is passlock failure connected to car audio?

[tonkpils 10+ year member]

ok here is the deal. i bought a 98 blazer a few days ago. i took everything out of my old car and took it to the installer so they could install it and an alarm(WITHOUT REMOTE START). ok last night they installed everything but my door speakers. everything was working fine even the alarm. today i take it up there to have the door speakers put in. the car is running as they pull it out of the shop to get my sirius working. they pull it back in and cut it off,,,,the security light comes on the car wont start. call a mechanic and he automatically said your passlock took a shit on ya. call the place where i bought it and he says it isnt his problem that the stereo shop screwed it up? is that even possible seeing as the passlock is located in the ignition cylinder?

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[tonkpils 10+ year member]

wow thanks? nobody has a gm with passlock?

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

did the car ever start back up? The only way to tell is to have a look for yourself. And if it was the passlock the car would not have run that long, it would have started back up and immediately cut off.

 

[tonkpils 10+ year member]

did the car ever start back up? The only way to tell is to have a look for yourself. And if it was the passlock the car would not have run that long, it would have started back up and immediately cut off.

thats what it did,,,its still in the shop

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

yeah have ths shop check your passlock wiring and show them to you. If they are still intact then the problem was not them. And if it starts and shuts off immediately than yes it is passlock

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

from what I remember the passlock crap makes the car go in to a "tamper mode" which prevents the car from starting for a couple mins. if it keeps being messed with it goes in to a "long tamper mode" and the car can't be started for a good while.. but that should not happen because they did not install the remote start portion of the alarm.

 

[tonkpils 10+ year member]

thank you,i knew it had nothing to do with the install...i should whip the *** of the guy that sold me the blazer. sob isnt wanting to fix it

 

[ShiningBuick 10+ year member]

Does it have an aftermarket receiver? When I put on in my 2001 Alero is started a string of passlock issues here n there. Seems it likes having the radio interface plugged into the stock radio better than an aftermarket plug.

 

[Famous_78]

Like said above if the remote start portion wasnt installed it cant be passlock oriented, but check whoever installed the alarm they could of did part of the remote start by accident.