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2001 lumina turns on-- but doesn't turn over

All lights come on, seems fine, but nothing happens when turning the key to crank-- waiting a minute or two, or just trying a few times and it fires right up. i have tried 2 keys, no difference. it may go a day without any problem, or may have a day when it happens several times. the security light does not flash tho one time it came on and stayed on for a minute after it started but went off. in all of this time (couple of weeks) light MAY have flashed once during all of this -- but not sure. usually-- all lights are on and everything looks just fine-- just silence-- no turning over. then-- it turns over fine.

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When that happens again, try moving shifter harder into park, or in to neutral and also try stepping harder on brake pedal & see if it makes any difference.

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