My wife's van refuses to start 3/5 times. All the dash lights turn on, the doors lock and unlock on their own, the starter clicks, and the horn blows obnoxiously. It takes about two or three hours of it sitting for it to start fine. I've seen a couple posts about how there is some super stupid/secret factory alarm system/switch which causes this but I haven't been able to find anything under the dash.

She just took it to our mechanic...I'm friggin' broke and hopefully this won't be expensive to fix. Between this and my Trailblazer https://chevroletforum.com/forum/tra...ch-lock-46452/ our two Chevys are quickly becoming money pits. Our last four cars have been Chevys but I'm really becoming disgusted at how much money I've had to sink into all of them on a semi-regular basis. I love their vehicles but I feel like I need to start looking at another brand.

 

Is there any codes? Might be the body control module, or a communication failure. Need to know if, and what code there is.

 

I don't think GM is going to last much more than a couple years. They are having such a poor quality issue. The last GM I owned (still do) is a 2000 suburban. The last worth a hoot was a company 2006 Silverado. Since then I've also had an 08, and a 2011 Silverado. Issue, after issue. I call it "aftermarket sales" thats poor quality, and failure in time after the sale to sell parts, and service. No company with that "seeming" philosophy will last, just GM hasn't learned that.

 

Alright the mechanic said it was a voltage issue from the battery(original battery apparently) so we got a new battery and we'll see if there are any problems in the future.

And I agree with you Kevin, the quality has gone downhill. My '02 S10 and '04 Tahoe never really had any problems outside of fuses but that is because I had a fair amount of emergency lighting in them and never upgraded the electrical system. I'm looking around for other brands for my next vehicle.