Occasionally when I turn the key, all I get is power from the battery for the radio lights horn and all of that. Which works fine, but when I try to start it, I get nothing. The fuel pump doesn't do anything, and the starter doesn't do anything at all. It happens at weird moments too. It happened yesterday, so I got out and got a new key I had made and it worked. Then I tried the original key again and it worked. I have no clue what causes this.

Any ideas?

 

With your 92, it could be a bad VATS. Might be something wrong with the old keys chip, like not always making contact, causing no-start.

 

I just think it's weird that once It worked with a new key, the old one worked again no problem.

 

That is why I said the old not always making contact. New one isn't worn so always work. Old one sometimes touches, sometimes not.

Just bypass the VATS completely & never hafta worry about it again. New keys/spare keys are much cheaper too.

 

Alright thanks, I'll search around on how to do that.

 

The cheap resistor bypass will work only if the VATS Module is still working. It is simply a resistor put inline, to trick the Module into thinking that the correct key is being used.

The "fancy" box totally eliminates the Module, which is good for when a Module goes out & the resistor trick no longer works.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/sear...archid=3883919

 

can the vats module be bad even if a new key is made and the idiot light goes away but still nothing? i got a thread going if you need more info.