98HossGT

so i go to start my car and it just clicks and everything dies like the battery was dead so i tried to jump it and nothing but the battery is fine after all, now theres a rapid clicking sound from the trunk and the theft light blinks rapidly also an nothing has electricity to it at all, its basicly in lock down. i need all the input i can get, thanks in advance.

orange96gt

Mine did the same thing and it ended up being the little box in the fenderwell(passenger side). Dont know what it was called but it went bad 2 different times because the wiring harness was lying on the engine and burned a hole in it

98HossGT

howd you fix it

orange96gt

took it 2 the shop, it was about 150 bucks

98HossGT

how did you take it to the shop when the car doesnt start

undecided.steve

That's the CCRM.
It' basically a relay block with some electronics to control all kinds of "stuff" like fans, fuel pump (I think?) etc.
It's buried in the front passenger side fender, but you can see it if you look through the hole where the airbox snorkle/silencer goes.

98HossGT

you think thats what went wrong with my anti theft?

1fstblckgt

Probably.. mine does it from time to time, but my theft light will just start blinking really fast and I have to take the keys out and lock the doors.. let it sit for a minute and then try again, sometimes i have to pull the theft system fuse and then crank the car.

undecided.steve

Hard to say because you have a number of symptoms.
PATS is different for different year cars.
Some will crank if say the wrong key (mechanically correct, but not programmed) is inserted, others won't do anything.
All the clicking and stuff leads me to believe you have something else going on.
Also PATS won't effect radio, lights etc.
Does all that stuff work?

Here is a link with the different PATS systems and what they do.

http://www.v8sho.com/SHO/Passive%20A...%2099-26-6.htm

98HossGT

where is the theft system fuse