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Expert: - 1/12/2010


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Yesterday my wife was on her way to work when she got to the car she turn the keys the car did not start i thought it was the battery but when i took it to get charge put it back in the car it still didn't crank it want to start but it don't crank it clicks could U help me it is a 1990 Cadillac Seville 4.5 liter fuel injection could you give me some advice please i am 18 years stay 250 miles from my family I'm in fort Lauderdale for college with my wife i don't nobody i need directions what to do thank you.

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Hello,

From your description of clicking and no crank, I would suspect a bad starter solenoid or bad starter.
If you can get to it, try tapping the starter with a hammer and see if it will crank afterward.

This is not a VATS anti-theft problem.

Good Luck!

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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