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Car won't start. turns over but stalls.

97' Chevy Cavalier turns over then immediately stalls. Any thoughts? It hasn't had any problems until today. It just won't stay running. It turns over and the engine fires up then stalls within seconds.

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  • swiss407 May 31, 2009

    I think you're right. The anti-theft light was on when it was stalling. I tried another key (the original) instead of the copy that my wife uses. It started up with no problems. After using the original key it again starts up fine with the copy key. She's use the copy key with no problems for a year or two now. Is this something that can just start happening over time or is it just a fluke that it started again?

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Sounds like a fault in the theft deterrent
is the theft light on or flashing
you will need to have the scanned for codes

  • Kevin Rahme Jun 01, 2009

    if the copy key isn't a GM key I would spend the extra and get an GM key

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