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Pontiac Grand Am Service Engine Soon / ABS / Trac Off

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Re: Service Engine Soon / ABS / Trac Off [aaronmac] by grandam124
Oct 03, 2007 (2:44 pm)
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Replying to: aaronmac (Sep 27, 2007 8:58 am)

I think I've got a similar problem with my 00 2.4L SE Grand Am,101k miles.My service engine light came on several weeks ago and when I took it to autozone the reader said Cylinder 1 misfire.Took it to a repair shop & they said it needed a tune-up,new plugs,wires,the works.Well, $200 later,the car had the same problem.They said it needed a new 'computer'.Took it to another shop and they charged me $70 to tell me the same thing.My question is how easy is it to replace the Ignition Control Module and where can I get it cheaply?
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2001 Pontiac Grand Am: Service Engine Soon & Trac Off by saidthegirl
Sep 19, 2007 (7:36 pm)
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2001 Pontiac Grand Am: Service Engine Soon & Trac Off by saidthegirl
Sep 16, 2007 (5:36 pm)
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Here are my problems! Hopefully someone knows whats going on or has the same problem.
 
My Trac Off light has been coming on quite frequently over the past couple of weeks. Usually if i would turn off my car and turn it back on again the light would go off. I noticed that when I am driving with the Trac Off light on my car kicks back when ever i accelerate.
Yesterday my Service Engine Soon light and my Trac Off light came on at the same time. Again, whenever i accelerated my car would kick back. I pulled over and turned off my car and turned it back on a couple of seconds later and my car did a powerful kick back when i put it in Drive. That scared the crap out of me! After I left my car off for a about 10 minutes and turned my car back on, both lights turned off.
Now the day after, both my lights are now on and they do not turn off. I still get that horrible kick back when i accelerate. BUT if my car has been turned off for a couple of hours it does not do the kick back when i put it in Drive.
Another is the shaking my car does when I drive, it might mean that my tires need to be rebalanced. Does that sound right?
My last problem is this rattling noise that sounds very very loud when i am braking or the first time i accelerate. The noise eventually fades away once i am driving (or so i think). I notice that when i have my car on and i put it in park, the noise quiets down. And it quiets down when I turn off my air.
Ok that is the jist of it! Hopefully someone else can help me
 
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
 
-Krystal
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Re: 2001 Pontiac Grand Am: Service Engine Soon & Trac Off [saidthegirl] by mselcke717
Sep 19, 2007 (4:47 pm)
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Replying to: saidthegirl (Sep 16, 2007 5:36 pm)

Have your EGR valve checked for the service engine light and have your tires and or rotators checked for the wobble. I am having the same problems that you are having with my car. Margaret
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2000 grand am ??? by 98explorer
Sep 19, 2007 (7:34 pm)
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Ok, I just bought a 2000 grand am this morning. I drove it around today and this evening got on the interstate got about 10 or 15 miles down and was going about 75mph. The car just lost power, starting slowing down, got off on the shoulder and the whole engine started jerking and it died. I waited about 15 minutes and started it again. I got about 2 miles and it did it again. So I waited again, did it all over again and this continued until I got home. When I got into town and was driving slower, it didn't happen again. Does ANYONE know what this could be? I will be calling the man I bought it from in the morning, but I would really like to know what it is. It also has the Trac off light on and I don't know what that means. Thanks!!
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Help please. Just happened last night 2000 pontiac grandam by thoward23
Oct 22, 2007 (5:58 am)
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Last night i was driving home and the service engine soon light came on then the trac off light came on and then the car died on the side of the road and wouldnt start back, my dad thought it might be the oil so we put oil in it nothing, it turns over and acts like it wants to start but wont go all the way. Also when i try to start it the trunk is now popping open on its own.............? any suggestions?
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Trac off light: 2000 Grand AM GT by heather0227
Nov 27, 2007 (8:37 pm)
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I have a 2000 Grand Am GT and my trac off light keeps comeing on! I don't even know what that means! Can someone tell me what it means and how I can fix it! Thanks so much!
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Re: Trac off light: 2000 Grand AM GT [heather0227] by burdawg
Nov 28, 2007 (6:30 am)
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Replying to: heather0227 (Nov 27, 2007 8:37 pm)

It means that the traction control in the transaxle is being disabled. It could mean a transmission problem or a problem in the control systems for it. The only way to know for sure is to have it diagnosed.
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abs lights when putting car in reverse by hook2
Nov 30, 2007 (11:00 am)
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I have a 2002 grand am, and the abs light, traction light
and service vehicle soon, lights come on when i put the car in reverse. when i put the car in park, turn it off and restart it , they go off. but come back on again when i go in reverse. any one know what causes this?
thanks , Hook
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Loss of Power by kymskids
Dec 10, 2007 (6:10 pm)
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We just bought a 2000 pontiac grand am, 93000. miles. My son went to move the car and there was no power, you could put it in gear, but it would not do anything, When you press on the gas there is nothing. Can anyone help?

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