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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 03:30 PM
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I need to go pick my brother up at 3 but the Vette wont start, all the electrical stuff works. When I turn the key it clicks, can it be the starter? It also makes another weird ticking noise when I turn the key once, before cranking it, and all those little icons light up. It's a 95 LT1 automatic. Can anyone help out? Thanks Suke.
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 03:33 PM
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Dead battery, or just bad cable/ground on battery or starter?
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 03:34 PM
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I vote for ground...wiggle the neg cable with the lights on (ps are they bright or dim if dim bat low) if they go off and onn its a bad ground...move it around tell you get a good ground and try again..repeat...
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 03:36 PM
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Actually yea that can be it, I remember it happened to me while at some fast food place and looking retarded with a Vette that wouldn't start, wiggling it solved it... Thanks a lot guys!
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 03:38 PM
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Click click click huh? Sounds like a dead battery. Do the door locks work sluggishly? What does the volt meter say? Is it under 11.5?
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 03:40 PM
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Nope didn't work... can it have to do with the security system? I put the key in and the ac starts and it doesnt tell the temp instead it has 2 slashes. I take the key out, it clicks for a few seconds and it locks the doors then. The horn sounds kind of off when it locks. Passive Entry crap is glowing also.
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 03:41 PM
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Dead battery? I thought no electronics would work in that case... I guess I'll have to charge it up later on and find out.
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 03:42 PM
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If you are lucky it's just bad battery connections. Remove battery connections and clean. Retighten. Remove negetive first.

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Default Re: HELP QUICK!!! (C4 Suke)

Sounds like mine when the battery went dead. At least dead enough so as to not start the LT1, but all other electronics worked. Jump start and then new battery solved the problem. :seeya
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