 Prev |
Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for March 7, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
Next  |
| (Also Available: All, Asian, Chrysler, European, Ford, GM.) | ||
| Vehicle Owners: If you are seeking an automotive repair professional to service your vehicle, visit the iATN Repair Shop Finder. | ||
Open Help Requests for GM
| Help Request | Answers | |
| 1999 Buick Century Custom 3.1L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2G4WS52M6X This car came in with the MIL on with cylinder misfire on cylinder #4. Plugs looked good but were original so we changed them along with the wires and swapped an ignition coil. No improvement. Took a static and running compression reading with cylinder #4 slig... Trouble codes: P0304 (Cylinder 4 misfire) |
View | |
| 1991 Chevrolet Camaro RS 5.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1G1FP33E7M Greetings, Not familiar with GM products, but I have been struggling to tame this beast and am getting brain lock, on which direction to go. Came in with what felt like a strong misfire, low idle in drive! In Park not too bad, idled at 850. In drive idle down ... |
View | |
| 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 2.4L Steering VIN: 1G1JF12T8X Hi techs,I have a cavalier with a steering problem. The steering has no resistence at all. You can spin it all the way to the stops with just a little jerk of the wheel. It's as if it were not even attached to the rack. This car has varible assist steering. Is... |
View | |
| 2000 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L No Start VIN: 1GNEL19W1Y With wet and damp weather, this van will not start in the am until it warms up( in the shop for 20 minutes or block heater plugged in for 30 minutes ). We first checked for spark at coil and then to each spark plug - it was good (we used st125 spark tester). W... |
View | |
| 1993 GMC C1500 Sierra 5.7L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1GTEC14K2N injector 1 is the only one firing and not the other. I replaced the ecm and both were ok custemer picked truck up and 2 days later he comes over with the same problem I thought it was a defective ecm so I but anther one and instaled a grownd wire to the ecm af... |
View | |
| 1990 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo 3.8L starting disabled VIN: 1G3EV13C6L We replaced digital dash (early design) in this trofe'o customer had no problem with car starting previously, only that guages would not work mostof the time and display would not light, also no heater controls. We sent dash out to rebuilder, when we got it ba... |
View | |
| 1994 Pontiac Bonneville SE 3.8L Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1G2HZ52L5R Hello everyone, This Bonneville came to us as a no start, but cust also complained oflow power and stall. Checked for codes, spark, and fuel. Replaced cam sensor and started car. Idle is smooth, and low throttle rev is ok. Over two grand though, it starts to m... Trouble codes: 1571 (traction control input out of range), 1361 (EST line not toggling), 341 (intermittant cam signal) |
View |
Fixes & Summaries for GM
| Fix/Summary | Answers | |
| 1982 Buick Electra Park Avenue 5.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G4AW69Y7C Hello to everyone. Thanks go out to the 14 of my fellow laborers in this field who tried to help me with this problem. Didn't fix vehicle, but did find several other problems thanks to the replies I recieved. Just for informational purposes the problem was onl... Trouble codes: 24 (Vehicle Speed Sensor Problem). |
14 | |
| 1997 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 5.7L blower motor op. VIN: 2GCEC19R4V hi guys, thanks for all the great info ,especially,bryan,john ,bill [...] and gcs , it turns out after checking voltage drop accross ignition switch and wiggling the wires it was a no brainer the switch was the culprit thanks mike jo... |
16 | |
| 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L oil pressure VIN: 1G1JC5243W Thanks for your replies. One of the oil lights stays out with 40wt. oil in crankcase, the other one is still on. I have learned that the OE oil light switch comes on at 5.5psi and that there is no superceded part # to replace this. I will be removing oil p... |
8 | |
| 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 3.8L program VIN: 2G1WX12K1Y Thanks to Aran,Eric,& Tom all said tech2 is needed to program transmitter |
3 | |
| 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.8L MIL Lamp on, No Communication VIN: 1GCEC19V51 I Want to thank all you Techs for taking the time to answer my question. Dave, Doug and Paul all had the right Idea on this one. I want to warn all you techs out there with the NEW Modis from Snap on. Mine just came from the shop 2 weeks ago being repaired. I ... |
12 | |
| 1995 GMC Sonoma SLE 2.2L engine VIN: 1GTCS1940S i want to thank all who replied.although everyone had great suggestions the fix turned out to be something we thought we had checked but somehow overlooked the obvious.it was the exhaust.someone had removed the convertor and installed a pipe in its place.so th... |
10 | |
| 1992 Pontiac Bonneville SE 3.8L starter VIN: 1G2HZ52L7N 1. Location of the theft deterrent fuse and starter relay. No answer on the fuse and one reply on the relay 'was high in the dash', which I knew. 2. Allen from Washington suggested the resistor in the key and the associated wiring, which was ok. 3. The interio... |
5 | |
| 1993 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.3L No Start VIN: 1G2NE14D8P I thank all 17 for your help, [...] info was correct, he said to check splice to injectors in wire loom behind master cyilinder. The splice was caroded and lost connection, repaired splice runs good. iATN the best information technition tool. |
17 |
