Transmission Control Module (TCM) DTC Table

1999 Mercury Tracer LS, 4D Sedan, StandardSECTION Transmission Control Module (TCM) DTC Table
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2010 Mercury Milan and 2010 Ford Fusion. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
NOTE: This module utilizes a 5-character DTC followed by a 2-character failure-type code. The failure-type code provides information about specific fault conditions such as opens, or shorts to ground. Continuous memory DTCs have an additional 2- character DTC status code suffix to assist in determining DTC history.
TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) DTC TABLE

DTC Description Action
P1260:61 Theft Detected, Vehicle Immobilized: Signal Calculation Failure If there are any Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS) DTCs present in the Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC), ADDRESS them first. This DTC can also indicate a Controller Area Network (CAN) concern or a parameter reset concern. Make sure to verify if there are any communication concerns/DTCs with any modules. REFER to MODULE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK . If DTC P1260:61 is the only DTC present, there may be a parameter reset concern or a power or ground concern with the TCM  . REFER to PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) PARAMETER RESET . If necessary, CHECK the powers and grounds to the TCM  . REFER to the appropriate SYSTEM WIRING DIAGRAMS article to determine the TCM  power and ground circuits. 
All other DTCs - REFER to DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) TABLE .
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