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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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The other day I started up the vette and the dreaded "pull key wait 10 seconds" comes on. I shut the car off, pull the key and wonder WTF now. So I started it again and it comes on again, once more I shut it off. I got out of the car kind of fed up and pissed off with everything.Then I noticed that the battery tender was still hooked up so I unplugged it, restarted it and so far NO PULL KEY. Maybe that (hopefully) was my problem. Maybe
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Time for a CLB in any case. Get one and put it in ASAP. The message will come back.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 11:07 PM
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Actually this message does not have to be related to column lock. Try cleaning your key resistor with alcohol. If this doesn't work try another key, keys do go bad sometimes. If another key doesn't work, you may have an ignition switch problem.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 01:41 PM
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I agree - I have a CLB and still got the "Pull Key Wait 10 seconds" message. So, I pulled the key and counted to 20. I haven't gotten the message since. Clean the key like it was suggested
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TM-96CE
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I agree - I have a CLB and still got the "Pull Key Wait 10 seconds" message. So, I pulled the key and counted to 20. I haven't gotten the message since. Clean the key like it was suggested
I have a CLB and still get the PKW10S every now and then.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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Thanks everyone, I cleaned the key. Now all that has to happen is the snow stop and I can take it on a good road test.
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