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No crank/start after someone attempted to steal my car and ruined the ignition

Tiny
JGOODE41
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  • 2001 LINCOLN LS
  • 3.9L
  • V8
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 154,098 MILES
Someone tried to steal my car listed LS the other night. They shoved a key from a Chrysler minivan in the ignition and then off my paneling and broke the clip that connects the PATS. I replaced the clip put everything back together now my key will go in fine and I can turn to on the same as before. The red alarm light flashes repeatedly the car will neither crank nor start. I've researched Google everything I can is there anything else I can do short of taking it to a dealership or having a technician look at it?
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021 AT 12:05 PM

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Tiny
DANNY L
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Hello, I'm Danny.

The first thing you can try is an anti-theft, security system reset. Here is the tutorial:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-reset-a-security-system

After reading just scroll the page lower to find Ford, Lincoln, Mercury further instructions. Get back to us and let us know what happens and we'll go from there. Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021 AT 9:17 PM

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