Please help !!!!!!!!!!!!

[SEDUCTIVE.GRAND.AM]

ok , i have several issue at hand right now . let me describe everything thats going on . first off . i bought this car 3 months ago bone stock from a used car dealership . it came with the catalytic converter already cut off , but no check engine light was on . i know the light works since it was coming on when i used to start the car . now , as for my problems . it first started last week . the check engine light cme on while i was driving it . i had started it and killed it several times over a day and a half with no issues what so ever , but the light still came on . one morning i got up and tried to start the car to head to work , but it did nothing . it was acting like it wasnt getting fuel . also , the brake pedal was very hard and it wouldnt shift out of park , even with the the ignition switched over to an on position . i tried at least 20 times to start it and nothing . it finally made a pop noise and then it just started to spin freely as if the timing belt had broke . took the cover off and the timinbg belt is still good . did some research and found out it was the anti theft system , even though the the anti theft light never came on . i did a trick that a mechaninc friend told me about . he had me hook up jumper cables to the car and leave them hooked up for 10 minutes . i did that and then the car fired right up . it did though take a couple of tries to restart it . it acts like the starter wasnt engaging the flywheel - im thinking thats the pop noise i heard . it also will shift out pf park now unlike before . i started to do some work on the dash and then removed the guage cluster . now , ever since i rehooked the guage cluster back up , the car will start , but will run for only like a second and then die . also , none of the lights will work on the cluster . the only ones that come on are both of the turn signal indicator lights . when i try to start it , only the driver side turn signal indicator will remain lit . no check engine light , no anti theft , no nothing . i have rechecked the connections on the cluster and it all ok . i need some serious help as i am limited on funds and dont have a whole hell of a lot to shell out to fix this thing . any help would be appreciated . thank you very much .

 

[rockony14]

well the first thing is check the fuse box then the wiring if those are all good then you should get a new converter if that doesn't work take it back to the dealer and get your money back because they sold you a broken car.

 

[SEDUCTIVE.GRAND.AM]

the car has ran fine the way i got it from the car lot for the last 3 months . it only started all of these issues just a few days ago . all of the fuses and all of the wiring is fine . the catalytic converter hasnt caused an issue at all . the issues the car is having has nothing to do with the cat being cut off . it has to do with removing the guage cluster causes the anti theft system to shut everything down . what i am needing is some type of procedure to reset the anti theft system so that the car will start and run

 

[Cloudthelonewolf]

if the anti theft is the case then just google relearning program for the passlock 2 system. it takes about 15 to 30 mins to do it but it will give you step by step on how to

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[melsg5]

since the problems occured after you took the gauge cluster apart, i dont know why you did that, you have to take it apart again and see if you failed to connect something or managed to pinch a wire or some other fault in reassembly. No where do you mention what year car you have.