NCS

I've got a 2000 camaro Z28 and I lost my keys last week. Just had my local dealer cut me new ones using my VIN#. This is the second time since I've bought my car that i've had to do this (one of these days I'll spring for a spare). Any way I get my keys and the door key works great but the ignition key is messed up. It will turn the tumbler and all my gauges light up but the alarm keeps going off and the car won't turn over. The guy at the parts counter says the key is fine and the service guy tested it also and said it matched what GM says the car should have. No one there can tell me what to do. To me it seems like a problem with the key but they say it must be the car. I've never had a problem before. Is there a way to bypass the security system. This is a really stupid problem.

Thanks,
Rich

2001NBMZ28

If you open the car with a door key and the alarm is armed you only have a few seconds to get the key in the ignition or it sets the alarm off.

NCS

I know, I've lived without the remote for a couple years now. But even if it does go off it would always turn off as soon as you turn the ignition to "on" Now I cant get it to turn off and the car won't start. I've tried everything I could think of.

2001NBMZ28

Only thing I can think of is the car isn't recognizing the resistance value of the new key then - right cut, wrong pellet? Is the security light on?

NCS

no its not on, but I've never even seen the security light before

NCS

They say its the right pellet, and they have checked it twice now.

samh_08

Either way I believe it will crank with VATS. So its kind of odd that its not even cranking....

NCS

Well it looks like she'll have to get towed to the dealer in the AM. This sucks!!

wait4me

iTrader: (10)

They just have the wrong pellet or your BCM to key wiring has an issue.

Rick99TAWS6

iTrader: (4)

Know the history of the car?? Perhaps the BCM was replaced.........

NCS

Its at the dealer now. I had keys made once before using the VIN # and they worked just fine and nothing has been changed since then.

2001NBMZ28

Hoping it's just the wrong key pelet...if one of the small wires on the lock cylinder went bad while getting a new key made would be a strange coincidence.

NCS

Thats what I said. The dealer is less then a 1/4 from my shop so I kept stopping in there talking to the parts dept. and the service dept. I'm a HVAC service tech., so I diagnose stuff all day long and I find it very hard to believe that a car that has NEVER had a problem like this just happens to develop a problem during the couple of day between loosing the key and getting a new one. The guy I talked to promised they would look at it today (its was still outside as of 6pm), and I told him to call me at the end of the day to touch base (it is now 7:30 and no call). I hate dealing with dealerships.