Need to reset padlock
Passlock you mean? That system is not resettable persay. It works when it decides the correct conditions are met. Those conditions come down to a chip in the ignition key has a certain ohms reading, and the BCM is programmed to only start when it sees 2 wite wires feed put of the BCM, up to the key, through the chip (1 wire in, 1 wire out) and back to the security module. There are like 12 different resistance key values and the key will never change but the lock cylinder tends to wear out and break its wires.
If this has happened...youd need a new lock cylinder.
If you want a cheaper fix...there isnt an easy one, however at the base of the steering column where the wires come down from the ignition and turn signal, one bulky wire is wrapped in bright orange cloth insulation and heads off alone upwards in the dash, That orange wire wrap contains the 2 tiny white wires that measure your key resistance and tell the BCM its OK to start the car, You COULD (Not saying you should!) take your ignition key to any radio shack...ask them to measure the resistance if the pellet in the key. one side of the key to the other,. Then have them sell you a resistor that totals the same resistance (plus or minus 10 or 20 is usually fine) and then install that new matched resistor between the 2 white wires and the car should start right back up because it will think the key is inserted and the wires are good again,.Ive even seen a really hungry tech take the spare key, cut the 2 white wires under the dash...TAPE one to each side of the key pellet, then wrap and ziptie the wires with backup key permanently connected to the 2 white wires back together and leave it like that.
But thats strictly Gilligans island level, you are better off fixing it properly. But the above will work in a pinch,
