# So I was fixing a Grand Am...... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 29, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136 "2007-09-29T05:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/1 "2007-09-29T05:10:50Z")
So I went to go fix a Grand Am Thursday. It was a 03 with the ecotec with 65k. The next day the owner came out, it just wouldn’t start. So I came to check things out. First thing I figured was possible fuel pump, nope checked pressure and it was good. So then I checked plugs, well they were pretty nasty so I swapped those out anyway even though that wasn’t the problem, then I figured it might be Ignition Module. So I went the next day Friday to get one, earliest they could get one was tuesday. So I’m like dang! I go back and check a few more things, fuses, spark, and injector pulse. It had all those. So then I give a friend of mine a call and he looks up some info for me and calls me back 5minutes later. Well this stupid problem was from the pass key system, security light was blinking and sure enough reset the system and it fired right up… ARRRGH I hate new GM cars! ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/2 "2007-09-29T05:12:43Z")
scan tools pick up the codes for that usually pretty quick ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/3 "2007-09-29T05:16:50Z")
[quote=“BigEd88,post:2,topic:36136"”] scan tools pick up the codes for that usually pretty quick [/quote] thats one of the major tools I don’t have, because I’m so used to working on carbed cars, but I am gonna invest in some I think. ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/4 "2007-09-29T05:24:47Z")
on todays cars you almost need to know computer repair and car repair 😛 ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/5 "2007-09-29T05:29:18Z")
[quote=“BigEd88,post:4,topic:36136"”] on todays cars you almost need to know computer repair and car repair 😛 [/quote] Yeap, thats why I do it as a hobby and to help people out… ---
**Author:** ![BDR5oh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bdr5oh/32/7315_2.png) [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/6 "2007-09-29T05:47:11Z")
ANY GM product with the key in the dash ALL have this problem … it affects both the PK2 setup and ignition 2 … i used to fix this shit all the time ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/7 "2007-09-29T06:43:38Z")
this shit happens to my buddy’s blazer at the worst times imaginable wats the proper procedure to reset it?? ---
**Author:** ![BDR5oh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bdr5oh/32/7315_2.png) [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/8 "2007-09-29T06:48:02Z")
blazer is a different story … he needs an ingnition harness … but to reset the passlock … you leave the key in the on poss. for 15 min … turn key off ,then back on to try and start ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/9 "2007-09-29T06:51:34Z")
yea thats wat we do but its a pain to wait wat if u disconnect the battery and plug it back in? ---
**Author:** ![BDR5oh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bdr5oh/32/7315_2.png) [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/10 "2007-09-29T06:58:32Z")
nope… but for $40 … ill fix his problem ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/11 "2007-09-29T07:18:54Z")
[quote=“BDR5oh,post:8,topic:36136"”] blazer is a different story … he needs an ingnition harness … but to reset the passlock … you leave the key in the on poss. for 15 min … turn key off ,then back on to try and start [/quote] exactly what I did, it worked for me for 10minutes ---
**Author:** ![joyride2k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joyride2k/32/7289_2.png) [@joyride2k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joyride2k)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-was-fixing-a-grand-am/36136/12 "2007-09-29T10:10:34Z")
[quote=“BDR5oh,post:10,topic:36136"”] nope… but for $40 … ill fix his problem [/quote] I’ll do it for $39.99!