Ok.... I went to findlay this morning for an interview at red lobster... when i turn off the ignition, the car takes a few seconds to die out then the air and all the idiot lights stay on, which i assume kills my battery. It also seems like my car isn't even recognizing the fact that I have a turbo timer... any suggestions?

Aaron

 

oh, man....red lobster sounds good right about now...hmm...

so you actually have removed the key, and the lights and air is still on? do the power windows/locks work?

-Tesla

 

Put the key back in the ignition and make sure you turned it all the way off before removing the key...My friends' Toyota does this (he can even remove the key with it running!) and I think it's just a messed up ignition...

 

My old car did the same thing with the key coming out. It wasn't so bad at first but it got worse and worse and it got to the point that if I didn't turn the key all the way back to where it physically stopped before I took it out, the car could be restarted with no key. Amusing at first...but it gets old...just my .02

Dan

 

Yeah... i turned the bloody thing ALL the way back... i have to disconnect the battery to get everything to turn off.... stupid car Oh well... it will run perfectly one of these days... I'm just gonna rip the damned ingition apart and put it back together clean some parts and stuff and see what happens... and as always, suggestions are welcome

Aaron

 

Hey man, you've got a 14 year old car whose ignition switch was probably never oiled. I'm sure you will see the wear when you restore the switch.

 

Maybe I better oil all my key holes.

 

i can just picture you turning your car off thinking your cool cause you got a timer....then popping the hood to unplug the battery cable--ghetto!!! funny ****...

maybe your timer is wired up wrong!!

 

Im with Jamie on this one.
check the timer. as long as youre doing that might as well oil it up too and whatever else you can think of!!!!!!!!!

 

I think it's definitely the turbo timer. Usually the ignition will have intermittent problems before it goes out. (not out of the question though) The turbo timer has more circuitry, there's more that can go wrong. Could be as simple as some cold solder joints in the timer somewhere.

Monty
90 GXL

 

Well i have had my TT installed since like October and it has worked fine. I haven't messed with any of the wiring since then and now all of the sudden it goes into retard mode