Sometimes it will not start or go into gear and the anti-theft light is on

Tiny
TASHA BONES THOMAS
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  • 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
  • 2.2L
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 1,900,000 MILES
All the light are on, on the dash, my anti-theft system is on. Sometimes it will not start. Sometimes it will not go into gear.
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 AT 5:27 PM

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Tiny
STEVE W.
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You need to take it to a shop that can scan it and find out if it is security system related or otherwise. With all the lights on and intermittent start/gear issues it could be just about anything. I suspect it is the sensor that reads the transponder code in the key or the anti-theft module itself, but without having it scanned it is just a guess.
Good luck and please let us know what happens.
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 AT 9:00 PM

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