Q: Anti theft system needs reset
The car was giving to me by my mom and Thomas and my mom lost the key and Thomas beat the ignition out and the theft light come on.. and we've tried letting the key spring back to on and sit for 10 min but the light never stoped blinking and it didn't work. We've also tried taking the battery out for 15 min and that didn't work either so it's up to you
My car has 136877 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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