MrAdam
Newbie
Been having start issues off and on and since I don't drive this truck daily (my wife does) it has been a bear for me to diag; but I think this mornings issues are pointing towards the neutral safety switch.
1997 Suburban 1500
On cool or cold mornings she would go out and turn the key, everything lights up but the starter will not engage. The first time we had issues with this it turned out to be dirty and loose battery cables, however that is not the case now and she still randomly has issues. This morning it happened and I had her put the truck in Neutral and it started right up; this indicates to me the Starter and Battery are fine and we are looking at something up stream. I was questioning the ignition switch but since shifting to neutral resolved it this morning I am now suspect of the NSS.
She dropped the last kid off at daycare and went to start the truck and it would not start in any gear, she is not mechanically inclined and she was a block from work so I told her to leave it.
Two questions:
Is it normal for these to just lose adjustment?
Can I bypass the NSS without cutting anything?
Looks like I just need to jump the Purple and Green wires in the plug at the NSS but I prefer not to hack the harness up.
$60 local or $30 offline for a new NSS and I would like to eliminate this from the system for a week or so to see if we continue to have issues or not as I am still not sure about the ignition switch. The column needs rebuilt but I would like to wait and do that in the spring if the ignition switch is not the problem.
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1997 Suburban 1500
On cool or cold mornings she would go out and turn the key, everything lights up but the starter will not engage. The first time we had issues with this it turned out to be dirty and loose battery cables, however that is not the case now and she still randomly has issues. This morning it happened and I had her put the truck in Neutral and it started right up; this indicates to me the Starter and Battery are fine and we are looking at something up stream. I was questioning the ignition switch but since shifting to neutral resolved it this morning I am now suspect of the NSS.
She dropped the last kid off at daycare and went to start the truck and it would not start in any gear, she is not mechanically inclined and she was a block from work so I told her to leave it.
Two questions:
Is it normal for these to just lose adjustment?
Can I bypass the NSS without cutting anything?
Looks like I just need to jump the Purple and Green wires in the plug at the NSS but I prefer not to hack the harness up.
$60 local or $30 offline for a new NSS and I would like to eliminate this from the system for a week or so to see if we continue to have issues or not as I am still not sure about the ignition switch. The column needs rebuilt but I would like to wait and do that in the spring if the ignition switch is not the problem.
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