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Expert: - 3/6/2011


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CTS 2006 was turned off and key was stuck halfway and wouldn't come out. Now car won"t start either?

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Contact a local locksmith and many have programming equipment they can use if it goes past an ignition lock/key issue.

Worst case if they don't, at least you can get lock fixed for half the price of a dealer and locksmiths come to your car. Then once that's handled and they don't have programming equipmment, a local service center does.

Now if when you say it won't start, maybe the problem is merely mechanical and the ignition won't go in the start position, the locksmith can help you.

Cadillac does not make locks from the factory. Strattec and Huff make the keys and the locks. The same place the locksmith gets these parts. A dealer is only a middle man.

What I am telling you will save you money!

Good luck!!!

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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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