I posted this won't start issue earlier this week thinking that it may have been something faulty with the drivers seat that was causing the issue. Something was loose under the driver's seat and once I put it back in place the problem persisted. For all I know the loose wire may have triggered the start of the issue. My speakers were intermittently humming also around the same time. After scouring the newsgroups and doing more research I think that my problem is actually the PATS system due to the rapidly flashing PATS light, upon turning the key (while the problem is occurring) coupled with the inability to arm the system when it is flipping out and won't turn over. When it is not flipping out and will start, the system arms normally. The door lock and unlock all the time but the system won't arm or disarm when flipping out. Hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction to get the issue fixed, preferably without another costly trip to the dealer. Here is the details of what's going on.
My car (2000 LS v6) will either not start at all or start and then shut off without warning while the car is idling or driving. When it shuts off the engine completely dies but everything else works. Instant dead like a kill switch was flipped on or something. No engine response at all but the power was perfectly fine. Radio, windows, instrument panel, interior chime and all were just fine. In the past when it happened, it usually just won't start all of a sudden but once it starts (after multiple tries) it runs like a top as usual. There were huge time gaps between these occurrences like days, weeks or even months. Now all of a sudden one day it is not drivable and shuts off in seconds but never at the same time. I replaced the battery a few months back and starter relay a couple days ago and it still occurs.
This is a real pain the butt. What is the right way to go about troubleshooting and fixing my PATS system? There has to be some simple workaround to bypass the system so it is drivable and repairable without dealer assistance.
My car (2000 LS v6) will either not start at all or start and then shut off without warning while the car is idling or driving. When it shuts off the engine completely dies but everything else works. Instant dead like a kill switch was flipped on or something. No engine response at all but the power was perfectly fine. Radio, windows, instrument panel, interior chime and all were just fine. In the past when it happened, it usually just won't start all of a sudden but once it starts (after multiple tries) it runs like a top as usual. There were huge time gaps between these occurrences like days, weeks or even months. Now all of a sudden one day it is not drivable and shuts off in seconds but never at the same time. I replaced the battery a few months back and starter relay a couple days ago and it still occurs.
This is a real pain the butt. What is the right way to go about troubleshooting and fixing my PATS system? There has to be some simple workaround to bypass the system so it is drivable and repairable without dealer assistance.
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