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02 Monte Carlo SS won't start sometimes. Ignition Switch, Key Cylinder or Key maybe?????

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Holly
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May 21, 2009, 12:12 PM

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02 Monte Carlo SS won't start sometimes. Ignition Switch, Key Cylinder or Key maybe?????	Sign In

My 02 Chevy Monte Carlo SS just started having a very random issue. I will go to get into it and the keyless remote won't unlock the doors or work at all. So I manually open the door with the key and then the car won't start (won't even attempt to or even make a noise...nothing). The dash lights will light up however the power door locks do not work at all when this happens either. Anyhow, I wait a little bit and then it starts and acts completely fine. This has been happening randomly over the last week and a half. And sometimes starts fine for several days and then this happens again. I am thinking it may be the ignition switch, the key cylinder or even maybe the key itself. Anyone had this happen before or have any ideas what could be going on with it?

autojoe
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May 21, 2009, 2:41 PM

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does the locks work from inside car?Is the security light on steady or flashing?

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May 22, 2009, 4:47 AM

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I did not notice the security light flashing. All the dash lights just light up like normal but the ignitiion does nothing and the power door locks will not open or lock from the inside either when it does this.

autojoe
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May 22, 2009, 8:33 AM

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would have to look for any codes in the body control module.I dont know whats going on here.

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May 26, 2009, 5:44 AM

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Well I replaced the ignition switch and it seemed to do the trick. Knock on wood.....hopefully it continues to start with no issues.

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