OK SO I WAS DRIVING HOME DECIDED TO STOP AT THE GAS STATION WELL WASNT A GOOD CHOICE I SHUT MY CAR OFF AND IT WOULDNT START BACK UP OR EVEN TURN OVER JUST LIGHTS, RADIO,AND THE NOISE WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY IN. ANYBODY KNOW WHAT COULD BE GOING ON? ANY INPUT WOULD HELP NEED TO GET MY CAR MOVED BEFOR IT GET TOWED THANKS!!!

 

Search "vats"

$5 in resistors at most plus a multimeter and some butt connectors and its solved.

 

ok my 1990 surburban did the same thing it could be your starter or it could be your battery not enough power to turn it over o rmaybe even a fuse it should be anything else

 

try to get under and whack ur starter with a hammer it might turn over then buy new one if thats it

 

hey. wat he said. check to see if your security light is on when u try to start the car. if it is, then you probably have a problem with your vats.

 

yea i tryed the vats thing but i was told that its not that because the security light only stays on for about 5 seconds then it shuts off.
wouldnt it stay on if its the vats? thanks

 

I dont know. Never paid attention to how long the vats light came on. To me the starter should at least click. If the lights are all coming on and the starter doesnt click and the security light is coming on... that screams VATS to me. Either the starter is seized or its a VATS issue. I doubt the battery can really die while getting gas. Hit the starter with a hammer, if that doesnt do it, it's likely VATS.

Seriously, do a search.

When my car did it, it would only do it sometimes. Once VATS is tripped it disables the starter for a few minutes. After that you can try again. If you go back and it starts just fine.... its prob VATS. Sometimes they just fail completely out of nowhere though.

 

you could try to lay sumthing metal across starter terminals to see if it turns over. that will tell u if the starter is still workin or not. if it is, and you say its not the vats, then it could b a broken wire in your column. u may need a temporary push button start if the starter is still workin.

if its not, then the starter is ur problem.
good luck.