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But this time I am using the key with the 7000 ohms From other post I see they say to wait 10 min, the security light goes off and it will start. So I sit here and figure, I don't play with it right now, its staring up. Now I am at a lost and I found this post.
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I take it home, switch keys, the 7500 ohms one starts it too. later they get there, I put the key in with 7000 ohms and I'll be damn, it starts. I don't see any loose connection and all looks well. So I start tearing out the underdash to see if something is shorting out or something came loose. I have both keys with me, I usually use the one with the 7000 ohms to start it and notice that I was using the other one with 7500 ohms, switch keys, no start, (Note: I just got done having a blinker lever switch put in.) Play with blinker lever and tilt steering wheel, no start. Heres what happened, a couple of months ago, I went to the store, park the car, returned and the vehicle would not start (not even turn over).
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one is showing 7000 ohms and the other 7500 ohms. The security light comes back on now, and stays on while i'm driving, but she starts every time. After a few minutes of messing with the wires, i turned the key on to find the security light stopped blinking, and stayed on, and then after a few seconds went off, i then engaged the key, and walla! She cranked right up! and also inserted another parallel on the female end. I unplugged the black plastic plug, and then inserted a 1.5 Ohms resistor parallel into the two holes in the male end. Once you remove the column, you will see a white wire, (Can't miss it!wrapped in Bright Hunter Orange sleeve), that meets up into a black plastic plug, this is the culpret wire that runs to the computer, and sends the signal that causes the computer to disallow your car to start. So i made a trip to Radio Shack and bought a pack of 1.5 Ohms resistors for $1.07, then returned to my Jalopy, and proceeded to remove the two screws from the bottom of the steering column for the Hotwire. I got out the Ohms Meter, And found that the so-called-resistor in my key was showing 1.478 Ohms of resistance. So i decided to see if there was some way to overide this security feature, and there is!
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My car was dead in a parking lot, And i don't believe in paying these guys big bucks like this, for taking 30 seconds to import an overide code into the computer of my car with their high tech gadgets. I checked with the Dealership for the fix, and they told me that they, and only a few others were the only ones who could fix it, and gave me a minimum price of $500-$1000. I just aquired this headache about 12:00 last night, and decided that i would spread the word. The car remains dead, with nothing but a security light blinking on and off. On the 1996 Lumina, There is a security feature that will sometimes get worn out and cause the car to not start, either the two wires in the ignition switch get really worn, or broken, or the resistor in the key may wear out.