This 1996 Honda Civic came in with a complaint of the battery going dead. I checked and sure enough it was not charging and based on experience I checked to see if the speedometer was working. It was not. Knowing that this is a common fault with Civics, I checked to see if fuse #15 … Continue reading “1996 Honda Civic #15 Fuse Blown”
The customer brought this 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, with a 6.6 liter diesel engine in, with the complaint that the batteries go dead and is slow cranking sometimes. He had replaced the batteries and the problem got better but is now starting to happen more often. The batteries on a dual battery system have to … Continue reading “2002 Chevrolet Silverado Battery Goes Dead”
A good customer called and said that on the way to work the security light came on in the dash and when he got to work the engine would no longer crank up. I suggested the normal check the battery cables, try cranking it in neutral instead of park, tilt the steering column up and … Continue reading “1999 Chevrolet Suburban No Crank Condition”
This 1985 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham came in with the complaint that the air conditioning compressor would not turn on and the weather is starting to heat up. I checked the refrigerant level and found it low but not low enough to cause the compressor to not engage. I have been down this road many times … Continue reading “1985 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, A/C Compressor Does Not Come On”
The customer brought in this 1996 GMC Sonoma Pickup with and inoperative turn signal complaint. I checked the fuse and it was oaky. Next step is to check the turn signal flasher. This is a pretty straight forward repair except that most people do not realize where the flasher is at. Both the hazard and … Continue reading “1996 GMC Sonoma, Turn Signals Inop, Changing The Turn Signal Flasher”
A 2001 Chevrolet 2500HD with a 8.1 liter engine came in with the complaint that the engine would stall. Sometimes it would restart right away and sometimes it would not. I checked codes and found a code P0335 stored for a crank sensor fault. I did a basic inspection for anything obvious and found nothing … Continue reading “P0335, 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD”
This 1991 Ford E150 van came in with the complaint that the battery will go dead overnight unless the customer disconnects the battery or leaves a battery charger hooked to the battery. The first thing I had to do was to check for a battery drain. There are several ways to do this and I … Continue reading “1991 Ford E150 Battery Goes Dead Overnight”
The customer stated that the rear turn signals worked but not with the tail lights turned on and the stoplights did not work at all. Having been down this road many times I surmised that there was a faulty ground somewhere and started checking the basics like loose connectors and loose ground bolts but I … Continue reading “1996 Ford F150, No Rear Turn Signals and No Stoplights”
This customers car has been in my life for way too many years and the last few times I have had the car in for repairs I have noticed and commented to the customer about a very noisy speedometer cable. The customer finally said she has also had enough of the noise and now I … Continue reading “Replacing a Noisy Speedometer Cable On a 1985 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham”
This 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe with a 5.3 liter engine came in with the customer complaint of the reduced power display was on and the vehicle could not be driven more than about 30 mph. Checking codes found a code p1516 stored for Predicted VS. Actual Throttle Position Correlation Error. That is fancy computer talk for … Continue reading “Reduced Power Displayed 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe”