Pontiac Repair: 2001 firebird, lock cylinder, light flash

Question
I went to the store came back and parked my car. came back about 3hr later and tired to start it and it won't do any thing. when i leave the car in the start  the security light flash on and off and check gages light stays on. what is wrong with  my car.

Answer
Hi Ramona:

The anti theft system in your car has a fault in it. More than likely the wires broke off the ignition lock cylinder in the column. There is a set of contact in the cylinder that read the little black pellet in the ignition key. If the wires are broken it can't read the pellete and the car thinks someone is trying to tamper with it to start it. It's not anything you can do to fix it it has to goto the dealer you may be looking at a $200-$300 repair. You need a new cylinder and 2 new keys. One other though is this maybe the pellet in your key has gone bad??? if you have a second key try that if that doesn't work you have to get it to the dealer. good luck :}