Hey everyone! I know this forum is geared toward the GMT platform but I wanted to ask on here if anyone has experience or knowledge to share on an issue my mom's lovely heap of a car is facing. With her car, she has an aftermarket remote start installed with a vats2/passlock bypass module installed. She had the recall on her car for where the ignition switch could move from the on position to ACC and make it so the airbags fail to deploy in an accident. GM did the bullshit fix of adding a plastic insert into the key where the rings go so it centers the key ring instead of letting it move side to side and that was it. I noticed that if I leave the vats/passlock bypass module connected to her car and you turn the key to the on position, the security light will come on with the battery light to let you know the battery is not charging (since the engine is not running) and if I start it, the security light goes out and everything runs as normal. If I disconnect the vats/passlock bypass module and turn the key to the on position, it will give the same symptoms of the security light on with the battery light in the DIC. If I try to start the car with the bypass module disconnected, it will not crank but the fuel pump does engage.
I tried to perform a security relearn by turning the key to start and leaving it in the run position until the security message stops showing but it never goes away. I am using the OEM keys that came with the car as well as a new key that the dealer made for me the other day free of charge with the recall "fix". I waited 30 minutes for the security message to go away so I could turn the key off and try to start it again 2 more times to relearn the security system but it doesn't do crap.
I replaced the ignition switch assembly on the car today since hers was so messed up that if I take the key and wiggle it, the radio would go to "locked" and the car would not start and some accessories would not work. It was also very loose when you wiggle the key in the lock. While I was in there replacing the switch, I noticed the wires for the ignition switch were exposed a bit where the shop who installed the remote start put in crappy t-taps and the wire jacket was pulled open so it was more than likely hitting the metal panel of the dash to short it out.
Currently I have it where the bypass module is connected and the remote start and key work just fine in the car but if I turn the key to ON and do not crank it, the security message is showing.
Does anyone have ideas on what to try with the security to relearn the system without pulling money out of my .... and going to the dealer for it to get ripped off?
Final note: her car has intermittent codes of p1626 (Theft Deterrent Fuel Enable Signal Lost) and u1064 (Loss of Communications with DIM) that would come up before I replaced the ignition switch. They have not come back today after I replaced the switch but with how this car is, who knows if it will come back or not.
I tried to perform a security relearn by turning the key to start and leaving it in the run position until the security message stops showing but it never goes away. I am using the OEM keys that came with the car as well as a new key that the dealer made for me the other day free of charge with the recall "fix". I waited 30 minutes for the security message to go away so I could turn the key off and try to start it again 2 more times to relearn the security system but it doesn't do crap.
I replaced the ignition switch assembly on the car today since hers was so messed up that if I take the key and wiggle it, the radio would go to "locked" and the car would not start and some accessories would not work. It was also very loose when you wiggle the key in the lock. While I was in there replacing the switch, I noticed the wires for the ignition switch were exposed a bit where the shop who installed the remote start put in crappy t-taps and the wire jacket was pulled open so it was more than likely hitting the metal panel of the dash to short it out.
Currently I have it where the bypass module is connected and the remote start and key work just fine in the car but if I turn the key to ON and do not crank it, the security message is showing.
Does anyone have ideas on what to try with the security to relearn the system without pulling money out of my .... and going to the dealer for it to get ripped off?
Final note: her car has intermittent codes of p1626 (Theft Deterrent Fuel Enable Signal Lost) and u1064 (Loss of Communications with DIM) that would come up before I replaced the ignition switch. They have not come back today after I replaced the switch but with how this car is, who knows if it will come back or not.
