2000 Firehawk needs help!!!
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2000 Firehawk needs help!!! Hey everyone, I'm a brand new member. So please bear with me if I'm posting this thread in the wrong section. I've owned my LS1 since 2005, and recently have had some major issues that I can't diagnose (and neither can the shop).
I own a stock 2000 Firehawk, LS1, 6 speed manual transmission, Borla Catback exhaust. I am encountering 'no starts' from time to time, and it now has become very regular. I'm not sure this is VATS related because the 'security' light is not lit up or flashing on my dash when I try to start. I hear no sound, no click, nothing. All that lights up on the dash is 'check engine' and 'service engine soon'. But I have full power to my radio, windows, etc..
I wait a couple hours, and the car starts right up. I've taken the car to 5 different shops, and nobody can seem to fix the problem because they can't get it to 'not start' when its at the shop. Apparently it likes to start for them every time...
Please note that about a year ago I had another mechanic already replace my ignition cylinder and keys, and another mechanic replaced the fuel pump system. This problem usually always occurs with 'cold starts', at the beginning of the day.
Is this still VATS related if 'Security' isn't lit or flashing? I've also tried replacing both the starter relay and ignition relay.
Any help on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
I own a stock 2000 Firehawk, LS1, 6 speed manual transmission, Borla Catback exhaust. I am encountering 'no starts' from time to time, and it now has become very regular. I'm not sure this is VATS related because the 'security' light is not lit up or flashing on my dash when I try to start. I hear no sound, no click, nothing. All that lights up on the dash is 'check engine' and 'service engine soon'. But I have full power to my radio, windows, etc..
I wait a couple hours, and the car starts right up. I've taken the car to 5 different shops, and nobody can seem to fix the problem because they can't get it to 'not start' when its at the shop. Apparently it likes to start for them every time...
Please note that about a year ago I had another mechanic already replace my ignition cylinder and keys, and another mechanic replaced the fuel pump system. This problem usually always occurs with 'cold starts', at the beginning of the day.
Is this still VATS related if 'Security' isn't lit or flashing? I've also tried replacing both the starter relay and ignition relay.
Any help on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
gonna put money on VATS again, GM poorly designed this stuff. You can fix it again, or have it deleted from your tune, but its no guarantee it will work. Its a disease. Mine i would have to wait anywhere from 10 mins to 2 hrs.. pain in ***. do a search and see what comes up on here. might be able to have the proper resistor in the harness in the column, maybe you can trick it.
I had this same problem with my Camaro, exactly as you described. Replace the starter relay with a new one. Even if the old one clicks over, for some reason it wouldn't always make a connection. Never had the problem since.
