How to fix the theft passlock system in 2003 Chevy Malibu when the car won’t start and theft system blinking.
How to fix the theft passlock system in 2003 Chevy Malibu when the car won’t start and theft system blinking.
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This realy work thankx… u saved me alot of cash….
Raveguy821, u can just cut the wire. The security light will just stay on showing that passlock is disabled.
This was very helpful. Had the same issue on my 2004 Pontiac gran am. Should mention to use a spst switch. Thanks again.
i have this issue for the first time. 99 malibu, the passlock is activated and the lock light does not blink or turn off even after 30 mins.i bought a new battery thinking that was the problem but no. please help.
What if you’re doing this cuz the car wont start? Then what?
GM junk
ty this damn chevy equinox keep doing this and getting on my nerves
So would I be able to cut the wire and then add the toggle switch later on?
I wish i had seen this video 8 years ago. Now i know how to fix this death trap of a car. Thanks
My Malibu had the Theft Lock problem every couple months for a few days (inconvenient and dangerous!). I recently tried this fix, and it completely fixed the problem. The only issue we had was accessing the ignition cylinder. Had to do a little remodeling to access the yellow wire I needed (cut part of the plastic separating the radio from the ignition). Not surprised that Wagslick didn’t show struggling to access the ignition cylinder 🙂 Great $20 fix. Thanks for posting.
did you need to use any resistors
I have a 2003 alero will this work on it?
I have a 3
I did have the car turned off for some parts because I had to remove the key before I could remove the dash panel. I had the car running as I cut the yellow wire. I’m not a mechanic, just a guy who follows directions. That’s what the directions told me to do.
Wagslick I’d like some clarification if you don’t mind. I have this problem and it seems to be at the point where any time my car doesn’t start on the first turn of the ignition, the theft system starts blinking and I have to go through the 10 minute reset. My question is, you say in your video that the “car must be running” to do what you did, but obviously your car is turned off at some point in the process because I see that your RPM and all other gauges are flat. Please explain.
I have found that pushing the gas slightly when starting will make it start more often.
How come the Malibu has to be running when you bypass it???
Will this work on a 2001 Malibu?
Worked on my 05 Impala Thanks!!!
Did not work for me ,still had to wait 10 mins to start car !
so i did this and my car starts and then it stalls….why?
This fix worked for me on my 2004 Malibu. However I didn’t understand the logic behind having the car on while doing this. To me it doesn’t sound safe to be cutting electrical wires with the car on. So I disconnected the battery first, then followed the rest of the steps.
It was just my luck that the antitheft system activated on my very first crank after installing the fix. I flipped the switch to the off position and re-cranked and it fired right up. easy breezy.
i have that same problem
Sorry, but does the car need to be on when I cut the yellow wire? Unfortunatley the key in your video keeps dissapearing and reappearing lol
Hey wagslick, my light keeps flashing and it won’t stop so I can get the thing started, will it work if I did it without starting the car? Please help I have to get to work.
wagslick when you do the steps in this video does your car have to be on in order for this to work?
Toyota only accepts problems that are safety related, they don’t want to take chances of a big lawsuit, but they are not saying anything about the big problem on the 2007 year model of the Camry with the 2.4 that has a big oil consumption problem, I have seen them all over the place, I believe its a defect on the valve stem seals but I am not 100% sure yet, also the engine block is now made of aluminum and the head bolt threads will strip if you try to do a head gasket replacement job.
If you just cut yellow wire, car will work but you will forever have a theft light on your dash lit up.
Question: if i ut the yellow wire.. Will that work? I have a 2000 chevy malibu.. ?
So do you know what would happen if you just cut the wire and leave it like that
This does work. The video makes the wire cut look like it’s two wires that is cut but you only cut the yellow wire. Don’t cut the white wire. Don’t forget to leave the car running while you do this. The guy at the GM dealership said he had no quick fix for this problem and that it was a common problem. This is the cheapest and easiest fix I have found on the web. 2004 Chevy Impala
This worked on my 2004 Chevy Impala ls. 3.8 . I followed this procedure as outlined 2 weeks ago and I’ve had no problems since. Before this fix, I went for nearly a year with no starts and having to go thru the click and wait game. thank you so much for sharing this with us.
are you sure its just “ON” ? I putted the key in ignition for 15mins and it still didnt start …