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Old May 24, 2023 | 02:30 PM
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Parked the car one day and the next morning it would not want to start. Thought it was a vats issue installed a bypass kit and still won’t start or crank. New battery doesn’t drop below 12 on trying to start. Cleaned the battery terminals as well. I added a video trying to start it. I am a novice so any help would be really appreciated
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Old May 24, 2023 | 03:10 PM
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Start interrupt relay???
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Originally Posted by stew86MCSS396
Watched a video on how to bypass that and still nothing. Pretty sure I did it right “connected a wire between the green and white striped wire and a yellow wire.” If you at anything else that I would try I would appreciate that.
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On one side of the connector that you bypassed, you should see 12v when you attempt to crank. If not work towards the ignition switch. Could be a misaligned park/neutral switch. I've seen couple of people mention messing around with the tilt steering as well. If you do have 12v at the bypassed connector while cranking, then work towards the starter solenoid...
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Old May 27, 2023 | 05:25 PM
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I had an intermittent no start and it was the contacts in my starter solenoid. They were cheap to replace.
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