Jose A.

Hey how is it going guys!!!

​​​​​​Ive been in the rotary community for awhile but 7s and pretty new to the 8s platform.

I have a 05 base model with a REW swap in it that i have an issue with that I've been trying to track down but just can't figure just yet what the issue could be 😅
It's not a big deal, but at the same time kind of annoying tbh.

My issue is that the car starts up fine , runs and all ... BUT ... When I turn it off , the car STAYS on , UNLESS i open the door or one of the doors, or just pop the door handle .

I thought maybe it could be bad key but the immobilizer light goes away once the car turns on, it doesn't stay rapidly or anything.

Then i thought maybe the ignition switch could be bad , so i disconnected it, put the key in the cylinder lock, turn it on and then with a flat head turned the ignition on, started the car and shut it off and it stayed on till i opened the door.
Swapped it with another ignition switch and tried again and still same issue, so it's not the switch either.

Checked all fuses and relays and even swapped them for others and still the same issue.

I'm at the point that i can't think of anything else that could be causing this , so i figured i post and see if may e someone can point me to certain relay, fuse, module or something to look at 😅

Could somehow be the cylinder lock assembly?
But even if it was , then i shoulda been able to turn it off when I had the ignition switch detached right? Or something in it not making the contact that need to the immobilizer to tell the ECU to shut it off?

Sorry for the long post !

Hope you guys can help me as I've been lurking here for a bit trying to find any related posts but haven't been able , so thought i make a post about lol.

TIA!