Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
How are the batteries in your remote?
They lock and unlock doors fine?

Speedy, this part of your reply has absolutely no relevance to car starting or not starting.

Fred, hope you can solve this, have you tried going to autozone, advance auto, napa (or the like)? They usually have a name brand OBD code reader they can hook up to see if the car has any codes. The will not let you 'sign' it out, but wil come out and hook it up to test for generic codes (the basics). I would not say the shop you took it too was being evasive but they would have an interest in you leaving it there to help pay their bills.
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