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Originally Posted by atxjax
Hi guys,
Newb here trying to figure out my friends grandpa's ( WW2 vet ) 97 malibu with 3.1L Auto, 133K miles.
Car is driving down the road and all of a sudden cuts out. Won't start for about 20 mins. Then starts fine. Im thinking the ignition switch is bad. I did tell him to just use the key itself with no heavy rings on it. This maybe isnt related to Passlock but it could be so I thought id get some advice here.
I have yet to test the alternator, battery cables and clean out the ignition cylinder.
If it is a bad key cylinder anyone have any instructions on how to replace the whole thing?
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Start with the switch itself. You won't have to change the keylock, just the switch. Very common on this. Shouldn't be the PK2 system because that won't cause the car to stall out (except when just started).