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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Malibu / August 2005Chevy Malibu 97 Starting issues
When i try to start the car, itll try to start, but then die which causes the theft light to come on. Ill have to wait around ten min for it to go off and try again...usually starts the 2nd or 3rd time. Any idea why this might be? I replaced the positive terminal battery post and that helped for awhile...maybe an issue of getting enough power through? Steve > When i try to start the car, itll try to start, but then die which causes > the theft light to come on. Ill have to wait around ten min for it to go [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Steve I've heard of this happening with 97 and 98s and what I think you have to do is replace the ignition or some kind of ignition coil or something. Apparently it wears down and the car thinks it is stolen even though it isn't. I would wait though to see what someone more knowledgable here says as I am new to both car repair and Malibu ownership. right on...thanks. I breplaced the ignition switch awhile back..the old key was worn and there were some weird computer problems...so theres a new one in there..ill probably run it to autozone tomorrow to get diagnosed(sp). Passlock sensor on the ignition cylinder is bad. Common problem, I've replaced it on a '01 and a '02 car already. Sensor gets erratic before it fully goes.  SignatureJohn "anything you say can & will be misquoted & used against you" '01 FLHR ''Red" '04 MXZ 600ho '99 XC700 BRC mem > When i try to start the car, itll try to start, but then die which causes > the theft light to come on. Ill have to wait around ten min for it to go [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Steve Low voltage, corrosion on battery terminals, Resistance in the battery cables, Bad ignition switch, bad passlock sensor, Will all cause this concern....Most of the time its just the passlock sensor....Which isn't hard to change if you know ow to code the key cylinder....Most of the time people just change the cylinder caseing..But the passlock sensor is a hall effect switch which uses magnets both the cylinder and the case have a magnet and once they pass each other give a signal saying its ok to start......Thus after repairs will give you an intermitted theft problem..So make sure the cylinder and the casing are changed ....They come together but most people get lazy and just swap out the caseing ..Seen it too many time where the caseing was good and the cylinder looked like it was through a war...If you know a locksmith who will code the cylinder for you not a hard job at all.... S Cook Re: Chevy Malibu 97 Starting issues Group: alt.autos.chevrolet.malibu Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2005, 12:37pm (CDT+5) From: repairman54@earthlink.net (Repairman) Passlock sensor on the ignition cylinder is bad. Common problem, I've replaced it on a '01 and a '02 car already. Sensor gets erratic before it fully goes. SignatureJohn "anything you say can & will be misquoted & used against you" '01 FLHR ''Red" '04 MXZ 600ho '99 XC700 BRC mem "Steveman34" <steveman34@aol.com> wrote in message news:152fd83f1b364b59f3f5e749edf7b5e4@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... When i try to start the car, itll try to start, but then die which causes the theft light to come on. Ill have to wait around ten min for it to go off and try again...usually starts the 2nd or 3rd time. Any idea why this might be? I replaced the positive terminal battery post and that helped for awhile...maybe an issue of getting enough power through? Steve I to have had the same problem a month or two ago try to start then it will die and the theft light would come on would have to wait a little while till the light goes off then it would start back up I never did anything and the problem went away now when I try to start my car if the gas gauge dosent go up on the start position my when i try to start it it turns over then dies over & over again there for a week I'd just have to keep turn it to the start position till the guage went up to start it my problem now is that it wont go up anymore and will not start w/o it dieing afterwards any help would be greatly apperciated thank you btw I have a 97 chevy malibu 2.4 Am I the only one on this forum? Or is everyone as retarded as me when it come to cars here? Wonder if you have a problem with the ignition switch? > Am I the only one on this forum? Or is everyone as retarded as me when it > come to cars here? Not sure someone suggested that it might be the passlock. That would'nt have anything to do with my gas gauge I'd think. Beleive the ignition switch would cause that? My thinking was that one of the contacts in the ignition switch that powers up the dash in the ON position might be bad along with other contacts that do other things. > Not sure someone suggested that it might be the passlock. That would'nt > have anything to do with my gas gauge I'd think. Beleive the ignition > switch would cause that? That sounds reasonable I left out the fact that my A/C went out the same time as well along with my dome lights? I'm picking up a switch tommorow and will install it in as well hopefully that works if not I'm just gonna junk it anyone possibly purchasing it at my lose I'm sure its gotta be something simple not the fuses b/c I have checked all of those Weird I went and rented out a OBDII from AutoZones loan a program and ran it on my car no trouble codes are found? Why is this? It still will not start |
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