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Expert: - 11/13/2009


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Can you please tell me, or better still provide a diagram, of where the starter enable relay is located on a 1995 Cadillac Sedan Deville?

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Hello,

I have no such diagram for a car that old. If the engine is not cranking, there is a good chance there is a broken wire in the so-called "anti-theft" system VATS A/K/A PASSKEY.

If this is the problem, you need to either replace the very costly lock cylinder (which will fail again) or bypass the junk and install a hidden starter kill. Although the process is the same for all VATS cars, there are many differences between make and model.

I was charging a $100 consultation fee at my site http://www.autotheftexpert.com however getting 10 requests a day has just gotten ridiculous and is affecting the time needed to do other work. I am no longer offering this consultation because it is costing me far too much time.

To bypass, if you look back on the answers I have supplied in the past year, you should be able to figure it out. I spelled out this bypass many times.

If the car is stolen however and they do steal old cars, and you turn an insurance claim in, you will be denied because as far as the ins is concerned VATS makes the car unstealable and their experts will always state this.

Rob

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Alarm system questions cannot be answered on this forum. These systems are not what I can answer. Without being physically at the vehicle and not knowing what kind of electrical service has been done on the vehicle, there is no possible way to give an accurate answer over the internet. My expertise is in Ignition/key based anti-theft systems. These issues include GM VATS (resistor chip in key blade) PASSLOCK (MRD)-ignition lock rotation based, no special ignition key and the PKIII Transponder (computer chip in key) systems. These systems are not alarm based and are integral with the starting of the engine. This is why I cannot diagnose alarm problems without physically looking at the vehicle: Alarm systems are a completely different annimal than ignition key/lock based anti-theft system. Many alarm questions come from vehicles 10 years old, and since older, many hands that had been involved over the years.I am an expert in all GM factory (ignition/key based)systems. Alarm system questions pose to many situations beyond my knowledge as to what has been done to the vehicle over the years. Some guy may have actually wired the stereo into the alarm system. Who knows? Over my past 30 years in vehicle wiring repair, I have seen unbelievable wiring disaters done by guys that consider themselves "mechanics." I have seen stereos and alarms intalled using surgical tape. I have seen modules burn up, un-fused circuits, wiring jambed between the doors and even lamp cord used for a starter kill. To answer alarm questions over the internet without examining the vehicle is like asking; What does it take to remove a dent?

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Education/Credentials-ASE certified. 11 years with a GM dealer and 17 years with a repair facility dealing with only the repair of theft recovered vehicles.

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