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Sedans Pontiac Grand Am Pontiac Grand Am Starting/Stalling Problems
192 messages, Last post on Nov 14, 2009 at 4:39 PM
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my litle brother call me and asked what would make his can just die while driveing down the raod and not start again ive checked everything i could think of but cant fig it out what could it be?  
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| I may having problems with my car. When ever I come to a stop or a slow turn, the RPMs will jump and the car will stall. All I need to do is put the car in park and start it up again. It has been happening more and more lately. Any suggestions on fixing this problem? | |
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| My 2002 Grand AM SE started to be really hard to get the key to turn in the ignition and so today I replaced the ignition switch ( the tumbler $115). After doing that it would not start and I started seaching here for answers. I really did not read anything that sounded like would work, So I tried the "leave key on for 10 minutes thing". That did not work either. So before I got out of the car I hit the auto lock button 3 times to unlock all doors, then I hit it 3 times the other way to lock all doors. I got out of the car closed the door and unlocked it with the key, got in the car and it started......UNBELIEVEABLE....but I swear that is the exact steps I took...I am on the road again!!!! | |
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| I got the car running with the old ignition switch which is hard to turn, but when I put the new one in it will not start. Any suggestions would be appreciated. | |
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got a strange one. The car is a 1997 4 cyl. It has about 150,000 and runs great. However, it occassionally just dies, at low speed, stop sign, backing out of driveway and other slow manuvers. It starts right back up and runs fine. It is doing it more and more. The GM good wrench people can not find any problem and say there are no error codes on the computer. I had a fuel pump replaced several years ago and a new fuel filter recently, did not cure the problem. If I had to make any commonalilty to the dying spells I would say it is probably pointed down hill and had less than a half tank of gas. Has anybody heard of a vandal putting something in a gas tank that could periodically stop the fuel flow and then float away from the pickup tube when the engine dies (suction stops) on the gas line. Just one of my thoughts.
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My son left the overhead light on overnight. I bought a Black & Decker portable Jump Kit. I gave the car a boost and it started. Two days later, it would not start again. I tried giving it another boost and this time, it would not start. All it does is make a clicking noise when I turn the key. All of the lights, the a/c, the radio, etc will turn on and work. Is it the battery, alternator, starter, or what??
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Replying to: tam78 (Jun 27, 2008 7:28 am)
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Replying to: burdawg (Jun 27, 2008 11:33 am) |
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