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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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I have a very nice, somewhat cosmetically modified '01 Z06 with about 50,000 miles on her. My proplem goes something like this. Car unlocks, open door, all lights on working normally, key in ignition turn to on position - DIC dies, no response, turn to start position - DIC still dead, no response, no start, at eithere position, all other electrical devices work fine(windows,radio,fans,lights). Here's the kicker......it doesn't do it all the time. It seems to be completely random with no pattern. It will eventually come around and wind up and the DIC will come on and everything will work like nothing happened.

Steps taking so far.....checked and cleaned every accessable ground. Haven't been to the ones at the rear of the vehicle yet but planning on it. had my one year old battery checked...no problems. Been to the dealership twice and received the "Could not recreate conditions" rap. Any advice
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 03:59 PM
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Does it do it with both keys?
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 05:21 PM
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I think it could be a problem with the anti theft system as well either the key or something in ignition hopefully it doesn't die on you before you can get it fixed.
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 12:59 PM
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Does it do it with both keys?
Thanks, I found a similar thread later. I'm trying my backup key today. Not sure I'm lucky enough to have such a simple fix.
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Hey, did you find out what the problem was with this? I'm having the EXACT same problem with my 01 Z06.
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 11:33 AM
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Has anyone seen these types of symptoms with grounding problems? I haven't gotten into grounding yet, but the car does have 86K miles on it
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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Ignition switch? Do a search for Bill Curlee's troubleshooting and fix.
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