turkee56
04-17-2008, 10:17 PM
hello i am new to the board and wanted to know on bypassing the security or vats on my 95 firebird. sometimes my car won't turn over and security light comes on. maybe wait 5 or ten minutes it will fire right up.
they say you can buy a resistors from radio shack and match it to the key resistor and tap it into the orange wire to bypass the vats. another is a bypass module and wire it in. does this sound right?.will the resistor trick work?. i hopeing for a bad or dirty resistor on the key.is the bypass module easy to hook up.
shoebox
04-18-2008, 12:30 AM
http://shbox.com/1/pass_key.html
turkee56
04-18-2008, 06:30 PM
shoebox
in the 95 firebird that i have is it the orange wire from the key cylinder that has the two white wires in it that i suppose to cut and solder in resistor or resistors to bypass if needed?. i will check wire to cylinder with volt meter and read it that matches the key . what happens that is that i started the car and ran for few seconds and shut off. secuity light came on. waited few minutes and tried it again and started. hasn't done it again for a while. i hope its the key. will buy a vat key off of ebay and try it. is this the only thing i need to bypass the vats is resistors to match the key and will this still allow the car to start.
ablackcamaro
04-21-2008, 09:18 PM
i had a similar problem in my 95 formula. usually after the car sat for 1-2 hours, it wouldnt crank at all, wait a few more hours and it would start right up. turned out the ignition switch itself was burnt out. wasted a few hours trying to diagnose the vats system for a simple 1/2 hour fix... just another point of view for ya.
shoebox
04-21-2008, 09:58 PM
shoebox
in the 95 firebird that i have is it the orange wire from the key cylinder that has the two white wires in it that i suppose to cut and solder in resistor or resistors to bypass if needed?. i will check wire to cylinder with volt meter and read it that matches the key . what happens that is that i started the car and ran for few seconds and shut off. secuity light came on. waited few minutes and tried it again and started. hasn't done it again for a while. i hope its the key. will buy a vat key off of ebay and try it. is this the only thing i need to bypass the vats is resistors to match the key and will this still allow the car to start.
Sounds about right. Be sure to look at all the links in the info link I posted above. It should answer all questions.