7.6
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $370
- Average Mileage:
- 98,150 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 23 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- put key in the on position for 10 min. (9 reports)
- not sure (4 reports)
- turn key off wait 5-10 min then restart (3 reports)
- new ignition lock cylinder (2 reports)
- buy a honda or toyota (1 reports)
- bypassed the passlock system (1 reports)
electrical problem
Helpful websites
- Passlock/VATS Bypass - Hello everyone. I was having the same problem on my car. After doing the key restart for several months it finally got to where it would never start. The dealer wanted to charge me $1000 just for the parts to fix it and to be honest I would rather set it on fire then give them another dime. I found that you can do the wire cut method but this will only provide you a temporary fix. Eventually the other parts of the system will fail and you will be back to square one. The average lifespan of your passlock parts is less than 7 years. Why buy another BCM so it can fail again? I got lucky because I found this site and they sell a bypass that takes passlock out of the equation forever. No more failing parts. They also sell a manual that will instruct you to build your own bypass if you are handy like that. I wasn't. They really saved me because there is no way I could afford the new parts.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
MY FREAKING P. O. S. of a car! The damn thing will not start half the freaking time b/c the security system. I finally FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS but its was going to be like 600 to fix. Thats a 1/5 of what the damn thing is worth so I am going to try and do it myself. Its the ignition lock cylinder where you put your key in. I guess when you get an after market electrical starter on there it messes everything up and messes with your security system so your car wont start. I read some guy's thing saying how its embarrassing to take it in. IT IS this FREAKING CAR DECIDES WHEN IT WANTS TO MESS UP AND WHEN IT DOESN'T!!!!!!!! I swear to God it has a mind of its own, it knows when you are late, when you really have to be some where and all that!
- johanns, Nashville, TN, US