Ahhhhhh!!!! No Start!!!!
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Race Director
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From: Fisher, IL
Originally Posted by 93*Corvette
Your one of the most trusting people I know. What I'd be interested in is once you call them, and "if" they give you the VATS code. Then go to your local Radio Shack and verify it. I bet they will be different or that the Chev dealer won't know. Just my thoughts..
VATS has nothing to do with a car that is already started. If it was possible to pull the key out, it would remain started.
VATS has nothing to do with a car that is already started. If it was possible to pull the key out, it would remain started.
but i have two keys and one that doesn't even have the little code thing that the dealership left in the car when i picked it up....
Racer
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From: Morgantown WV
VATS has nothing to do with a car that is already started. If it was possible to pull the key out, it would remain started.[/QUOTE]
Not completely true. I had VATS problems one time and tried to push start it. The engine would not fire with the VATS tripped no matter how far it was pushed. I was just curious if anyone knew what the SYS on the instrument cluster meant? Obvious some type of indication of the problem I'm having probably and maybe it would guide me in the right direction to start. I hate changing the starter for no reason if it's something else. Thanks Al
Not completely true. I had VATS problems one time and tried to push start it. The engine would not fire with the VATS tripped no matter how far it was pushed. I was just curious if anyone knew what the SYS on the instrument cluster meant? Obvious some type of indication of the problem I'm having probably and maybe it would guide me in the right direction to start. I hate changing the starter for no reason if it's something else. Thanks Al
Pro
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From: Centennial Colorado
Originally Posted by 93*Corvette
VATS has nothing to do with a car that is already started. If it was possible to pull the key out, it would remain started.
Originally Posted by Alzado77
Not completely true. I had VATS problems one time and tried to push start it. The engine would not fire with the VATS tripped no matter how far it was pushed.
As I said "VATS has nothing to do with a car that is already started
Racer
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From: Morgantown WV
Originally Posted by 93*Corvette
Just curious, why would you "push start" a car that already started??? As I said "VATS has nothing to do with a car that is already started
As I said "VATS has nothing to do with a car that is already started
Racer
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From: Yarmouth ME
I have a simpler potential solution.
The door switch that turns the interior lights on and off also activates the alarm system. When that switch goes bad, (and mine seems to about every 9 months or so) it can occur that after you stop the car, get out and close the door the car "thinks" the alarm, or anti-theft operation should be activated after 2 minutes. It thinks the door is still open. Try the following. Close and lock both doors with the key. Then unlock the drivers door, with the key, get in and start your car. Works for me.
Then replace the faulty door switch.
Brian
The door switch that turns the interior lights on and off also activates the alarm system. When that switch goes bad, (and mine seems to about every 9 months or so) it can occur that after you stop the car, get out and close the door the car "thinks" the alarm, or anti-theft operation should be activated after 2 minutes. It thinks the door is still open. Try the following. Close and lock both doors with the key. Then unlock the drivers door, with the key, get in and start your car. Works for me.
Then replace the faulty door switch.
Brian
