theft light flashes and makes clicking noise

[Dockpiers]

2002 ford explorer. Loud clicking and theft light blinking. It wont let me start it. It wont even turn over. Any suggestions.

 

[dpeebs]

i had the same problem in my 1994 probe, the battery was shot and the imobilizer was to far way from the ignition. also my explorer was fine i shut it off went to start it half hour later and click click click everytime i turned it over the battery had a bad cell so the battery was shot

 

[dpeebs]

also when my battery was dead in my probe it wouldnt let me put it into neutral or any gear

 

[IZwack]

x2 ... rapid clicking + theft light and no crank = dead battery.

 

[1Aauto]

Welcome to the site

 

[Nate Martin]

I have this problem in my 2002 explorer, I had my battery tasted and it was fine, I'm at a loss here any more suggestions?

 

[Nate Martin]

And this had happen last week so I charged the battery and it worked fine for about 5 days now it's doing the same thing again

 

[dpeebs]

what was the voltage tested at? and my battery tested fine but had dead cell in it, my friend owns a napa store and he said its common problems that people dont test battery under loads just with a digital multi meter so it reads okay but under load not able to keep up

 

[Nate Martin]

I just had it tested at autozone I don't know wat the valtage was tested at but I will have it re-tasted. Thanks for the info.