF registry. A NASTF registry costs $375.00 ... Login to read more.

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