Miss.White Z

My security light came on the end of last week, and I didn't pay attention to it until recently. It says in the manual that it just won't start one day, unless I take it to a dealer to have the light removed. Has anyone ever had any problems with this and can tell me what it is, or know how to make the light go away without paying all the *** loads of money to take it to the dealer??

Thanks for any help!

the man

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do you have a key fob?

Miss.White Z

fob??

Arctic2002ss

Mine did that too. The ignition cylinder had to be replaced. It was not playing well with the resistor in the key. I did have a dealer do it but it was not crazy expensive. I think $120.

the man

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the remote for the keyless entry

Miss.White Z

--oh, so I can't just replace the chip in the key, or the key itself? It is a dealer item only. $120.00 isn't bad though. Thanks


--yes I have my keyless entry.

daniel6718

iTrader: (36)

id like to know also, mine sometimes comes on while driveing for about 5-10 seconds...
btw i constantly have ignition swtich issues and cant figure it out

01WS6/tamu

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Nine times out of ten it is the lock cylinder. It needs to be replaced and two new keys cut if both of the keys are wore. But do not just start changine parts it sets a code and then follow a trouble tree to avoid spending a bunch of money and have the same result at the end.

kornfreak_401

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this has happened twice with me after tunes. I just disconect the battery and sometimes that works. You can also unplug the computer and it will reset it. it's really weird. OOOOR if you have your tuner handy and he is willing to drive from I45 and 1960 all the way in humble to 290 NW freeway, yeah he can reflash your pcm. lol thanks a MILLION Jeff lol

J

DSIM

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There are 2 wires on your ignition lock cylinder, they read the resistance of your key. Unfortunately for us, they are very easily broken. My 97 did that a couple times (would pull the key, wait the 5 minutes, and then start it with no problem) and then all of a sudden just crapped on itself... replaced the lock cylinder and no problems.

Donohue96M6Z28

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you can also get someone to bypass the security feature ~$50 or less

My first camaro did it before I knew anything about it and I ended up getting raped at the dealer ship for $300+. It was the ignition module or something(cant remember its been about 4-5 yrs)..

and it sucked paying $80 for a flatbed truck to come tow it over there. I'd fix it before it craps out on you for sure.

ramairracer

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you can bypass it like myself, very simple with a resistor, the two wires break easily so youll be buying lock cylinders forever, take about ten minutes to bypass

MJK

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Or if you have a multimeter just bypass it..Thats what I did.

On this link you will find a diagram,picture and how to use the multimeter to find out the value on your key pellet.

VATS bypass

It shows LT1 but it also applies to LS1s...It will save you a small fortune and you won't have to worry about it crapping out on you in the future.

MJK

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There you go,what ramairracer said ^^^^

1ORANGEWS6

Did your security light just keep blinking? Mine does. It worked fine one minute and the next it wouldn't start.

slick red z

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No hers just stayed on constant

01FbTaWs6

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bingo, its vats. Bypass it yourself, its very simple, use the link above.