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185 messages, Last post on Sep 01, 2009 at 5:59 PM
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Replying to: witt97 (Mar 04, 2008 7:08 pm) Are there other reasons you suspect the battery is the culprit? |
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| Is there a way to turn off the running lights, but not the blinkers, as well as turn off the automatic headlights on a 2002 Intrigue? | |
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Unfortunatly this morning i was my husbands "knight in shinning armor " as i retreived him from the side of the road once again! My father has been a mechanic for 25 years, and i was raised in shops all my life, so i know enough about cars to know that when he tells me ... its acting funny i can usually tell him whats wrong. Well . he called me and said ... The lights are flickering , every guage has gone hay wire... and now im broke down. Alternator. the 4th alternator in a year! since its his car ... he takes it where he always has , and since it has the northstar engine , my father laughs and says its better driven over a cliff than running. But i still cannot figure out why its going through so many alternators , does any one have any insight on the posibility? ive tried looking up recalls , and i cant find anything that would pertain to why it keeps dieing! any light on this would be helpfull!
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Replying to: montecarlolove (Apr 07, 2008 2:06 pm) Where are the replacement alternators coming from? New, used or rebuilt and from which manufacturers/companies? Are they burnt-- melted windings? Are they siezing? When new and when dead. What is/was the output voltage of the alt? Battery voltage with car running? What is the current output of the alt with car running and all electicals (fan/lights/radio etc) turned off? Have you put the battery on a charger by itself to see what kind of load it is drawing when it is charging? Two most effective way to kill an alt. is with heat or over current and the second causes the first. Third way is having them reconditioned with crappy/inferior electrical components ie. regulators and diodes Bad bearings usually start out making noise before they interfere with the alt ability to supply power. cheers |
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I have a 98 Olds Intrigue with 212K miles(WOW). The car is still a great car, but I have been having some electrical problems that has gotten under my skin. I can be cruising down the highway and notice that I no longer have power steering, it's because the car has shut off on me. I will pull it over or put in neutral and most of the time, it restarts. It has cut off on me while turning into traffic (very blessed not to have had an accident). It also decides on it's own when it wants to start. I can go out and turn the ignition and it cranks like it was just off the lot. Other times, it turns but will not crank (like no fuel getting to it). I hear the fuel pump, but sometimes when I turn the key, the pump hesitates along with guages hesitating to show. The security light, service engine soon, check engine, and track low lights all will come on. All will stay on when it won't crank, but once the lights go off, it usually will crank and stay off until the next time it won't crank. The dealer said I need a new ignition switch, but I have replace an ignition at least three times already on this vehicle. I had a code to tell me to clean the EGR (which was replace in 2003) they cleaned it, but said I had many other codes that Autozone did not find. Autozone only said that EGR code (cleaning) and a torque something stuck in on. We're talking $700+ just in the ignition. Not to mention at least 8 other codes. Can anyone tell me what is the major problem with my car. If it is the ignition, this would be the 4th replacement and that just isn't logical. Any advice? I would like to keep this car on the road. Though I am frustrated, I think this car is a very good car. If I could just fix this headache. It could go another 100k easily. By the way it's a 3800 series engine.
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Replying to: dtrain3 (Apr 27, 2008 9:00 am) Who said you had many other codes? Without knowing the codes, we're just guessing. Based on the problem you described, my first guess would be the ignition switch also. Have you tried another mechanic to install the ignition switch? The "torque something" is probably the torque converter in the transmission. It's a common problem with these trannies. LIke I mentioned, you need to find out what the other codes are? Most likely you need someone with a Tech II scanner. some of the codes can only be read by the dealer. you may have to invest $75 to have the dealer scan your car. |
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Replying to: bold_1 (Mar 14, 2007 4:46 am)
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Replying to: 01intrigue (Jun 03, 2008 6:49 pm) |
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The power window in the right rear door has stopped working. No noise, no nothing. Tried both the master switch on the drivers door and the switch on the affected door with no luck, so it's not the switch. Now, that window has been used maybe a half-dozen times in the 5 years I've owned the car, so I'm thinking maybe it's either corrosion on the contacts or hardened lubricant from lack of use. I'd like to try to resuscitate it before rushing to replace it. Any tips? Also, I see that gmpartsdirect only lists the entire regulator assembly complete with motor, which seems like overkill, while on a well-known auction site there are numerous listing for an aftermarket motor assembly only. Anyone have experience with these, or know if GM will sell you just the motor? Thanks in advance.
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Replying to: kplacer (Jun 06, 2008 1:44 pm)
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