I am having issues starting my 1995 GP GTP.
I searched this forum about issues related to the alarms and the starter, but I couldn't find anything similar to my issue so here goes. Now before any of you say that its a problem with the starter or the battery, let me describe the situation. Every once in a while it takes multiple turns of the key to get the car to start. Whenever this happens, all I can hear is a click that comes from the engine somewhere. The first time I hear it, I turn the key a second time and, most likey, it will start. But sometimes I have to turn it a third, maybe a fourth time, or fifth time and then the car finally starts up just fine. It doesn't seem like the battery is dying because I just had it replaced less than year ago. And when I test it with a voltmeter, voltage shoes that its normal so that should rule out the battery. Also, when I'm driving at night, the lights don't appear to be dim or seem to flicker when using the power windows or anything else, so that would mean that the alternator is working and that its charging.
So if its not the battery or alternator, the next thing I started to look at is the starter. I replaced the original one about 6 months ago the same thing was happening. It was worked fine, with no issues, up until a little over a month ago, and then the same thing started happening again. So I bought a new AC Delco start and had it installed. Well, the new starter didn't change anything because its still doing it. Now I'm asking myself, how can the same thing happen when I just put in a new starter? I can it be that this new starter is defective? I don't think so. There must be something else that's causing this.
Now, I'm thinking that it could be that the PassKey chip on the ignition key which is not making good contact when its inserted? I tried using the spare, but the same thing happens so that pretty much eliminates the key.
So lets see, I've tried ruling out the battery, alternator, starter and PassKey, so the only thing I can possibly think of is the factory alarm (VSS-150).
Could there be a some kind of relay or kill switch that's going bad?
When I bought the car, last year, the previous owner had the alarm set to valet mode and then I changed it to active mode. Once I did that, that's when the starting issue started to occur. It didn't happen immediately, but I'm guessing it started to do this about a month or two after I had switched the alarm to active.
Now I'm thinking that the previous owner had it on valet mode because he knew about it. I don't know.
Anyway, I managed to switch the alarm back to valet mode, but the same thing is still happening. I don't know what else to try.
Has anybody experienced a something like this?
Any suggestions or comments would be much appreciated.