[SOLVED] 99 malibu will crank, but not start - Page 3

grogg1256 · 07-04-2008, 09:28 PM

on the obd II website--the neutral safety switch was marked under crank but no start--??? i just read and passed on information--im getting desperate!!
he bought a scanner today--one that does it all--and no codes were found, so either unhooking the battery does erase them, or whatever it was didnt throw a code....
im at a loss...any ideas????

grogg1256 · 07-04-2008, 11:34 PM

what are the symptoms of the actual ignition cylinder --not the switch--being bad??

grogg1256 · 07-12-2008, 08:21 PM

the electrical mystery is solved!!! it was the ignition module the entire time!! everything else checked out and kept leading my husband back to the ignition module--which had already changed twice with no results, he went to oreillys and had them test #2, and it still tested good, but he made them give him another one. when he installed ignition module #3, he got spark back! i dont know if there is a bad batch of them or what--but it was definitely the module.
thanks for all the help!!

Raylo · 07-13-2008, 05:26 AM

Wow, great! I was getting almost as exhausted as your poor husband must be. ;-) Hope the car treats you well for awhile.

07-04-2008, 09:28 PM	#41 (permalink)
grogg1256 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alabama Posts: 27 OS: xps2	Re: 99 malibu will crank, but not start on the obd II website--the neutral safety switch was marked under crank but no start--??? i just read and passed on information--im getting desperate!! he bought a scanner today--one that does it all--and no codes were found, so either unhooking the battery does erase them, or whatever it was didnt throw a code.... im at a loss...any ideas????

07-04-2008, 11:34 PM	#42 (permalink)
grogg1256 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alabama Posts: 27 OS: xps2	Re: 99 malibu will crank, but not start what are the symptoms of the actual ignition cylinder --not the switch--being bad??

07-12-2008, 08:21 PM	#43 (permalink)
grogg1256 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alabama Posts: 27 OS: xps2	Re: 99 malibu will crank, but not start the electrical mystery is solved!!! it was the ignition module the entire time!! everything else checked out and kept leading my husband back to the ignition module--which had already changed twice with no results, he went to oreillys and had them test #2, and it still tested good, but he made them give him another one. when he installed ignition module #3, he got spark back! i dont know if there is a bad batch of them or what--but it was definitely the module. thanks for all the help!!

07-13-2008, 05:26 AM	#44 (permalink)
Raylo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 299 OS: XP Desktop, Vista HP Notebook, XP Notebook	Re: [SOLVED] 99 malibu will crank, but not start Wow, great! I was getting almost as exhausted as your poor husband must be. ;-) Hope the car treats you well for awhile.