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Hey there,
I have a 2001 Ford Focus with a 1.4l Zetec-SE engine (75HP/124Nm torque), and I was wondering how I could find out if it has an anti-theft device installed.
My keyfob (found this out after repairing the little bugger. Two buttons completely broke…) has a transponder in it, so I’m guessing it should have some sort of anti-theft device; however, I can open all doors with the spare key, and after locking the doors with the key and sitting in the car, I can still open all doors without any alarms going off.I then went to look for fuses, but all the places for fuses are empty, and as far as I can tell, they’re not populated with prongs at the back.
Does this mean I don’t have any anti-theft system at all?
If so, then why does my keyfob still have the transponder?Also, while putting the electronics of my key in to a new casing, which took me a good 25 minutes (with repairing the broken buttons), I did not need to re-program the key, if that says anything in and of itself.
Thanks a lot for your answers!
Greetings from Europe!
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Might suggest you start by looking in your owners manual to see if there is a section or mention of any anti thief system.
If no, then you might have a looking around the car, glove box and under the hood for any label that may have been applied to ID the system.
Lastly you might try looking up the VIN number to see what options were on your vehicle.01 you probly do… one of them could be a chip key system….. if you have an aftermarket alarm system if you look under the dash where the electric wires are you will see wires cut and spiced and tape wraping up wires going to a box with a wire ant connected to it.. if you see that then you have an alarm system connected….. you can check if you have an ani-theif light pop up
I bought the car sixth-hand.
There is no owner’s manual, and the ones I found on Ford’s website have stuff in them that don’t relate to my car, so no checking there, sadly.
The only thing I found behind the glove box, was the ABS computer.I’ll give the check via VIN a try, maybe I’ll find something.
Thanks!No manipulated wiring, and I don’t seem to have an anti-theft light.
For some reason I have the upshift-indicator, and the overdrive-indicator, even though my car definitely doesn’t have those options (they both have never come on, and I don’t have an automatic. It’s a five-speed stick shift).And with broken buttons, I mean the physical tac-switches in the keyfob. Somehow the previous owners managed to break the metal casing off of the buttons, and lost the third rubber membrane for the boot-release key.
So I repaired the unlock-button by using a bit of tin foil under the rubber membrane, and fixing that in place with some electrical isolation tape. It’s not the prettiest of repairs, but it works. No point in spending 160€ for a new key with brand new electronics for a car with 218.xxxk km (approx. 133.000m) on the clock.
Tried fixing the boot-release in a similar way, but that has failed again. I’ll probably just de-solder some tac-switches out of some old electronics and use them in the key-fob.
[quote=”Beatsleigher” post=173171]I bought the car sixth-hand.
There is no owner’s manual, and the ones I found on Ford’s website have stuff in them that don’t relate to my car, so no checking there, sadly.
The only thing I found behind the glove box, was the ABS computer.I’ll give the check via VIN a try, maybe I’ll find something.
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