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Old Jul 15, 2024 | 07:36 PM
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I'm replacing the brake booster on my 1993 Corvette I remove the panels underneath the steering column and see this (picture of spare ignition cylinder with key inside of it) I remove the spare key and go to grab my set of keys surprisingly they don't match up does anyone know what is going on?
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I am the third owner, last owner was a 16 that didn't know much about the car and didn't own it for much before I bought it off of him


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Old Jul 15, 2024 | 07:54 PM
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I think this is one of the techniques people use to bypass part of the vats system. But don’t recall why, I I recommend googling vats bypass and seeing if that gets you the information you need.
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Originally Posted by StfDrmsRMadeOf
I think this is one of the techniques people use to bypass part of the vats system.
That is a possibility.

Most of us use a resistor to bypass VATS, but a key with the same resistance would work too (but seems weird)
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Old Jul 16, 2024 | 03:23 AM
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After Googling Corvette Vats bypass with extra key I came across this image

I also found this illustration of how this Bypass works incase anyone is curious to know

Mystery solved, now I'm going to put the key back where I found it
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Old Jul 16, 2024 | 05:22 AM
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that was back when some aftermarket remote start and alarm systems required a key to be buried in the column to work

wasn’t just vettes
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