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Old Oct 6, 2022 | 08:01 PM
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I have a 1993 c4 40th anniversary edition and I need help, the vats is killing me, I’ve done the resistor trick but it never seems to work. And what’s weird is I can put a random amount of resistors on the car and the security light will shut of (sometimes) and then if I mess with the wires then the light will come back on. Can I use a bypass module with the 30-50hz wires or do I absolutely have to pay a large amount of money and get them bypassed through the ecm?
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Old Oct 6, 2022 | 09:24 PM
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I can tell you back in the day I owned 1989, with VATS driving me crazy, with no starts, in the wrong places.

After research I found there TSB about replacing ignition switch, and car didn't have warranty so it was customer pay.

After my ignition switch was replaced, I drove it another 15 years with never problem, and person I sold it still driving it with no problems.

I don't know about your year.
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Old Oct 6, 2022 | 09:46 PM
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Ignition switch Good point.
Many VATS issues boil down to "worn" out contacts internally. Or the tiny resister leads broken/ shorted.
You could bypass the ignition as a test pull the main orange wire under kickpanel jump both wires with a resister matching your key. Free & simple.


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