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Open Help Requests for GM
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| 1996 Chevrolet K1500 Suburban 5.7L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 3GNFK16R5T Hello everyone! Got a stumper here. It's a 96 K1500 Suburban with an intermittent cutting out condition. Every 100 miles or so, it will either cut out while driving or on decel (one time when starting, it just cranked over but would not start). Here's the kick... |
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| 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L engine VIN: 1G1JC5243T I had a new ecm installed at a local dealership. on the way back to the shop it felt like the car lost power. It had a code p1629. the next day would not start. the dealer tells me the code is in the body control module not the ecm. my mitchel on demand says I... |
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| 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 5.7L 2-3 shift VIN: 1GNEK13R0T Test drive vehicle flaers up only on 2-3 shift. Vehicle came in with service soon light on. TPS codes still in memory po 121,122. Verified voltage varying up and down. REPLACED VCM tps now did not vary but still have shift problem. Recorded pressures as above ... |
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| 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix SE 3.1L Starting VIN: WE45TY6789 91 gp 3.1 v6 starts right up in cold runs perfect...20mins later stalls and then no start...i can hear fuel pump cycle but no start...1 or 2 hours later starts right up prefect runs perfect...thanks in advance to all responses... |
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| 1992 Pontiac Grand Am SE 3.3L No Start Vehicle was towed in after sitting for 2 weeks and was driven to the location. It was driven to that locale. Primary tests were to check for fuel, spark and injector pulse. Great spark, no pulse or fuel pressure. Relay was deffective and changed to achieve goo... |
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| 1999 Saturn SC1 1.9L Steering VIN: 1G8ZN1283X Hi techs: We have this saturn that has a steering problem. Only on snow covered roads this cars steering becomes almost uncontrolable and the car starts to weave back and forth across the road. It will act up and than turn back to normal. Sometimes it does it ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for GM
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| 1982 Cadillac Seville 4.1L pass side tail lite on VIN: 1G6AS6985C Three replies were right on ...the vehicle has 2 directional relays...one for each side located in the left rear fender well behind the trim panel...I switched the relays just to see if the left tail lamp would come on...after 9 days the left directional came ... |
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| 1989 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 6.2L Drive Belt VIN: 2GTEC19C7K James [...]. hit the nail on the head. The alternator was a year old and for some reason the pulley was too far in. I added a washer behind the pulley and viola, belt ran much better. Thanks for all who took time to respond. John |
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| 1997 Chevrolet S10 2.2L No Start VIN: 1GCCS1442V thanks to all who replied. i just could not belive that a timeing chain could be the culpret, did not feel any slop in crank pulley on inital inspection. plus never heard of one going out on a 2.2l. anouther tech said 'i never did one eather untill i did my fi... |
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| 1997 Chevrolet K3500 6.5L Hesitation, Stall VIN: F8VF022595 I recieved 2 replies, one for lift pump [I didn't include that it was replaced 2 months ago when problem first arose]. Second one was for bad grounds at battery, rechecked with no luck. Returned truck and customer drove for two weeks, acted up twice. Pulled co... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L Engine Temp VIN: 1G1JC12411 Thanks for the input guys the heater hoses stayed hot enough so we knew that it was not a stopped up heater core, but that was worth checking,and we verified the fans did not stay on all the time they cycled like they were suppose to. after Deke [...] reply... |
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| 1964 GMC c60 327CID Mechanical VIN: 6525712223 thanks to all who replied. I contacted local suppliers for gaskets and seal . Hard parts came from a local junkman with 2 used units for parts. |
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| 1999 GMC C3500 Sierra SL 7.4L exhaust valve VIN: 1GDKC34JIY I recieved 4 replies almost immediatly to the noise problem. A couple of email replies confimed what we were thinking, that the problem was in the valve guide its self. We haven't pulled the head to have the guide replaced yet, but have confimed the problem. I... |
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| 1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme S 3.1L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1G3WH14T9N sorry for the delay in closing this car but the problem kept reoccuring every 4 to 5 days. thanks to all with the quick replies and some were almost on the money. we ended up putting a computer in car. kept car for 3 days and everything was fine. car came back... |
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| 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme S 3.1L No Start VIN: 1G3WH54T4P Sorry it has taken so long for me to close this post. It's been rather busy for us in the shop. Well the fix was to replace the ECM and she started right up. Thanks for all the help. |
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| 1993 Pontiac Firebird 5.7L brake lights/L turn signals thank you to everyone who gave me some ideas to check my lighting problem. it ended up being the brake lamp/park lamp sockets. i didnt replace them just resoldered a good ground on all for sockets and they work good now. thanks for the ideas. |
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