Car Wont Start!?!?
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Car Wont Start!?!?
so my car wont start and the security light on the gauge cluster flashes, everything but the motor itself starts up! What is causing this?
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Yup it's your VATS disabling the startup. You'll have to get a new key pill. When it breaks your PCM doesn't see the resistance in your key the pill creates and assumes someon has cut a blank key and is trying to steal your car.
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The key shop at my local Sears hooked me up. Bring your key, they will test the resistance on a little machine. They just slide it in, and the corresponding light on an ohm reader will light up.
I believe our keys can range from 1-20 ohms.
Mine happens to be 4.
They will cut you a new key off from a slug of the matching resistance. You could also clean your key, or spray some contact cleaner into your lock cylinder try that too.
Easiest place to start.
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I had the same problem and bypassed the vats, and it still didn't start. Turned out to be loose/corroded starter terminals. Free and easy fix. Get under there and make sure it's not that.