# Anti-theft malfunction

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-theft-malfunction/53263>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, malibu, classic\
**Created:** [August 9, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-theft-malfunction/53263 "2010-08-09T21:33:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![rpalmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rpalmer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rpalmer)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-theft-malfunction/53263/1 "2010-08-09T21:33:47Z")

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My 2005 malibu classic 4 cyl won’t start sometimes due to an anti-theft malfuntion that can only be resolved if I wait ten minutes as is suggested in the manual…any ideas on how to avoid this from happening? I have noticed that if I open the car slowly, close door, wait just a few seconds to insert key and rev the engine at the initial start, that does seem to help sometimes.