[AT] OT

[Charlie V]

Can't directly answer your question, Richard.  I had a 2004 Mercury that
would totally kill the battery in about 7 days of inactivity.  The
perimeter alarm  system (PATS, I think) runs constantly and creates enough
drain on the battery to kill it.  Anew battery did not help. Dealer
confirmed that was the cause. Not too handy.  I suggest your friend put a
maintenance charger on the truck when it stands idle to see if that solves
his problem.  If so, he will know he is on the right track.  That is what I
did with the Sable as we used it infrequently.  The car was like new with
only 42,000 miles on it but I solved the problem by trading it in on a
later model Cadillac.  No more dead battery and no more Ford better ideas.

Charlie V in WNY

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Richard Fink Sr <rfinksr at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Can any one on the list tell me if a 2012 ford pickup has a chip in the
> key that would be affected by a microwave or cell phone and disable it.
> I have a friend that has this truck and if let sit for about 2 days the
> key fob won,t operate, but the dealer says  it is caused by key, And
> have replaced the truck battery said reprogrammed the key and said
> fixed. But continues, charge the battery for about 1 hour @ 10amp all
> works ok????????????
> Thanks
> R Fink
> PA
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