2008 Ford Focus SE has a security system problem.

Virgil

2008 Ford Focus SE that I bought a couple of years ago from the original owner that had an Autopage remote start put on it after she bought it. I started it with the remote start. It ran for almost 10 minutes, when I got in it and forgot to put the key in the ignition, put it in drive and it rolled about 1 foot when it shut down. I can turn the park lights and headlights on, has a little security light that flashes on the instrument cluster, but that's all it does. when I turn the key forward, it does nothing. no instrument cluster lights or anything, (except for the little red security light flashing), wont start. PLEASE HELP. Lost my job and need my car to get to another. Desperate.

explorerx4

Security system probably needs to be reset. I think it's called PATS. You can do some searches to see what needs to be done.

thecardoc3

Virgil said:

I can turn the park lights and headlights on, has a little security light that flashes on the instrument cluster, but that's all it does. when I turn the key forward, it does nothing. no instrument cluster lights or anything, (except for the little red security light flashing), wont start. PLEASE HELP. Lost my job and need my car to get to another. Desperate.

Try disconnecting the battery for about ten minutes. Reconnect it and see what happens. You could try the remote start again, and this time make sure to use the key. It's possible the remote start has been set to bypass the factory theft deterrent system and you could have a bad or untrained key.