Car would not turn over!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Drifting
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Car would not turn over!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please chime in if this has ever happened to you this morning I took the vette out for my morning coffee went home parked her in the garage and
went to sleep I work nights. This afternoon got back into the car turned key she wouldnt turn over everything else working fine. To say the least this PISSED ME OFF!! I tried several times even moved the shifter up and down thinking maybe it was not all the way up in park. I was ready to call the dealer because 3 days before that I got the remove key for 10 second message and I figured that was locking me out. I had remembered what the tech at chevy told me about these keys for the car sometimes the chip will fail for some reason and the car wont start. I went into the house and got my wifes key for the vette and she started!!!! I then turned off the car
cleaned off the chip on my key and that then worked. So Im writing this to tell anyone who has this problem like I did clean off the chip on the key before you call your local dealer it might save you alot of GREEN!!!!!!!
QUIMBO
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[Modified by quimbo, 3:07 PM 10/22/2002]
went to sleep I work nights. This afternoon got back into the car turned key she wouldnt turn over everything else working fine. To say the least this PISSED ME OFF!! I tried several times even moved the shifter up and down thinking maybe it was not all the way up in park. I was ready to call the dealer because 3 days before that I got the remove key for 10 second message and I figured that was locking me out. I had remembered what the tech at chevy told me about these keys for the car sometimes the chip will fail for some reason and the car wont start. I went into the house and got my wifes key for the vette and she started!!!! I then turned off the car
cleaned off the chip on my key and that then worked. So Im writing this to tell anyone who has this problem like I did clean off the chip on the key before you call your local dealer it might save you alot of GREEN!!!!!!!
QUIMBO
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Re: Car would not turn over!!!!!!!!!!!! (quimbo)
Please chime in if this has ever happened to you this morning I took the vette out for my morning coffee went home parked her in the garage and
went to sleep I work nights. This afternoon got back into the car turned key she wouldnt turn over everything else working fine. To say the least this PISSED ME OFF!! I tried several times even moved the shifter up and down thinking maybe it was not all the way up in park. I was ready to call the dealer because 3 days before that I got the remove key for 10 second message and I figured that was locking me out. I had remembered what the tech at chevy told me about these keys for the car sometimes the chip will fail for some reason and the car wont start. I went into the house and got my wifes key for the vette and she started!!!! I then turned off the car
cleaned off the chip on my key and that then worked. So Im writing this to tell anyone who has this problem like I did clean off the chip on the key before you call your local dealer it might save you alot of GREEN!!!!!!!
QUIMBO
SOMETIMES CHEVY MAKES ME :U :U :U :U :U :U :seeya :seeya :seeya
[Modified by quimbo, 3:07 PM 10/22/2002]
went to sleep I work nights. This afternoon got back into the car turned key she wouldnt turn over everything else working fine. To say the least this PISSED ME OFF!! I tried several times even moved the shifter up and down thinking maybe it was not all the way up in park. I was ready to call the dealer because 3 days before that I got the remove key for 10 second message and I figured that was locking me out. I had remembered what the tech at chevy told me about these keys for the car sometimes the chip will fail for some reason and the car wont start. I went into the house and got my wifes key for the vette and she started!!!! I then turned off the car
cleaned off the chip on my key and that then worked. So Im writing this to tell anyone who has this problem like I did clean off the chip on the key before you call your local dealer it might save you alot of GREEN!!!!!!!
QUIMBO
SOMETIMES CHEVY MAKES ME :U :U :U :U :U :U :seeya :seeya :seeya
[Modified by quimbo, 3:07 PM 10/22/2002]
If you have already had the fix done, there might have been some crud on the resister on your key.
Drifting
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Re: Car would not turn over!!!!!!!!!!!! (quimbo)
BEWARE, it might not be just your key.
I had this same exact problem, but it wasn't the key. Happened a couple of times on vacation and got back home and the dealer couldn't reproduce it so did nothing :mad Once it started to get cold it would take me 5 minutes just holding the key in the start position to get it started every morning.
Finally took it back to the dealer and they replaced the ignition/Key assembly, fixed the problem so far.
I had this same exact problem, but it wasn't the key. Happened a couple of times on vacation and got back home and the dealer couldn't reproduce it so did nothing :mad Once it started to get cold it would take me 5 minutes just holding the key in the start position to get it started every morning.
Finally took it back to the dealer and they replaced the ignition/Key assembly, fixed the problem so far.
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Re: Car would not turn over!!!!!!!!!!!! (quimbo)
Did you get the remove key wait 10 seconds message?
Because if you did and you didn't wait 10 seconds then you could just be frustrating yourself because the system needs that 10 seconds to reset itself.
So yes, it could just have been some oil or grease on the chip which, by the way, is just a resistor pellet; there's no smarts in it and cleaning the key was probably all you needed to do.
Because if you did and you didn't wait 10 seconds then you could just be frustrating yourself because the system needs that 10 seconds to reset itself.
So yes, it could just have been some oil or grease on the chip which, by the way, is just a resistor pellet; there's no smarts in it and cleaning the key was probably all you needed to do.
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Re: Car would not turn over!!!!!!!!!!!! (chocoholic)
I got the message but put the key back in and she started right up it was was a few hours later that I had the problem with the car not turning over
QUIMBO :D :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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QUIMBO :D :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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Burning Brakes
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Re: Car would not turn over!!!!!!!!!!!! (quimbo)
I've had the same and it happened three times in a row. In the end it transpired that the key needed cleaning. Obviously, I can't see yours from here but there's hope that it was something similar.
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