Hey guys, I have a electriacl problem that I have never seen before. Maybe someone else has expirenced this. 1 out of 5 times when I go to start the car nothing happens. lights work fine but it doesn't make a sound. There is a ticking sound coming from under the dash whenever I turn it off. The trick is that I found a way to override the problem and maybe this will help to lead to the root of the issue. Whenever the car won't start I simply remove the negative battery cable and then reconnect it and it starts everytime. It has a new starter and new battery.

 

does your car have the VATS key with the chip in it?

 

Yes

 

come on fella's... I need some feed back on this asap!

 

take some electrical contact cleaner- clean the chip surface on the key and clean the probes in the ignition cylinder- that fixed my problems with vats. do a search on vats and youll see why.

 

If what AJT86 has suggested doesn't help, take a good look at the condition of the contacts on the key and the contacts in the lock cylinder. You may have to replace the key or both the key & lock cykinder.

 

heres something that works with the luminas with VATS, not sure if its the same for the f bodys.

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