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<blockquote data-quote="Frog" data-source="post: 20632" data-attributes="member: 7442">Howdy all,I have a 2005 LS AWD with 3.4v6.Bought the car with blown head gasket. Replaced head gaskets, test ran. Discovered the a/c clutch is seizing and killing the motor. Starter was giving issues as well. Car sat for a few months. Towed it to my garage about 200 feet in neutral but still sounded like was in park. No idea why making that noise. No battery in car at the time, but still shifted into neutral when depressing brake pedal. Replaced starter, removed belt to eliminate a/c killing the motor so could test run for a couple minutes. Turn key, no power to starter. All fuses are good, checked them all. Checked grounds, all are good. Good battery with good connections. Test light shows no power to solenoid when key in start position. With key in run position I can short across solenoid and engine will start and run for about 3 seconds and die. Also, mysteriously, no turn signals or hazard lights now. All fuses and connections are good. Could this possibly be an ignition switch issue? Just don't want to start throwing parts at it. Car has about 188k miles on it. Thanks for any and all input!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frog, post: 20632, member: 7442"] Howdy all, I have a 2005 LS AWD with 3.4v6. Bought the car with blown head gasket. Replaced head gaskets, test ran. Discovered the a/c clutch is seizing and killing the motor. Starter was giving issues as well. Car sat for a few months. Towed it to my garage about 200 feet in neutral but still sounded like was in park. No idea why making that noise. No battery in car at the time, but still shifted into neutral when depressing brake pedal. Replaced starter, removed belt to eliminate a/c killing the motor so could test run for a couple minutes. Turn key, no power to starter. All fuses are good, checked them all. Checked grounds, all are good. Good battery with good connections. Test light shows no power to solenoid when key in start position. With key in run position I can short across solenoid and engine will start and run for about 3 seconds and die. Also, mysteriously, no turn signals or hazard lights now. All fuses and connections are good. Could this possibly be an ignition switch issue? Just don't want to start throwing parts at it. Car has about 188k miles on it. Thanks for any and all input! [/QUOTE]

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