Intermittent Start - SOLVED

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Could be alot of things. Bad starter, corroded or loose battery cable at either end, bad ignition switch, bad or misadjusted safety switch at tranny (Park. neutral switch). Bad ground at the firewall or engine block, this guy can cause havoc on your BCM which just so happens to give the PCM the OK to start engine AFTER your passlock system tells the BCM you aint a thief.
I think you mean the ECM (Engine Control Module) ? Replaced it. Passlock system wouldn't let it start til I had the Dealer program it. Worked fine for a month, then back to intermittent start.
 
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By "no power to the starter" do you mean that the control circuit to the starter solenoid was missing the crank signal, or did you mean something else?

Starter solenoids can be intermittent.
Replaced the Starter solenoid.
 

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I think you mean the ECM (Engine Control Module) ? Replaced it. Passlock system wouldn't let it start til I had the Dealer program it. Worked fine for a month, then back to intermittent start.
Uhh no, not in a 2000-2006. Its called a PCM (Powertrain Control Module) which controls the engine AND the transmission. And the BCM (Body Control Module) handles mostly interior lights, passlock and what not.
 

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As others have said, bidirectional scan tool would be quite helpful here. IIRC, cam position sensor could cause similar symptoms?
 

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as a test connect one end of a black jumper cable to batt negative and other end of black jumper cable to block somewhere and try cranking...if it starts you have a bad negative battery cable..common on these models. can do the same thing from batt pos to starter pos and try cranking..if it starts you have a bad positive battery cable. common issues on these models...i had the same issue a month ago and it was bad negative batt cable.
 
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GOT IT ! But - what IS IT ?!?!? While installing a new ignition switch, found this. When holding in Start and nothing...hitting this caused it to start. Looks like some sorta starter interrupt. Taking it out = full start! Has "6900A" on it.
 

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Ahhh...yes...there's a variable isn't it. Looks like maybe an aftermarket remote start or alarm unit. Must not have been letting an ignition signal through. Great that it is out and now you're starting and running!
 

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