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Starts, immediately dies

Tiny
PCDJ64
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  • 1998 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
  • 120,000 MILES
It has a 2200 engine. You turn the key on and there are no idiot lights coming on and the gauges do not move, crank the starter and the engine starts for about 3 seconds and shuts right off, tried a different ignition switch and the same thing happens, all of the fuses in the car and under the hood are good.
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Saturday, June 16th, 2012 AT 4:40 PM

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Tiny
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Possible bad key. Sounds like a security issue.

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Saturday, June 16th, 2012 AT 5:50 PM
Tiny
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No flashing security light, I was told it could be a bad cluster, I see it does have the white wires for the passkey system but he has never actually had the resistor key in the 2 years he has owned the car.
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Sunday, June 17th, 2012 AT 12:23 AM
Tiny
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You can have the key tested at a parts store to see if it has a resistor in it. If you have the wires in the lock cylinder, then you have a chip

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Sunday, June 17th, 2012 AT 3:29 AM

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