PATS wiring diagram

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Back to my 98 or according to Advance Auto 1999 mustang, I have been doing the thinking. Just hear me out on this as I have no idea if this is even possible. I was thinking about my 93 Grand Cherokee and its security issue it had years ago. Basically, all I had to do was cut a certain wire and ground it out, start it and then unplug and pull out the security module as the Jeep idled. That got me to thinking what if I could just wire the PATS antenna or whatever to switch. Flipping the switch on tells the PATS system that its fine and then allowed the car to run and drive. Now as I said before I highly doubt this is possible, but what if it is possible. Now I know someone is out there that might could point me in a direction. In theory, I know I'll need power and ground but what other wires would be needed? Like I said this is a long shot so I'm not expecting any actual results, merely seeing if anyone has thought the same thing. I also don't expect a lot of responses, anyway if anyone has thoughts let me know.
 

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pats uses a passive transponder. It receives the signal, reflects it and changes it slightly so that the car sees it. To my knowledge there is no wire to be grounded or easy go around except to have it tuned out. Another option is to take the key and put the transponder under the key hole and it will/should always read.
 

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