This 1995 Chevrolet S10 came in with the complaint that the dash illumination lights do not work. The customer drives a good bit at night and does not want to take a chance on getting a speeding ticket. A quick checked showed that the tail and license plate lights came on, so I knew that … Continue reading “1995 Chevrolet S10 Pickup, No Dash Lights”
This 1996 Chevrolet C3500 came in with the complaint that the tail lights had started turning off while driving down the road. When it arrived at my shop the park/tail lights were not working at all. I pulled the end of the dash loose to get a quick look at the headlight switch wiring. I … Continue reading “1996 Chevrolet C3500, No Tail Lights”
This 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer came in with the complaint that the two lower stoplights did not work. The CHMSL (Center High Mounted Stop Light) does work. I installed my pedal pusher between the brake pedal and the front edge of the seat. I went to the fuse box under the driver’s side, rear seat and … Continue reading “2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer No Stoplights”
This 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer came in with the air flow stuck coming out of the defroster. I have already done a post on how to replace the faulty mode actuator, but I did not have a good enough picture to identify all of the actuators on the driver’s side of the dash. To see that … Continue reading “2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, Identifying Heater A/C Actuators”
This 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer came in with a clicking sound under the driver’s side of the dash and erratic control of heat and a/c, hot and cold, air from the driver’s side of the dash. To find the actual site of the clicking noise, I had to remove some of the underside of the dash. … Continue reading “2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer, Poor Heat, Clicking Sound Under Dash”
This 2003 Chevrolet Impala came in with the complaint that the battery would go dead after a couple of days of driving. The customer stated that the battery light had been coming on and going off for a while now. The alternator has been replaced three times and the battery twice. The battery light was … Continue reading “2003 Chevrolet Impala, Battery Goes Dead”
This 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer came in with the complaint that the blower would not work on any speed and that the Brake and ABS lights stay on. Since I have seen this problem before, I knew right where to go to test. then ignition switch. The first thing that has to be done is to … Continue reading “2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, Blower Not Working Any Speeds, Brake & ABS Lights On”
This 2003 Chevrolet Impala came in withe the complaint that it would not crank, starter would not work. It turned out to be a very simple problem. The car was purchased from a county auction and driven to my customers house. He started cleaning the vehicle up and had noticed a lot of extra wiring … Continue reading “2003 Chevrolet Impala, No Crank Condition”
This 2000 Chevrolet Impala came in with several complaints. The main complaint was that the engine would not crank over or run. Also the ABS lights would come on. The problem according to the customer had been intermittent and going on for about a year. Luckily, when the vehicle arrived the problem was still present. … Continue reading “2000 Chevrolet Impala, No Crank Condition”
This 1999 Chevrolet Suburban came in with the complaint of an erratic speedometer. I have seen this problem before, so I went straight to the positive battery cable connections. This is what I found. At first the cables look a little corroded but not too bad. A closer look shows heavy corrosion on the terminal … Continue reading “1999 Chevrolet Suburban, Erratic Speedometer Caused by Burnt Battery Terminal”