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I would appreciate any input anyone would have! Thank you!
Jason P.
My advice- call Buick, or know what needs to be repaired before taking it in and letting them experiment while billing you.
Also, look in your car manual, theres a short paragraph about the security system temporarily disabling the starter so someone can't try a bunch of keys until one may start it. Wondering if possibly the remote keyring simply needs a new battery...only thing we haven't tried.
If I find out whats wrong with hers,will let you know...she has it in the shop again today! Would really appreciate any clues you may find. My email is southcross7@aol.com, Thanks, Jane
I HAVE A 1986 BUICK REGAL WITH A V8.IT HAS ABOUT 105K ON IT.RUNS GOOD UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.THE CAR IS PINGING ALOT UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION.IT ALSO HAS NO POWER.I CAN JUST ABOUT MAKE IT UP A HILL.THE HARDER I STEP ON THE GAS THE SLOWER IT GOES..ANY THOUGHTS..MAYBE A CLOGGED EXHAUST OR AN EGR PROMBLEM?ANY THOUGHTS WOULD BE GREAT THANKS DAVE
Thank you,
JR
jrsimma@yahoo.com
I'm thinking the computer told the cruse control to kick in. That's what she said it felt like. And the break light was on after she finally got it stopped. We just had a 1 week old $600.00 break job done. I see the rear breaks are another problem with this car.
I've been searching the forms all day and yours is the first one that sounds like what happened to us.
P S look under the dash, the mat cannot cause this problem.
I may not have the car after tomorrow. Somebody else can kill their family in this thing.
Keydock
Try replacing the crank shaft sensor and this may
fix your problem.
Good Luck kendall
Any help would be appreicated.
Thanks,
W Ferg.
i tried to jump it from a honda civic, but nothing happened. my buick's power locks won't even work. everything looks connected around the battery, but i have no idea...
I got a ride home, but i'm thinking i'll have to get it towed today...any ideas how much this might cost me/what might be wrong?
Also when I am driving below 40-45 mph and use my turn signals occasionally my car will die, above that speed the car will stay running but my headlights will go out and all the dashboard warning lights came on, like when you first start up your car.
I have seem this problem listed on a few sights, but no one responded on solutions. please help
The front disc brakes pads were replaced in December and the rotors were turned at that time. Don't know if this has anything to do with the rattle but I include here for information purposes.
Yesterday, I took the vehicle to my local mechanic that did the front brake job. He searched ALLDATA but did not find my problem. Of course, I was unable to recreate the problem for him because engine was not cold enough. He told me not to worry about it. He said, "If something breaks, then we'll fix it."
Anyone else experienced this problem?? Any suggestions?? :confuse:
It's a murky subject and the only way it gets unmurky is to apply scientific analysis to it.
Is there some important part in that space under the driver`s carpet?
thank you in advance!
no, absolutely not.
as i said, this "airbag" under carpet came up suddenly and according to me without any particular reason?!
I have a 2002 Buick Century with 117,000 km (highway)and now I have a huge repair bill coming. I have oil leaking into the antifreeze which requires a head gasket repair.
Has anyone heard of this before? :sick:
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Regarding the problems concerning no start, poor battery cables and gauges that flop to the wrong side, etc. and of course the call for help. I have a 2002-century that started erratically. Based on the age of the battery, I decided a new battery was in order and bought one at Sams Club. Everything was fine for a couple of day, then again the no start problem.
I stopped at Sams Club and had them tighten the cables, but even after being tightened, there was still a problem with no start
I had to have one tow and three boosts from AAA. It had to be towed because when it started the gauges all flopped to the right and the driver felt it was best not to run until I found the problem, which I did the next day.
I reached down and grabbed the cable under the post and with a yank and could feel that it was loose, although the bolt felt tight with the wrench. I felt this could only be caused by the fact the boot wasn’t fitting into the small channel on the battery that is made for it.
About twenty years ago a friend of mine wholesaled used cars and I would often help him go get the cars he bought, he bought many a Gm that wouldn’t start, they couldn’t even get them through the auction unless they pushed them, we would clean the batteries and cables, but that alone wouldn’t get many of them going, nor would a boost get them going, we would have to cut the ridge off the rubber boot that sealed the battery from outside elements, the boot had got formed to the channel on the battery but wouldn't fit a new battery , and often wouldn’t fit the same battery anymore, this may have come about from the cleaning which would move the boot. Some we even had to put washers on to get the cable/boot a distance from he terminal.
The channel where the boot fits in to seal between the battery post and plastic on the Sams Club Battery was very narrow, maybe a sixteenth of a inch, I went to Costco and looked at their battery for my model and the channel was about twice as large or more, which made for a better chance of connection, and the post appeared to stick out more, although I didn’t measure it. I bought the Costco battery and put it in and tightened it and it worked perfectly that was three months ago. I took the Sams Club battery back and told them the problem and they said all their batteries had the narrow channel, then they cheerfully refunded my money. I suspect the company that is making the Costco battery is aware of the problem and that is why they have the wide channel. Good luck
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If this problem can be fixed easily I would like to do it myself. The fuses have been checked and seem to be ok. The on/off switch has been suggested as the problem.
I have read previous post about electrical problems but have not seen anything including all lights at once. If anyone can give me some insight soon it would be appreciated. Thanks
You would think something as important as the head gasket wouldn't look so flimsy!!!!
But the car is all good now, runs like a champ!