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Sedans Pontiac Grand Am Pontiac Grand Am Electrical/Lighting Problems
222 messages, Last post on Nov 30, 2009 at 11:52 AM
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ok ! what i have is a 1996 pontiac grand am 2.4L dual overhead cam,electronic ignition. (IDI) "Intergrated Direct Ignition". System its running very rough,getting bad gas milage. when i get off the freeway and come to a stop it stumbles and then picks back up. it does it at a stop light also,lacking power. i hooked up my "OBD2" code reader, and it gave a reading of "P301" #1 cylinder Missfire Detected #1) Replaced Plugs & Boots and coil housing #2) i placed a ohm meter between #1 & #4 on the coil tower and it read 5.0 ohms the same between 2 & 3 and no reading between coil and cover Plate #3) switched coils around to see if it was the coils. still shows #1 Missfire #4) i checked my ignition module by connecting a test light (at the module) between bat. pos. terminal to the coil(Terminal A) and terminal B or C . when cranking engine light blinks. according to the book tt that should eliminate the module from being bad. but to check for open or shorted circuit in the coil wiring harness. i didnt do that. how do i do that? and where do i do that? #4) put a ohm meter to no.1 injector, the reading was within specs described in book. #5) i Disconected the electrical connector to the (IAC) "idle air control valve"started engine and pulled off each injector connector to the injector and there was a noticable difference in idle change i didnt have a spark tester light so i couldnt test that from what i described you have any advise or instructions besides "take it to the shop" thank you
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Replying to: lowrunner (Mar 22, 2008 12:16 pm) |
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Replying to: mikewbf15 (Dec 28, 2007 11:33 pm) |
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after signaling a turn yesterday my turnsignal flicked off, but as it did the chime started going double time. it kept going untill i turned my car off. i turned my car back on and it started again. it will resume regular chiming when i signal a turn but will then resume the annoying chime when the turn signal flicks off. the fast chime doesnt make any lights flash though. also it will slow or go off momemtarily they resume whenever it pleases. i have had to have my computer replaced twice for corrosion and am wondering if it is the beginning of the same problem returned. (the first time my door chime was sounding when my car was off and thus constantly ran down the battery and the second time my car just plain wouldnt start.) if it has to go to the shop again, this will be the 3rd time in the 6 months i've had it. |
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I am having trouble finding an answer to my problem. I own a '01 grand am, and sometimes I find that I can start and drive my car at all times fine, but sometimes the a/c, intrument panel (the milage, gas guages ,etc), window controls and radio don't work. Everything lights up fine, they just don't work. Just about everytime, I have to hit the top of the radio panel a few times to "jar" into working, however a few times this doesn't work. I have called auto repair places and unless it is doing it at the specific time that you have it tested, they said it will show up as nothing wrong. I have taken to auto zone with no luck. Is anyone else having this problem and is there anything that can be done? I have to drive 2 hours when I pick up my kids from their dad's soon and I can't drive with the windows up and no working a/c in the summer with them in the car.
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Replying to: 01grandamowner (Jul 27, 2008 4:35 pm) |
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| When i'm driving the car and come to a stop the interior lights come on as soon as I start moving they go off. When I park the interior lights stay on for a long time until they finally go off. Usually after someone knocks at my door to tell me the lights are on in my car. | |
| I own a 96 grand am sedan and it has a lot of small problems. Both the driver and passenger side front floors are always soaked with water and I can't figure out where it's coming in, occasionaly the rear passenger floor will be wet as well. The power lock buttons don't work at all on any of the doors, but when I turn the car off all the doors unlock so the motors must be still be good. The driver side front window refuses to work sometimes and other times works fine, the biggest problem is that the driver's side front door doesn't seem to be sitting right and the door will often jam and has to be pulled/pushed open. When it doesn't jam completly it makes a god awful scraping noise and is gouging the body of the car adjacent to the front of the door. The door can be muscled back into a correct position but after a couple of weeks it's right back where it was. The floors and the door are what I'm most concerned about but I'd also like to fix the other problems as well. Any help is greatly appreciated. | |
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Hello Heledir: Refarding the wet floor, ask your mechanic to lo clean the Drain hole for the Air Conditioning. It could be located in the firewall, behind the engine. Also check the Heater Core. Good luck. |
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