Hi all, new to the forum! I have an 05 G35X and I have a small but annoying problem with the ignition on my car....About a year ago, when I would get into my car and try to start it without the key in the ignition it would not start (the ignition start **** would not even turn) and the red "KEY" light would come on on the instrument cluster. This only happened sometimes, but now happens pretty much every time I try to start it. I now have to remove the key from the intelligent key and manually start the car. I have tried all obvious things like changing the battery in the remote (twice) and this has not helped.

I have also searched the internet and various forums but have come up with nothing, your help is greatly appreciated!

-Stef

 

make sure youre intelligent key/remote is not in your pocket with a cell phone or anything electronic. i think the cell phone blocks the car from getting a signal.

 

I had heard about that....my key is never near my cellphone though....especially when im on the phone....maybe I have a bad battery in my Ikey. Changed it twice though! The problem just seems very intermittent, or at least it was!

 

sorry to hear Stef good luck, but on another note, post some pics of you ;-)

 

Hmm, I had this happen to me twice but never again. But I started the car then the red light came on as there was no key.

 

i think u may have your steering wheel locked, if not change the battery, mine was doing that too.. but i think it was the steering wheel lock

 

What do you mean by steering wheel lock? I hope I'm not missing something stupid here! It's soooo annoying (now that I am used to not having to put a key into my ignition) lol

 

when car is off and steering wheel is moved, it will lock. so in order to start the car u must move the steering wheel in either direction (left or right)..

 

if its not the steering wheel lock, either your trasmitter or reciever in the car is going out. I had a couple of friends that had problem with their key FOB's