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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 06:29 PM
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i jump started the car, turned it off., wiated and about 2 hours later tried to sart it. all the prestart light s came on the the car just went dead nothing lighting up and no sounds
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 06:31 PM
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sounds like a weak battery. If you turn the lights on are they dim?
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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lights are strong
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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Battery is probably dead, you need to charge it, not just idle for a couple minutes. Starting the car actually weakened it, hook up a battery tender for a day or two, if it isn't OK after that, get a new one.
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 06:52 PM
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disconnected the battery, reconnected and it started
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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Good, it's prolly just corrosion or the cables weren't tight. Good to here it's ok though now. Nothin sadder then a dead vette.
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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clean up all your connections, including the ground cable where it attaches to the engine, as well as the + cable at the starter. Sounds like a bad ground, but you may as well clean them all....
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 12:38 AM
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might be the VATS system. the stosck alarm systems are crap on these cars.
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Originally Posted by Mark85Vett
clean up all your connections,
including the ground cable where it attaches to the engine,
as well as the + cable at the starter.
Sounds like a bad ground, but you may as well clean them all....


Usually a VATS problem will not go away so easily.

The grounds are common place.

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