86 corvette
Racer
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From: Providence RI
I would say VATS. Key Pellet..first thing to clean and check, as described. she starts and runs after VATS tells the car it's been tampered with, grace period of 15 mins, and it would have probably started, if you weren't pushing, rolling, shaking it. check the key pellet and clean it up alcohol, and insert it trick as previous poster described. hope you have a simple fix..good luck.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2005
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From: Coldville
I would say VATS. Key Pellet..first thing to clean and check, as described. she starts and runs after VATS tells the car it's been tampered with, grace period of 15 mins, and it would have probably started, if you weren't pushing, rolling, shaking it. check the key pellet and clean it up alcohol, and insert it trick as previous poster described. hope you have a simple fix..good luck.
The pellet is a resistor.
You can get a Volt meter and place it on Ohms and you will see what Resistance you have.
That Resistance will match up with the correct code.
If the Resistance is to high ( dirt or Grease buildup) it will not work.
The resistance and Key code chart is availible on the Mid America Corvette site.
Thats where i got the info for my new steering wheel column replacement when I need to find out what key code it had.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Anaheim CA
The most common problem is that the VATS wires break inside the steering column. To find out if that's your problem, disconnect the VATS connector at the bottom of the column and measure the resistance at the connector of the pellet in the key (must be in the ignition switch). If that connection is open then a VATS bypass resistor can fix it without replacing the ignition switch/wiring. This is what the VATS connector looks like (and this is where you plug in the VATS bypass if you do the resistor version):
Sometimes the starter relay goes bad. It's behind the Driver Information Center (in the center cluster where all the status lights are). The starter relay is the one with the yellow wires next to the blue chime module. You can connect the yellow wires together to bypass the relay.
Sometimes the starter relay goes bad. It's behind the Driver Information Center (in the center cluster where all the status lights are). The starter relay is the one with the yellow wires next to the blue chime module. You can connect the yellow wires together to bypass the relay.
