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8.7
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 78,500 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 9 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- putting your key in the ignition to on and wait 10min (5 reports)
- not sure (4 reports)
electrical problem
Helpful websites
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Quite often I have problems getting my car to start. This has been going on since shortly after we bought this car (bought it used). The place where we bought it from couldn't tell us how to fix it, only how to get the car started once it happens. The instructions they gave us was a 40 minute process. We later found out, that when it happens we can get it started with only a 10 minute process.
It has something to do with the theft system. Once the car doesn't start, the theft light starts blinking, we have to leave the key in the 'on' position for 10 minutes until the theft light stops blinking, then we are able to start the car. It's very random when it happens. I can have weeks go by and not have a problem at all, but I can also have weeks where it happens almost every time I start the car!
Everything I have found online says that this is a VERY common problem with this particular car; but no one, not even the Chevy Dealership Service Depts know how to fix it! I am going to start posting a complaint on here every time it happens, and maybe eventually someone will figure out how to fix it and create a recall for this issue.
- Ashlei J., Powells Point, NC, US