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Old 02-25-2011, 11:28 PM
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The worst case of murphy's law ever! I'm supposed to be trading in my 2008 V6 in tomorrow for a sweet 2006 GT. I was returning a lot of parts back to stock myself in my garage tonight. I had a PA horn hooked up to my battery, and i unhooked the battery to remove the power wires for the horn. I reconnect the battery, and my alarm starts going off. The key fob wasn't disabling the alarm, so i quickly disconnected the horn to shut the damn thing up. The lights were still flashing for a while but then everything stopped. I try to start the car. Nothing. I'm guessing that my alarm set some sort of killswitch to the ignition. I tried reprogramming my keys according to the manual, but no luck

If anybody has seen or heard of this problem, I would greatly appreciate any feedback. My last hope is to go into Ford tomorrow and see if they can do anything before i have to trade my car in.
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Old 02-26-2011, 07:44 AM
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More info. Is it cranking? Domelight on and then dims a little or to nothing when you turn the key? Clicking noises? Or just plain dead?
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Old 02-26-2011, 12:02 PM
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i feel dumb. turns out the battery was dead. giving it a charge now. i shouldnt have listened to my car radio for 2 hours while working on the car >.<
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Old 02-26-2011, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jAAAmes
i feel dumb. turns out the battery was dead. giving it a charge now. i shouldnt have listened to my car radio for 2 hours while working on the car >.<


hahahaha don't feel bad, you aren't the first one to do it...at least it wasnt something expensive or hard to figure out though
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Old 02-26-2011, 09:42 PM
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well everything turned out okay thankfully. got my car traded in and drove out with a 2006 GT =D!!! i stopped by my dads favorite resturant and took a pic with my new car and a couple cuervo girls :P

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Old 02-27-2011, 11:44 AM
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MMM. . . Cuervo girls FTW
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