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The 1998 Camaro runs GM's VATS (Vehicle Anti-Theft System), also called Passkey II. There is no transponder chip in the key. Instead, the key blank (B62 or P1098D) has a tiny resistor pellet embedded in the blade. There are 15 possible resistance values, and the car's Theft Deterrent Module reads the pellet through two tiny contacts in the ignition cylinder. Wrong resistor value or a worn pellet and the car cranks but will not start. The fuel stays cut for about four minutes before it lets you try again.
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Got a call from a guy over near Cross at Grant Park in Ventura. His 1998 Camaro was sitting in a covered spot inside a townhouse complex, dead key, no spare. A tow company told him they could not navigate the entrance. Tight turns, low overhang, assigned spots backed against a wall. The car was not coming out without a working key.

I parked on the street and walked in with my bag.

The Camaro was a base V6 coupe, so it runs VATS/Passkey II. No transponder, no chip to clone. The whole security system lives in that small resistor pellet on the blade. I used my VATS interrogator on the ignition cylinder contacts to read the exact resistance value. His car came back as resistor number 6 out of the 15 values GM used. I cut a fresh P1098D blank with the matching pellet on my portable machine, tested the resistance with a meter to make sure it fell in the right window, and slid it into the cylinder.

Turned over on the first try. No security light, no four-minute lockout.

He stood there watching the tach settle at idle like he was waiting for something to go wrong. Nothing did. I was back on the street in about 20 minutes. He got a working spare and never had to figure out how to extract a fourth-gen Camaro from a tight parking spot with a flatbed.

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How long does it take to replace a key for a 1998 Chevrolet Camaro?
About 15 to 25 minutes on site. The 1998 Camaro uses VATS, which is a resistor-based system, not a transponder. So there is no chip programming or security relearn timer involved. I read the resistance value from your existing lock cylinder, match it to one of the 15 GM pellet values, cut the blade on the spot, and verify the resistance with a meter. If it is an all-keys-lost situation, it can add a few minutes because I have to decode the cylinder and test the pellet match before cutting. Still quicker than most jobs I run.
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My Camaro cranks but will not start and the security light is on. Is the key bad?
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