This vehicle came in with the complaint that the blower motor would work sometimes but recently it had gotten to where it did not work at all. I hardly ever see vehicles this old in my shop anymore. This is one problem that I have fixed dozens if not hundreds of times over the years … Continue reading “GM Cars & Trucks 1960’s, 1970’s & 1980’s, Blower Inoperative Erratic”
This 2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue GLS came in with the turn signal flashing very quickly. I checked and found that the problem was related to the front turn signals. I pulled up on and removed the two locking bars that hold the headlight assembly in place. Once the rubber cover was removed from the back side of … Continue reading “2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue GLS, Turn Signals Flash Too Quickly”
This 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue has warm air blowing from the driver’s side vents and cool air blowing. Notice I did not use the words hot or cold when describing this problem. That would have made for a different cause and repair. The driver’s side temperature reading after about five minutes with the a/c on and … Continue reading “2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue, Drivers Air Not As Cold As Passenger Side Air”
This 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue came in with hot air blowing from the driver’s side vents with the a/c on. Using scan data on my Tech 2, I had determined that there were issues with the blend door actuators on this Olds. I had already removed the lower dash panels on the driver’s side to replace the … Continue reading “2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue, Driver’s Vent Blows Hot Air”
This 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue came in the complaint that the a/c vent positions could not be controlled. It would just blow out of every location a little, but no where with any force. This Olds Intrigue has auto a/c controls. It has an electric over vacuum control system for operating the door positions. The first … Continue reading “2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue, No A/C Vent Control”
This 1996 Oldsmobile Cierra Sl came in with the complaint that the park or tail light fuse would blow periodically. I did the usual inspection of all of the exterior bulbs and wiring. No problems were found. I was inspecting the wiring for the under hood light when I heard and arcing sound and saw … Continue reading “1996 Oldsmobile Cierra SL, Park Light Fuse Blows”
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 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 2002 Olds Alero came in with a crank but no run condition. I suspected anti theft problem but I changed my mind after no anti theft related codes were stored. In fact the only engine code that was stored was for an a/c clutch relay circuit problem. So I went about the normal checks … Continue reading “2002 Oldsmobile Alero, No Run Condition”