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Oct 25, 2006 | 03:24 PM

Mikema

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VATS Malfunction

I am pertty sure the VATS is giving me a no crank situation. Does anyone know what the fix is? Thank You

Oct 25, 2006 | 03:58 PM

airblaine

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typicaly its the lock cylinder not properly reading the resister on the key. measure the resistance on the key and unplug the 2 wire yellow wire connector at the bottom onf the steering colum and see if u read the same resistance there. if not then the ignition switch is bad and needs to be replace. if you can read it then the vats module may be bad.

Oct 25, 2006 | 05:04 PM

All2kool

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Originally Posted by Mikema

I am pertty sure the VATS is giving me a no crank situation. Does anyone know what the fix is? Thank You

Very easy to disable. Go to a locksmith, they will test your key and be able to sell you a module to disable VATS. Remove the underdash panel on the driver side. You will easily spot a two-wire grouping, I believe yellow and white, just to the right of the steering column. You will notice that it disconnects in the middle. Disconnect it, insert the module you got from the locksmith (into the wire going towards the firewall). Voila, VATS is now disabled. The module will cost you $25 - and your car will never not start because of VATS. It'll actually take longer to remove the underdash panel than it will to locate the wire and insert the module.

Oct 25, 2006 | 05:32 PM

Bob CTS

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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11

Take a look at this post even though it is to eliminate:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1529324

Oct 26, 2006 | 09:19 AM

GIJoe

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St. Jude Donor '08-'09

i didnt see a year of your car... if its an 86-89 check my vats site:
www.joestradingpost.com/vats

lots of great info i collected in there from the web and many of the users on this forum

I included both removal and repair info.

Oct 26, 2006 | 09:35 AM

AGENT 86

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Originally Posted by GIJoe

i didnt see a year of your car... if its an 86-89 check my vats site:
www.joestradingpost.com/vats

lots of great info i collected in there from the web and many of the users on this forum

I included both removal and repair info.

GIJOE, you might want to save this and put on your vats site.

http://members.shaw.ca/agent86/Vats%20Electrical.pdf

Oct 26, 2006 | 12:20 PM

GIJoe

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St. Jude Donor '08-'09

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GIJOE, you might want to save this and put on your vats site.

http://members.shaw.ca/agent86/Vats%20Electrical.pdf

wow excellent! Thank you!

I had some of those flowcharts and schematics from alldatapro, but I couldn't find an clean looking "how to" of replacing the lock! That's good stuff! Thanks again. I am going to try and clean some of that up for an easier to view document for everyone

Thanks again!

One weekend soon, I am going to attempt the lock removal on my own so I can take plenty of pics of all steps as well for for everyone to see better. Those docs will really help out in that project

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