hey guys wondering if you've ever heard of this, it was pretty weird...

went to a store, parked the car and went inside for about 20 mins. when i came back out, i went to start the car and it started up and ran for about 1/4 second then died. after that it would crank it but it wouldn't catch. had full power, no lights were on (check engine, security)...
i eventually used my wifes set of keys and cranked it for about 3 seconds and it started right up. at the time i was parked on a slight angle and haven't had any problem since with either set of keys any thoughts?


matt

Could be a multitude of things... I wish I could tell you which one!

Chunk of crud on the VATS resistor pellet of one key? Lint from your pocket? Clean both keys (pellets) with a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol. Same thing with the contacts in the ignition switch.

See if the problem repeats.

i figured the whole thing is just some strange fluke, but my wife is freaked out, cause we've only had the car for like 2 weeks now...

haven't had any issues with this at all before, haven't had any issues since, so i'm really not all that worried about it...

matt

I just had the same issue. Read these threads:

http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ic.php?t=13541

http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ic.php?t=13240

sorry if i didn't have enough detail in my original post (had my wife type it while i was working on something, didn't double check what i said out loud)...

when the car wasn't starting, it was still crankin like mad. i mean, the starter was movin that thing fastttt. it really sounded like the only thing missing was gas. i didn't think it was too likely, but i'm not too familiar with this car yet - but if the pump was at the back of the tank, is it possible that i just had the car at such an angle that no gas was at the pump?

*shakes head*

i really don't think that has anything to do with it, but it'* about all i could think up, other than some random will never-happen-again-issue...

matt

How much gas was in the tank when you had the issue??

too much for my thoughts to be correct, i'm afraid

anyhew, i think i filled up to the tune of 12 gallons or so... so there was a good 6 gallons in the tank. tooooo much i'm pretty sure...

matt

Sounds like Vats to me. It cranks, but doesn't catch. The keys. Gotta be the keys