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I am trying to find or locate the starter enable relay on this 95 seville sts with a 4.6L engine. If anyone can help me with this it would truly be appreciated.
Hello Terrance,
I see that you did not like my timeliness, and I apologize, but I do not get paid to answer questions on this site and I do have my business I have to operate to get compensated from.
I highly suggest you bypass the (It never prevented theft- PASSKEY) A/K/A VATS before one day the car doesn't start because of this factory installed junk.
It was used from 1986-2005 on various makes and models including the Corvette. If a computer is obsolete in 3-6 months, what does that tell you about a so-called "high tech" system used for 19 years.
The PASSKEY does not use a computer chip like some believe, it is only a resistor of 14 different values. As I write this I am looking at a VATS bypass kit and 14 ignition keys with different resistors.
Look, I tell you this to make you aware this system does not work.
Got to any alarm store and get it bypassed and have a hidden kill switch installed.
If it fails (it will) the great dealer will hit you $500 to replace the special ignition lock.
Good Luck
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| Comment | I would like to take this time to thank Mr. Painter for responding to my question and I really do appreciate the time involved in him doing so. I have never diagnosed a no start concern on a cadillac before so, I was more concerned with the location of the starter relay in order to diagnose this concern properly which, I found through another source. It turns out in this case someone had unpluged the pass key decoder module located in the trunk. | ||
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Rob Painter
Expertise
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?
Experience
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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