Originally Posted by
Whitcat9
Correct. Engine does not turn over. I have already read the post your referring to. Car ran just fine before key got stuck. I'm guessing it's the switch assembly. I read that if you connect the bottom half of switch assembly to main switch assembly you can start your car without key. (Keep in mind this is with key/ignition assembly removed from car). Is this true? If so, how is it done? If I could try this out first it would save time before going under hood.
Ok,NO. The SKREEM has to read the RFID chip in the key in order for the car to start. You can't start one of these cars without the key, period.
NOW, you say "engine wont turn over" - unfortunately, with how people communicate these days, that tells us nothing. Le'ts put this is SIMPLE TERMS. You say the car was fine before the key got stuck and now it is not fine. Le'ts make sense of this. Choose your problem and answer below:
- You put the key in the ignition, turn the key to "START" and the dash lights up but the starter will not engage. ---- Ready the "Mystery No Start" thread and get the RCM fixed. Now, it makes little sense that fixing the stick key would cause this but whatever....
- You put the key in the ignition, turn the key to "START" and the starter engages and turns the engine over. It 'tries' to start, but dies. It does this three times and then it won't engage the starter at all. ----- THIS ONE MAKES SENSE. This is a sign the SKREEM can't read the chip in the key, so the SKREEM does the "Three cranks and nothing" thing to signal you that the SKREEM is having a problem. The MOST OFTEN way this is caused is that the wires to that black ring around the ignition switch have come unplugged from the SKREEM, so the SKREEM can't "READ" the RFID chip in the key. This CAN happen, it has happened a few times. Take hte bottom of the dash apart again and try to determine that the wires to that ring have not come unplugged from the SKREEM. Sadly, the SKREEM is up behind the damn speedometer.