01 trans am will not start
01 trans am will not start it has done this a few times now i will get in the car press the clutch and attempt to start it no clicking sounds nothing the dash lights flash as they normally do when cranking the security light is blinking not sure if that is normal or not never paid it much attention. im not hearing anything at the solynoid or starter. a freind told me to check the clutch switch so i pulled it out and tried to bypass the wires to start it im preety sure they were bypassed it still didnt start somebody please help the car is stranded in a bad part of town. need to get it moved.
have you tried to jump the car, my infiniti did this before no clicking at all, dash lights on, and surprisingly jumping it worked. then later the starter died. what did you do to get it started the other times?
one time i hooked up cables it was doing the same thing when i took them off it cranked??? the last time i just drove my other car for a few days and went back to try it it fired right up.(didnt do anything to it)
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Call your local quality locksmith that does Vats keys. They may have a VATS box; this box will bypass the vats system. My SS stranded me one time; acted like a dead battery. I replaced the battery and still nothing. After having the car towed home the locksmith tested the vats and it started. The wires were broken in the column for the VATS and I have it replaced, about $300.00
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Try cleaning your key first. If that doesn't work measure the resistance of your key pelet and pick up some resistors at radio shack to match it. Then unplug the connector under the dash and put them on the car side to bypass the VATS. Sometimes you can wait a few minutes and the security light will go off, depends on if it failed with the ignition was on or when just starting the car. Lots of posts here on how to bypass VATS.
im preety sure that is the problem i went back to get the car this afternoon tried cranking it and nothing again ( i have a very bad temper so i tried my normal way of fixing things 5 finger motivation) turned the key one last time before push cranking it fired right up.... after looking on here im thinking it has got to be that one of the 2 wires on the vats is broken also the security light stays on now..
