Alright today at noon i went to start my car and nothing so i think that maybe the battery may not have enough juice and get the jumper packand try it again and nothing. then i take the jumper off and try it after pressing the clutch in and out several times then it starts. i get home eat dinner and try to start it and starts after about the 6th time i try. , the battery is good the starter is good. does anyone no what the heck may be wrong!!!!!

 

Are you sure the battery is good? - Have it tested.
What about the Alternator?


Milo.

 

yeah i switched batteries and put a new one in it. The car wont start with a bad alternator???? I can start the car with no problems when i hard wire the starter, had to have a friend do that to get home from work.

 

Oh yeah i tried both keys and nether one starts it right away. and when we hard wired the starter so i could get home the security light was blinking the whole way home.

 

u may have a short in a wire or, i know this sounds stupid but make sure you have the clutch engaged all the way to the floor.

 

You might also hold the key all the way to the start position and pump the clutch pedal. If it hits and misses, the switch on your clutch pedal is going out.

 

yeah i tried that also, it still dont do anything, I called the dealership and they said that these cars do have problems with two wires breaking in the column. Man what a joke, i got rid of my LT1 cause of problems..

 

Are you sure you don't have a problem with the security system? I had this problem. The part in the steering column went bad and wouldn't detect the chip. The problem was intermittent.

 

ok. this may sound stupid, but do you think it could be the fuel pump???............maybe you should have that checked.........let me know how everthing turns out......................Scott



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1997 White Z28 A4
all stock except for k&n air filter

 

Hey Thanks for all the ideas so far guys, but i think that it is the security system...

 

Had the same problem with my '97 Z28 M6. It eventually got to where it wouldn't start at all. I had it flat bedded into the dealer and it was the security system. The lock cylinder wasn't reading the resitor chip in the key.

 

Hey 6speed how much did it cost to get fixed or was it still under warrenty??? thanks alot

Jr

 

I had heard somebody had it covered under warranty where it would have cost $500.
Since I no longer have warranty I put a resistor in and have bypassed the security so now you don't need a chipped key to start your car. More importantly, the car starts everytime again.

 

holy crap...500 bucks...how do you put a resistor in, i can imagine it is not to easy..

Thanks Jr

 

I think on my '02 it lets you disable that security function. Check your owner's manual. See if you can disable it on a '99.