Pontiac Repair: Intermittent no start, grand am gt, purple wire

Question
Hi Todd

I have a 1995 Grand Am Gt 3.1 L with an aftermarket viper alarm/remote start.
Intermittently,it wont start after having been driven.It was real intermittent for the longest time,seemed to happen when it was raining /damp out.Lately it has been happening all the time,regardless of weather,seems like something gets hot,then it wont restart.IT WILL NOT CRANK.
As stated ,it has an aftermarket alarm (Viper) on it.During the failure, I check at different points in the wiring,i have power at the yellow wire at the neutral switch,power out at the purple wire.
This had the recall done where a starter relay and wiring were added to prevent fires at the ignition switch.
I have power on the purple wire at the relay and power on pin 30 of the relay. I noted that when it fails,i lose power on pin 30 red wire at the relay.soon as it comes back,vehicle cranks.
This has a red wire now on the S terminal of the solenoid and the ppl wire is at the relay.
Relay has 2 red wires,a ppl wire and a ground.
I replaced the relay before i realized it loses power on pin 30 .
My question is,would this be moreso an alarm fault or could it be an Ignition Switch fault.


Thanks for your time

Joe

Answer
Hi Joe:

this has the recall kit on it for an ignition switch melt down. if your loosing that power to the relay check that red wire. I belive that is the constant power to the relay durin a crank event. check the wiring near the starter possably a bad crimp connection. if not then I would follor that back into the car. it's the purple crank wire from there back. so that goes though the park neutral switch and then into the car and the ignition switch. Not sure how that alaram is wired in but in the car that crank signal is the yellow wire. check all your crimp connections on that yellow wire. if your on the fense about it being the remote starter reconnect the yellow wire and take the alarm out of the mix and see what happens.
good luck :-)