I am having problems with the theft bypass system, on my 2005 chevy classic. Several months ago, I received a recall notice in the mail. It was for the ignition key rotation. When I brought my car into the dealership, I told them that I was having problems with the car (suddenly) dying. I told them that it had died when I was on the freeway (twice), while driving on the city streets, and in my driveway. I was told that the recall would fix the problem. Unfortunately, the problem persists. This past friday, late in the evening, my car (suddenly) died in the middle of a busy intersection. Through the grace of god, the drivers around me were paying attention -- I could have been in an awful accident. Several people, kindly, pushed my car into a parking lot. While in the parking lot, a mechanic stopped to look at the car. He told me that my chevy is well known for having a defective pass-lock sensor security system, which causes the vehicle to shut down suddenly. The mechanic stated that there might be a recall. Yet, I haven't been able to find that information -- gm is not helpful! After an hour or so, the car still wouldn't start. I had a friend tow me home. I am older and disabled and must have a reliable vehicle. I need to be able to drive to my doctor's appointment, via the freeway. Yet, I have (already) experienced my car (suddenly) dying on the freeway. I am terrified of getting into an accident and (possibly) hurting/killing myself and/or someone else. I, truly, believe that this defect is gm's responsibility to fix free of charge. Or, perhaps there is a recall that I'm unaware of? Either way, please help me. I am thanking you in advance.
Chevrolet Classic won't start problems
18 of the 89 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Classic describe won't start, most of them for the 2004 model year.
- owner complaints
- 18
- worst model year
- 2004
- typical mileage
- 75,000
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Anti theft system keeps on coming on and will not let your car start !!! They even replaced the key holes with fillers in it. You have to turn the key and wait 15 to 20 min. Before it will start or sometime it will not work!!!! How do you explain that and that still does not fix the ignition switch it is a big problem because now the car will not start I have called gm before and they say there is no recall. Well if you look at this web site to see all the complaints in these cars for the ignition problems that should be fixed and they will not do anything about it !!!!! I guess they will have to wait for someone to gets killed again to do something about !!! They already had a big law suite I guess they will have to deal with another one if this keeps on happening when people drive and it just conks out on us and there is a bunch of accidents !!!! Gm you really need to listen to your customers !!!!! Then you guys want us to buy more cars well if we can not trust you to fix something when there is more then enough complaints about this car why would we go back to trust you again !!!! This is very unsafe gm especially if you will not fix it !!! Also my car has under 100,000 miles on it !!! This has been doing it for the past 3 years
I had taken my son to the dr. And the car had been turned off for less than 10 minutes. When we came back out, the car wouldn't start. It would turn over but wouldn't fire up. After sitting in the blazing sun with my sick child for at least 30 minutes, a friend came to assist us. The fuel pump was kicking on, we cleaned the intake and changed the air filter with no luck. With starter fluid the engine would fire up but died as soon as the fluid burnt off. Before having it towed home we researched it online and found several references to the anti theft system glitch. Sure enough, after leaving the key in the on position for 10 minutes,without trying to start the car, we turned the key to the off position and then tried to start the car. It fired right up. This has happened to me 3 times since then. One time I had to go through those steps 3 times to get the car to start. I am a single mother with 2 children. It is a safety hazard if we get stranded in the extreme heat or cold or cannot utilize the car in case of emergency. Please help me get this issue amended.
Car wouldn't start. Usually it starts right up but it wouldn't start up. After searching the web we found it was the antitheft system.
2004 chevrolet classic. Vehicle would not start, replaced ignition lock cylinder and switch
The car would not start. The lights on the dash came on, but there was no ignition, no sound of the engine trying to start. I could here the fuel pump start and stop. It was a cool, damp morning. Later that day, the car started with no problem. This happened several times, until we started parking the car in the garage.
The anti-theft light comes on and the car will not start. I have to turn the key to the on position and wait 10 minutes and try to start the car. Normally I only need to do this once and it starts. This has occurred on average about 1 or 2 times each month.
I would be driving and vehicle would just shut off, sometimes I would go out and it would start and other times it would not start, I spent money on tow trucks, at least twice, had towed to serra chevrolet, they would keep it for week at time and tell me nothing was wrong, finally I took it to local mechanic at auto tech and within an hour they called and told me it was the electronic starter switch and replaced it within the day, and it cost me over nine hundred dollars, I had already spent almost 2500.00 with serra chevrolet with no results, so the 900.00 was a good deal for an excellent repair, have had no problems with vehicle since that time, however, I feel that general motors should be responsible for this repair, but taking on that giant is most likely a lesson in futility.
Auto theft light comes on every 5 to 10 days..and car will not start up...have to wait 10 minutes before starting the car again....
My 2004 chevy classic will not start. Suspecting the theft system. I've dealt with the theft system light before, but this time it has been on solid or not on at all. I've tried the 10 minute restart twice with no luck. I tried a variation of the 10 minute reset that had me do it 3 times back to back without starting in between and no luck. I tried waiting 1 minute and 3 minutes after performing the 10 minute reset before attempting to start it. I replaced the battery with no luck. Diag was done with no answers. From what I've read online, this is a frequent problem with my make and model, and I just don't understand why they don't do a recall.
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The model years with the most reports are 2004 (9 complaints) and 2005 (9 complaints).
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