It started up fine at first..i drove it for maybe 20 mins..got to the gas station..put some gas in..and went to start the car..and it wouldent turn..no cranking..no signs of battery dead or anything like that. Waited a couple mins..started right up..Drove it home..put it in the garage...went out to start it today..and it wont start again. When i turn the key nothing happens..the security light does blink a few times..please help!!

 

Try a second set of keys - assuming you have one.


I know my car has done some funny "starts & stumbles" when the pellet in the key was wet .


I'd assume the same thing could happen if it got dirty somehow and the computer was unable to read the resistance properly.


Good Luck !


Britt

 

Yeah, sounds like a problem with vats. Check for corrosion or dirt on the contacts for the resistor in the key and in the ignition lock.

 

ive tried both sets of keys..and they both do the same thing.

 

Sunday, I thought I was going to have to replace another battery !

Car had been doing fine - no problem when I parked it on Saturday - and then Sunday A.M. - clickety clickety click , then nothing.

ARRGGH !!




Had to borrow a truck to go get tools - and work clothes.

Came back, and for grins, checked the terminals. Neither was what I would call super loose, yet tightening up the positive terminal did the trick.



Funny thing is that even though the battery in theory was "dead" - I.E. not enough power to get lights, wigging out gauges, etc. , I never lost my radio station presets.

Good thing that the important things continue to receive power, eh ?


Britt

 

VATS

 

Hey dude, its your ignition switch. Mine went out a while ago also. On mine you would turn the key, and all the accesories would come on and stuff, but it just wouldnt turn on the starter. After a couple of times it would work.