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221 messages, Last post on Sep 12, 2009 at 10:26 PM
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Replying to: beermate (Dec 05, 2006 8:03 am) |
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OK. This is apparently unique in this discussion. My outside lights come while the car is just sitting in the driveway or a parking lot.  My battery is now dead. I thought it might be something might be pressing the keyless entry kicking off the lights so I took the keys out of my pocket. They still came on. The car has the "Auto" lights "feature". Sometimes I can manually turn the lights on and back to auto and they will turn off immediately. Most of the time I just have let the car sit. Come back some time later and they will be off. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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is there an easy way to disable the DRLs on my 2000 grand am without messing up anything else? i want to install projector headlights, but do not want the DRLs to overpower the "angel eyes" on the new headlights.
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Replying to: squirl033 (May 10, 2009 8:33 pm) I have a 2001 grand am gt, great car, but have had serious electrical problems. The first was the security crap, that cost me 400 to "fix" for two days, then whe it came back I called the dealership and told him it was on the way. He couldn't fix it for at least 11 days so he went on to tell me about leaving the key on and resetting itself. It has done it on numerous occasions and this works. Obviously they did not do much to help my situation. My next problem is not headlights, only high beams. The cluster was the reported problem but when I looked closer, I found the plugs on the headlights were corroded and wires were appart. Fixed this, now after 8 months I have low beams. |
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| ok i just bought a 98 grand am gt 3.1 with new engine and tranny. it has been sitting for a few days and today i went to start it to move around. batt was dead. i hooked the charger to it and when you turn the key to run it makes a clicking sound that is coming from passenger side firewall. also all the instruments and dash lights blick to the clicking sound. there are 3 relays where the sound is coming from. can anyone tell me what the relays are and if thats my problem. car will not take charge and start either. please help | |
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Last week, while I was driving my 1997 Grand Am GT, I looked down for a second. When I looked back up, a number of my dashboard alert lights were on, including low fuel, low coolant, low oil, ABS off, and check engine. My gas gauge still read 3/4 full, and my temperature gauge was right in the middle, not overheating. The car continued to drive fine. When I got home, I turned it off, checked the oil and the coolant, then turned it back on. At that point, the lights were all on and my fuel and temperature gauges weren't registering anything. We have checked the fuses, and they're all fine. Any ideas? I'd so appreciate the help!
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99 Grancd Am tail lights will not go off all of the sudden. I unhooked the battery and hooked it back up for unrelated reason and now the tail lights stay on after car is turned off and causing the battery to go dead unless battery is unhooked. Any suggestions?
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Replying to: nate_g (Jul 08, 2009 7:37 pm) |
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| The 99 thru 04 series employs a worm expanding strut driven by a nylon gear at one end that is powered by a small Fasco electric motor. Most any other manufacturer but Government Motors would make both the strut and motor available as individual service replacement parts. With GM, however, you must pay over $330 for a complete replacement seat frame with motor and strut included. It's outright gouging and it's ridiculous! The nylon gear at the end of the strut either cracks or suffers tooth shearing, whether from age deterioration of the nylon material or overuse/abuse of the power system, much like Ford power windows. Replacing the strut assembly with nylon gear seems the practical solution but GM does not provide that option. It's either live with whatever height the seat is at when the gear cracks or shears, or shell out the $330 plus labor for the sake of a 50-cent piece of nylon attached to a ten dollar worm strut! There are tens of thousands of Grand Ams with broken driver's seats desperately seeking an affordable height adjustment fix. Does anybody know of any aftermarket source for a replacement strut with nylon gear assembly? | |
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