2003 Chevy Avalanche 1500 Passlock issues ?
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2003 Chevy Avalanche 1500 Passlock issues ?
Howdy. Have used this site for info in the past and yall are great, but not having much luck right now, must be "user error" 
. Customer has a 2003 Chevy Avalanche. Charging system went south on him, and he lost his battery. Truck died.
This has seemed to activate the Passlock system on the truck, from what I understand.
New battery, still no cranking.
After trolling online, I found the 30 minute procdure for resetting the Passlock (I assume the little locked padlock light on the dash is this "passlock" ?). This is what I found:
in a nut shell.
Problem is, I do not need to wait 10 minutes for the light to turn off, as it turns off on its own after maybe 60 seconds...
Wondering if you guy have any ideas ?
Could be the starter I suppose, but that would be one heck of some bad luck to have the charging system go bad, lose the battery and lose a starter all around the same time. Of course, crazier things happen, but I don't know. The truck died on him during a drive. Electronics went dead, and he coasted to the side. Towed in.
Just looking for some ideas.
Will get back to work. If I find something, will let you all know. In the meanttime, some ideas would be great. As my name suggest, I am not too familiar with these yankee cars...
Thanks a bunch for any help !
. Customer has a 2003 Chevy Avalanche. Charging system went south on him, and he lost his battery. Truck died. This has seemed to activate the Passlock system on the truck, from what I understand.
New battery, still no cranking.
After trolling online, I found the 30 minute procdure for resetting the Passlock (I assume the little locked padlock light on the dash is this "passlock" ?). This is what I found:
try this first-turn key to run postion-watch 
the security light on the dash(or passlock light) wait about ten miniutes and the light should go off-turn key to the off postion-then repeat this three times-on the last time turnkey off for about ten seconds and try to start the truck-this is called a 30 miniute relearn procedure-the pass lock has lost the security code and this relearns it-if this doesnt work then there is a failure in the security system and the truck will need to be taken to the dealer to be repaired(or a good repair shop)to be diagnosed-this requires special tools to diagnose this and these tools are not avaible to the layman
the security light on the dash(or passlock light) wait about ten miniutes and the light should go off-turn key to the off postion-then repeat this three times-on the last time turnkey off for about ten seconds and try to start the truck-this is called a 30 miniute relearn procedure-the pass lock has lost the security code and this relearns it-if this doesnt work then there is a failure in the security system and the truck will need to be taken to the dealer to be repaired(or a good repair shop)to be diagnosed-this requires special tools to diagnose this and these tools are not avaible to the layman
Problem is, I do not need to wait 10 minutes for the light to turn off, as it turns off on its own after maybe 60 seconds...
Wondering if you guy have any ideas ?
Could be the starter I suppose, but that would be one heck of some bad luck to have the charging system go bad, lose the battery and lose a starter all around the same time. Of course, crazier things happen, but I don't know. The truck died on him during a drive. Electronics went dead, and he coasted to the side. Towed in.
Just looking for some ideas.
Will get back to work. If I find something, will let you all know. In the meanttime, some ideas would be great. As my name suggest, I am not too familiar with these yankee cars...
Thanks a bunch for any help !
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