OK so I just bought a 2006 2.2 4cylinder Malibu LT from a friend of mine. The ignition switch in the car was broken when he bought it, he moved to NC 6 years ago and the car has been sitting in his yard since then. He said it started fine before it was parked and hasnt been touched since. The battery was dead in the car so I bought a new one and I believe that is where my current problems started but im not exactly sure. So this is a list of the problems im facing. The ignition switch was broke, I dont have the original key (only way i know for sure is because it wouldnt turn the locks on the trunk or the drivers door) I also dont have the original key fob, and the battery was dead so the passlock system has been activated. I could turn the old ignition switch with a screwdriver when I first looked at it, I replaced the battery, the ignition switch module and the passlock module with parts from another 06 from a salvage yard and it had its GM key in it still. I put it all back together and plugged in the battery and gave it a try.
After all of that, everything worked when the key was in the ON position but it will not even try to turn over. Ive done some research and I tried the relearn procedure with no luck. The passlock indicator light hasnt turned off yet and its solid, doesnt flash at all. After trying that a 3 times to make sure i was doing it right with no luck, i figured my problem was the missing key fob so I bought one that can be programmed through the OBD plug, I could not get it programmed and in the process all of the power slowly faded until I killed my brand new battery. On the radio it kept saying Power Steering and one time it said ERROR where the mileage displays but it didnt show that again after that. Those are the only messages Ive got so far. I tried putting the old switch housing and passlock modules back in and only changing the switch tumbler hoping it was just sending the wrong codes, and that didnt work either. Im waiting on a friend that knows a bit more than I do to bring his OBD scanner and figure out what codes its throwing and I'm really not trying to deal with a dealership since I cant afford to have it towed to them. I will check the power to the starter tomorrow when I get the battery back since its being charged at Advanced right now but I wanted to talk to someone who has had this issue and find out what things i can try now before dumping too much more money into it???
After all of that, everything worked when the key was in the ON position but it will not even try to turn over. Ive done some research and I tried the relearn procedure with no luck. The passlock indicator light hasnt turned off yet and its solid, doesnt flash at all. After trying that a 3 times to make sure i was doing it right with no luck, i figured my problem was the missing key fob so I bought one that can be programmed through the OBD plug, I could not get it programmed and in the process all of the power slowly faded until I killed my brand new battery. On the radio it kept saying Power Steering and one time it said ERROR where the mileage displays but it didnt show that again after that. Those are the only messages Ive got so far. I tried putting the old switch housing and passlock modules back in and only changing the switch tumbler hoping it was just sending the wrong codes, and that didnt work either. Im waiting on a friend that knows a bit more than I do to bring his OBD scanner and figure out what codes its throwing and I'm really not trying to deal with a dealership since I cant afford to have it towed to them. I will check the power to the starter tomorrow when I get the battery back since its being charged at Advanced right now but I wanted to talk to someone who has had this issue and find out what things i can try now before dumping too much more money into it???
