That is a Functional Test, and we'll go under Security Access. It comes up as a 2007 Taurus with a three-litre engine.Īnd then we'll go down to the Anti-Theft PAT System.
We're all plugged in here so let's just go into the Scanner and it is a Ford, so we'll do a quick auto ID. The Snap-on software has the capability to do that for the Ford PATs keys so let's go through that on the SOLUS Edge. There's a lot of legal issues involved.īut for a lot of the older cars, when they first started with these security systems, you are able to program them with a scan tool. On 2010 and newer models, pretty much in order to program a key, you've got to be a locksmith, you've got to have a locksmith license, you've got to be bonded, all sorts of things like that. There's a lot of these high-security keys and security systems on these newer vehicles.
Key programming is a pretty hot topic nowadays.