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99 Intrigue won't crank
Hello, I'm having problems getting my 99 Intrigue to turn over.
Searching this site and others around the net I see that many people are having the same problem. I think mine is a little unique and its because I'm an idiot and did something very stupid.
A little back story first: The ignition had been giving me problems for a long time. I had to jiggle the key to get it to unlock and this had become harder and harder to do. Last week after trying for a good half hour, I got pissed off and drilled out the ignition. Lucky for me I guess I left enough of the cylinder intact and the passlock didn't give me any problems and it started right up. I even stopped to get gas and was able to start it again. When I got to work and was having trouble getting the car to turn all the way off (engine was off but I couldn't get the cylinder to rotate all the way to the left to turn off the electrics) so I just disconnected the battery. Big mistake that was. When I came back 9 hours latter it wouldn't turn over.
From what I've been able to gather I screwed up the BCM. I tried the reset method where you try to start the car and then let it sit in ACC for 10 minutes and wait for the security light to turn off. My light never turns off.
So a quick run down:
1. I drilled out the ignition and was somehow able to leave the passlock system intact.
2. Car started
3. Disconnected the battery
4. Car no longer turns over.
5. 10 min reset procedure didn't work. Steady security light that never goes off (waited about 12 mins) and never flashes.
Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
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