Originally Posted By: faramir9
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Your new ignition lock cylinder tumblers could and should've been keyed to your original key. Do you still have the original lock cylinder?
That's what I thought---but the cylinder came with new keys and a new Passlock chip. The guys at the shop told me I needed to keep the original keys to open the doors.
As long as the darn thing starts forevermore I am satisfied. I am new to this forum, but I assume the GM Passlock/fuel pump/electronics/ignition mess has been detailed here. Boggles my mind there was never a recall or class action suit.
As I said I could ramble on for thousands of words on this---let's just say that despite being a bit of a "Chevy guy" at heart and despite the fact the car has run well apart from this issue....it is so frustrating I have gone from "lean-GM" to "GM as last resort" for my next ride.
Thanks for the advice.
Yea, and after my uncles Ford Pinto went up in flames when he was rear-ended and he barely got out of it in time, for the next couple of years he swore to anyone who would listen that he would never purchase another Ford, and he never has.
And after my Plymouth Volare rusted out in three years and they told me that the company that rust-proofed it at the dealer was out of business, and the same guy with the same rust-proofing gear was still working in a bay at the same dealer I swore I would never purchase another Plymouth and I have not.
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Your new ignition lock cylinder tumblers could and should've been keyed to your original key. Do you still have the original lock cylinder?
That's what I thought---but the cylinder came with new keys and a new Passlock chip. The guys at the shop told me I needed to keep the original keys to open the doors.
As long as the darn thing starts forevermore I am satisfied. I am new to this forum, but I assume the GM Passlock/fuel pump/electronics/ignition mess has been detailed here. Boggles my mind there was never a recall or class action suit.
As I said I could ramble on for thousands of words on this---let's just say that despite being a bit of a "Chevy guy" at heart and despite the fact the car has run well apart from this issue....it is so frustrating I have gone from "lean-GM" to "GM as last resort" for my next ride.
Thanks for the advice.
Yea, and after my uncles Ford Pinto went up in flames when he was rear-ended and he barely got out of it in time, for the next couple of years he swore to anyone who would listen that he would never purchase another Ford, and he never has.
And after my Plymouth Volare rusted out in three years and they told me that the company that rust-proofed it at the dealer was out of business, and the same guy with the same rust-proofing gear was still working in a bay at the same dealer I swore I would never purchase another Plymouth and I have not.
