# Chev ignition deadspot **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, 2500\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chev-ignition-deadspot/76891 "2013-01-23T17:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@bogan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bogan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chev-ignition-deadspot/76891/1 "2013-01-23T17:29:57Z")
I’ve got a 2008 chev 2500 6.0 liter. This is a intermittent problem. Turn the key “click” nothing happens, try again it starts. Clock sets back to 1200. Chev garage says it’s not starter because clock sets back to 1200. Lights will slightly flicker when you step on the brakes. Grounds have been cleaned, battery 1 year old. Ignition switch tumblers working hard. Any guesses. Chev garage cure is run it til it dies. ---
**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chev-ignition-deadspot/76891/2 "2013-01-23T19:23:02Z")
The battery cables can go bad internally. Outside insulation can cover up internal corrosion. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chev-ignition-deadspot/76891/3 "2013-01-23T20:12:44Z")
How about that ground connection near the master cylinder? That’s where it is on the 02 pickup. As far as changing parts goes, they might try the ignition switch which may sell for $25 and take forty minutes to change. Resetting the clock doesn’t mean it’s not due to a faulty starter; it only hints at it not being a faulty starter. Nothing in this game is certain. ---
**Author:** ![Stoveguyy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Stoveguyy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Stoveguyy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chev-ignition-deadspot/76891/4 "2013-01-23T23:21:54Z")
If ur clock resets, doesn’t that indicate the voltage is dropping below a certain point? Can u try putting in a different battery as a test? ---
**Author:** ![bogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@bogan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bogan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chev-ignition-deadspot/76891/5 "2013-01-24T15:57:59Z")
All the grounds were cleaned and the battery is a year old. Trying to avoid the expensive chevy garage poke and hope fix. ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chev-ignition-deadspot/76891/6 "2013-01-24T16:24:18Z")
Unfortunately, the problem is electrical, and will be a poke and hope fix. Sadly, it is the nature of electrical problems. I don’t know if your 2008 still has them, but check any fusible links that feed the fuse box. I’ve tracked problems like this to those links before. ---
**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chev-ignition-deadspot/76891/7 "2013-01-25T02:09:36Z")
Don’t sound like an ignition “dead spot” to me. More like a battery connection.