Hi! Okay, car question. Upon leaving the dentist yesterday, i got into my 1995 Chevy Camaro and I put the key in and it would not turn. Also, the wheel became locked and the brake was "stiff" if that makes sense. I couldn’t get anything to work so I called my girlfriend and she came to where I was and tried. Fiinnaally she got the wheel to unlock and the key to turn. I got into the car bad had a baaadd feeling something was about to go awry. I began driving and at about 1 mile into the drive, I was stopped at a red light and the gas/oil/battery/ etc…guages started like "clicking" and "fluttering" and acting all erratic and a second later, the car was OFF. Oh my goodness…at one of the busiest intersections in Hartford, CT no less AT RUSH HOUR! LOL. My friend noticed I wasn’t following behind her and pulled over and came to my rescue. We called the police first b/c we were trying to wave on traffic ourselves but we thought it deemd fit to have someone else there…well just a note…the police, after 45 minutes, never came. I even called twice…aye yi yi. I digress. So my tow truck eventually came. That guy diagnosed that it was the alternator and not the battery…fine. So yesterday I had a brand new alternator installed. Didn’t solve anything. I could turn the key and the car wants to start and makes the starting up noise, but just turns right off. Well, my brother-in-law who is building a ‘68 camaro from the ground up as his hobby, came over and had a look see. He then had this brilliant idea to try starting the car with just the remote starter. And wouldn’t you know, the car roared and started and ran beautifully, but when you go to sit inside and put the key in and use the car, it turns off. My brother in law went on a hunt for the remote starter box because I actually got the car from my sister who is his wife, to use and they bought it a few years ago from some kid who had the remote starter installed. So my brother in law didn’t know where the box was located. Well, after a while he found it. He did all this fancy stuff with the connectors and wires but it was a no go. We ended up losing daylight at this point. So he said it is definitely something to do with that remote starter. He says there’s a connectivity problem and while I’m driving the car, the car is getting the signal that its being run by the remote starter and the brake is on so it shuts off. Because when you have a remote starter, if you remote start from lets say your house and you go to get into the car and put your foot on the brake, it turns off. It needs the key etc but i’m sure whomever is reading this knows that I’m just trying to make sure I give enough information. SO…the problem is he’s not sure if it’s the entire wiring harness that came with the remote starter kit or its the black box from the kit that connects all the wires together that is the problem. He also said, these connectors and wires could very well run all along the inside of the dash and may not be a simple fix. There is no product name on the remote starter box…just a model number. When I type the model number into google, it shows up audiovox remote starter which may be a good lead. Now…I cannot drive the car obviously. How am I going to get one of these remote starter places to look at it? Will they come to the house for that? Is this an expensive thing? Do you agree, that it’s something either with the wiring harness or connector box of the remote starter that is the problem? I mean the car does run smoothly by pressing the remote starter button. It’s just when I try to start it with the key, it tries to start but turns off. Even, of course, tried taking key off remote starter keychain and tried it on its own…but no go. Okay well I hope I’ve given enough information. If not, I’ll tell ya more if ya need more info. Thanks for taking the time to look at this!!! : )

The remote start is obviously working properly.
The factory anti theft system is obviously not.
The remote start "fools" the engine module into thinking it was started with the key, when you start it with the key the module thinks it is being stolen. Basically the theft deterrent isn’t "seeing" the key, you may have damaged the ignition cylinder when you tried to force it to turn at the dentist. You’ll need to have it repaired at the dealer unfortunately. Good luck.

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