Security light?

[BadAzzGTA89]

Drove my car for a half hour then shut it off for 5min came back out and restarted it and noticed the light on and has never come on before needless to say i was gonna wait till i got home before shutting it off and when i got home i did so and then restarted it and the light was off
So what would cause this and is it something to worry about?
It's a 2001 GS.

[lilws6]

wiggle the key and try again i assume it had that chip in the key? my T/A did it once and hasn't done it since usually somethign to do with the key if i remember?

[GTSLOW]

My T/A did that. I just used the other key. Not sure if that dam chip got wore out or what but the different key worked.

[0TransAm0]

happened to me as well in the TA. chip got worn out needed a new key..cost about $35 if i remember correctly...

[wrencher]

OR your lock cylinder is starting to go. There are 2 little tiny 22 gauge (dumb!) sized wires going to the pellet reader in the cylinder.
The repeated use of the cylinder/turning it to crank, it breaks one of these wires.
Seen them also do this just before they go out totally.

[BadAzzGTA89]

OR your lock cylinder is starting to go. There are 2 little tiny 22 gauge (dumb!) sized wires going to the pellet reader in the cylinder.
The repeated use of the cylinder/turning it to crank, it breaks one of these wires.
Seen them also do this just before they go out totally.

Thanks guys!
Wrencher i was talking to my neighbor who is a tech at bergstrom and that's what he was telling me.

[brotherbenn83]

Just take care of it sooner rather than later, when the wire finally breaks it will not crank. You can always locate the wires under the dash and tape a spare key, or tie-in a similarly valued resistor to them, then you don't have to take apart the column.

[lilws6]

i've heard of people doing the resistor thing and if mine ever does fail its probably what i would do.

[JC70SS]

I had to do the resistor thing last summer.
It is VATS.