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If this is possible could you tell me what would fry and what I would need to replace?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I might be making a trade and get a Malibu. Sounds like a good deal, the guy said it won&#8217;t start. So I assumed it was the passlock problem that Malibus are known for. 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