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HELP!!! Pushing the start button does nothing

Old Apr 28, 2009 | 07:48 PM
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I got a 05 corvette wrecked and I am rebuilding it 3 weeks ago took it for my first test drive everything was fine...only problems i had was no speedo and radio locked took it to Chevy dealer today and unlocked radio and i asked them about speedo they said check wiring going into cluster so i did everything looked good when i put it all back together car would not start radio and everything works fine just when i push the start button nothing... help what do i need to check?
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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is there a message on the DIC??Like "NO FOB DETECTED"??
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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Nope, I got it to start last night i had to push it up then down then up three time before it started
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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The push button and its wires are right there in the gauge cluster. Any chance you yanked on something accidentally while you were checking the speedo?
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