I have a 2000 chevy s-10 x-treme edition and I’m having an odd problem. Some times when I start up the truck with out giving it some gas, it will start up and immediatly die and then the security light on the dash will start to flash. The truck will not start for a good 10 minutes while still turn…

I’m having the same problem with my 99 s-10. No one can help me either.

I would guess you’ll need to have the ignition system traced to find the fault. You mentioned you can affect the switch when you move the tilt steering column, perhaps there is a damaged wire.

If you can wait until tomorrow I can get into the wiring diagram and see what can be done to disable the system. I recently was looking at a wiring diagram for a GM security system and it seemed to me that it was possible to disable the system by cutting a specific wire. I’ll do some checking and ge…

I am sorry to say but I don’t see any way to disable or by-pass the security system. The system uses the key sensor to send a signal to the BCM, if it doesn’t see the correct signal it sends a voltage signal to the VCM to shut down the fuel injectors. What I can’t find is how they shut down the fu…

I lose track of when they released the various incarnations of Passlock. There’s a ton of information out there on ways to reset and defeat all versions of Passlock. Some are as simple as cutting the yellow Passlock data line and waiting with the key in the run position for 10 minutes. There are chi…

So I got it fixed. It was the security interlock switch that sits just above the tumbler. cost about 400$ to get it fixed. Hope you can get it fixed.

Security switch in Chevy S-10

Maintenance/Repairs

willey March 26, 2008, 1:49pm 7

I saw one version where all you had to do was by-pass a relay to disable the system. I can’t remember what vehicle or year it was for but it must have been for an earlier version.

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Security switch in Chevy S-10

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