Will not start

Tiny
JIM JAMES JONES
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  • 1999 INFINITI I30
  • 3.6L
  • V6
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 206 MILES
I recently bought this car. I am in California. I drove the car twice to Bakersfield I drove the car into Lancaster everything was fine then my rear main seal went out and the radiator went out with it, so I got that replaced and fixed and I got the front crankshaft seal fixed as well. I picked my car up from the mechanic shop in all of a sudden now it will not start. It will crank up and turn but it will not catch and start. They are telling me that my key was damaged. So I went to a key place they said unless I hit this key with a hammer is not damaged. So they are saying that it is something with my security system in my car. I have never had this problem with this car, I have had this car for over ten years and never had any starting problems not even close to it, because when I find something wrong with it I baby it and fix it fast. I do not leave in time just to sit around and be able to just be broken down I am trying to figure out could have did something wrong. I turn the key over my security light holds red so I do not know if the security system is locked or what. Please help! There was nothing wrong with this car before I put it in the shop.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 AT 8:48 PM

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Tiny
STEVE W.
  • MECHANIC
  • 13,465 POSTS
Okay, the first thing is if the security light is on when you turn the key and crank the engine it is most likely the issue. Normally it will come on, then go off as the system reads everything okay. Staying on means there is something wrong. Did it start okay when you left the shop and now will not start at your place or is it still at the shop?

There is a generic guide to resetting alarms and such at.
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-reset-a-security-system

Beyond that you need a good scan tool that can talk to the security (NATS) system to see what the failure could be as there are multiple sensors and components that comprise the system.

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Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 AT 12:34 AM

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