Saturday, February 14th, 2009 AT 11:17 PM
Hello, Iam a newly ASE Tech that ran into my first major issue and cant seem to figure it out. What I have is a 1999 buick century that has a no crank over issue plus I dont hear the fuel pump kicking on either. The car ran fine till I shut it off and every light on the dash stays on when the key is removed so I figured that the chip in the key finally went bad so I tried my other key and that didn't work. Then I figured it had to be the ignition switch. So I put in a new ignition right from the dealer and a key to match. Well when I removed the old ignition I noticed the wire that runs down the column from the switch was rubbed through from the metal pressure plate behind the steering wheel so I figured that had to be it. After I installed the new one and went to test it, still nothing. So the only thing I can think of is the exposed wire shorted out the ECU? I also tried to use my scanner to link up the computer and I cant get a connection. PLEASE HELP!