This 2001 Pontiac Grand Am came in with a rear window inoperative. Pretty clever use, of popsicle sticks and cardboard, to keep the window up though. First, I removed the the phillips headed screw that holds the interior door handle bezel in place. Then using a small screwdriver, I lifted the rear edge of the … Continue reading “2001 Pontiac Grand Am, Changing Rear power Window Regulator & Motor Assembly”
This 1997 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup came in with the complaint of no low beam headlights. A simple test of tilting the steering column up and down with the headlight and dimmer switches on and positioned for low beam operation proved that the problem was in the steering column when the low beams came on … Continue reading “1997 Dodge Ram 2500 Pickup, No Low Beam Headlights”
This 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe came in with a complaint that the ECM 1 fuse in the under hood fuse box would blow, which of course causes a no run condition. Usually five to ten minutes after a cold start. That in itself is enough of a clue to me to start looking around the exhaust … Continue reading “1999 Chevrolet Tahoe, ECM 1 Fuse Blows”
This 1997 Chevrolet K1500 pick up came in with the speedometer, tach and shift indicator not working sometimes. In testing I also found that there were codes stored related to the TCC (Torque Convertor Clutch) and transmission. P0740, P0785 and P1860. This is a pretty common problem but I was looking for a quick simple … Continue reading “1997 Chevrolet K1500 Pick Up, Tach and Speedometer Inoperative”
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”