This 1995 Buick Park Avenue came in with a complaint of not cranking sometimes. The customer stated that when it happens nothing works. He could wiggle wires around the battery and it would come back to life. The battery had been changed recently. The battery cables should have been checked when the battery was installed, … Continue reading “1995 Buick Park Avenue, Intermittent No Crank Condition”
This 1996 Honda Accord came in with inoperative turn signals. The car had been in a minor front end collision. The customer had looked for the turn signal fuse and could not find it. It is in the fuse box on the driver’s kick panel. It is kind of hard to see when you are … Continue reading “1996 Honda Accord, Fuse Location For Turn Signals”
This 1995 Pontiac Sunfire came in with several electrical complaints among which were the headlights flicker or flash, the radio turns off any time any lights are turned on or off, multiple dash warning lights flash on and off and the engine is sometimes hard to start. Sounds like a major ground or power fault … Continue reading “1995 Pontiac Sunfire, Lights Flicker, Radio Turns Off”
This 1999 Ford Explorer came in with the complaint that the driver’s side low beam headlight was not working. The owner stated that he tried two different bulbs and still nothing. The economy is helping me do posts about old problems. I haven’s seen this problem in several years. People around here are breaking out … Continue reading “1999 Ford Explorer,Driver’s Low Beam Inoperative”
This 1994 Oldsmobile 88 Royale came in with a complaint of an intermittent no run condition along with an intermittent no power window condition as well. If one system was okay, so was the other and when one was acting up, the other one was as well. This is a very common problem, and I … Continue reading “1994 Oldsmobile 88 Royale, No Run and No Power Windows”
This 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe came in with the SES light on and complaints of poor fuel economy and a “strange feel to the engine”. I checked codes and found a code P0178 stored along with misfire and lean codes. P0178 is set if the frequency reading in the fuel composition sensor is below 45 Hz … Continue reading “2004 Chevrolet Tahoe, Code P0178”
This 2005 Suzuki Reno came in with a complaint of a harsh transmission shift and the check engine light was on. I checked codes and there was one stored for the transmission but I cannot remember exactly what it was right now. I think it was P0700, no communication between the TCM and the ECM. … Continue reading “2005 Suzuki Reno, Harsh Transmission Shift”
The previous post on replacing the daytime running light sockets on a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado has detail about how to get to the socket but did not have much about how to splice in the new socket. The upper set of contacts in the picture below are burnt and are the reason for the socket … Continue reading “2003 Chevrolet Silverado, Replacing a DRL Socket”
This 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass came in with the complaint that the gas or fuel gauge is stuck below empty. With the key off the gauge reads as seen below. With the key on the gauge needle rises but is stuck below the peg as shown below. This condition is caused by several factors. One, a … Continue reading “1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass, Gas Gauge Below Empty”
This 2003 Buick Regal came in with a service engine soon light on and a code P0128 stored. The code means that the engine coolant temperature is below the thermostat regulating temperature. In other words the thermostat is sticking open or opening to soon to satisfy the computer. Thankfully this car has the 3.8 liter … Continue reading “2003 Buick Regal, P0128”