Edmunds dealer partner, Bayway Leasing, is now offering transparent lease deals via these forums. Click here to see the latest vehicles!
Popular New Cars
Popular Used Sedans
Popular Used SUVs
Popular Used Pickup Trucks
Popular Used Hatchbacks
Popular Used Minivans
Popular Used Coupes
Popular Used Wagons
Comments
Well, after starting with that I pulled out the armor all protectant I had in the trunk and really went to town on everything in the interior of the inside of the car including doors and trunk.
I went to the gas cap and armorall'd it, the filler tube and base of the the tube platform all had some rust on it. It seemed to darken my cleaning rag some so I added some more. The rust is still there though not as much and it is moist instead of dry and crusty/rusty.
After replacing the cap and re starting the car. No, more service engine soon light I had it all through winter!
I just wanted to up date and thank imidazol97 for the assist. Even though mine was the only post I noticed in this forum about that issue.
Thx.
aiuto
My guess is a bad contact inside the switch from dust or nonuse.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I could be a defective tire. It could be a bent wheel. I could be just a plain out of balance tire. It could be alignment is off slightly and has worn tires. If you have less than 12K on it, they should be happy to fix alignment and balance.
After that be the squeaky wheel.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I just had the oil changed, but the oil life index percent did not change. How do i reset the index??
Thanks in advance for the help.
Any suggestions?
The sheetmetal in the trunk that shrouds the gas filler tube had a sloppy, incomplete seal. I could see the residue where dirty water had flowed. Spraying water with a hose into the drivers side wheel well duplicated the problem. This leak was easy to find. I cleaned the area with brake cleaner and sealed it with silicone.
Unfortunately, since sealing one leak, I have come to discover that there is another leak. I hope the slob that smeared sealant on the first year assembly line (touching your car and mine) finally got trained, retired, quit, or died.
All you need to find leaks is the ability to strip out the fuzzy liner, a water hose, and spare time to rectify sloppy manufacturing with silicone caulk.
By the way, my 2000 Grand Touring LeSabre has been a pretty good car.
Loves : Engine, performance, gas milage, sunroof, CD changer, heated seats, stabilitrak, heads-up display
Hates :mad: : Leaky trunk, almost stalls accelerating while coming out of corners, bouncy ride, 16 inch wheels almost impossible to clean (brake dust), unreliable airconditioning.
About the wheels. I have the chromed version and I waxed them with a Mothers Chrome Polish. It seems to help the little bit of brake dust (gray) that does come from the low dust linings they now use on the brakes.
You probably have the roughened aluminum wheel? Isn't there a spray on cleaner for brake dust meant for wheel covers that have spokes? Or I would try Dawn, one of the best emulsifiers I've found, and a bristle round brush for dishes like my wife bought somewhere. It looks a little like the old barber brushes they use for lathering up a face from a cup of lather soap. It fits in the palm of your hand, it has a reservoir inside for detergent (could put cleaner in there?) and you press a little and the lather is released through a tiny tube down into the bristles.
There's an oil residue that seems to be on th e wheels, from the roads or the brake dust. If you can cut that it may make your wheels easier to clean.
Good luck.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Any suggestions? Thanks
Have the tires been force-balanced on a Hunter 9700 balancer? The dealer should have one.
How many miles are on the car?
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
does anything else funny happen when the HVAC unit seems to lose its mind or change settings without reason? My 93 used to do default to defroster with air compresser on and the power door locks didn't work. After a few minutes they would work again.
IT was the ground connections next to driver's left hand under carpet between seat and door sill. It's covered in a plastic box. Someone else had a problem with it in the Bonneville discussion.
OTOH: it could be the programmer, a box that turns the vacuum on and off to each of the vacuum motors on the air handling box also under the dash.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Any suggestions? Thanks
The dealer has a Hunter 9700 balancer on which the tires were balance twice.
The vehicle has 6,800 miles on it.
Are there any techinal Bulletins out on this problem and if so how can I obtain them. Thanx rjh4
I was too lazy to take apart my LeSabre carpet there--my wife made me trade it before it became a problem I wanted to fix. 150K and still ran great, better than the 98 leSabre.
The moisture from getting in and out in cold climates and wet periods that's on your feet and drips on the carpet and spreads. And as you get in and out along moisture from rain in the open window and open door can keep that kind of moist. That's why the corrosion starts there.
There also is a connection in the left side next to the parking brake near the floor where grounds link up that someone else mentioned can cause troublesome connections.
I never though about just banging on the box in that area to force a better connection. Sledge hammer and duct tape can fix a lot of things!
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
The airbag should be disconnected while working in the steering column, especially now that the internals have been damaged by the thief. And just think, if he'd been caught in most areas he wouldn't even be treated like a criminal and jailed. This is minor stuff. Just property damage...
The key cylinder activates the actual switch which is down near the floorboard on top of the steering column. If nothing happens when you rotate the key cylinder, they probably bent, broke, disconnected the small rod that goes from the cylinder down to the small box that is the actual contacts and switch.
You might look to see if you can identify that rod. It is possible you might be able to start the car by manipulating that rod up and down. Remember the key has to be in the switch and the wiring that reads the resistor chip in the key has to be intact in order for the security system to allow the starter to activate.
There is a procedure for disabling the airbag system. I do not know it. Perhaps Alcan in Ask a TEchnical Question
94camryv6, "Got a Quick, Technical Question?" #1456, 27 May 2005 10:20 am
can help.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
...possiblity of getting closer to fixing the nagging problem with the HVAC control buttons on my '94... Now that it's slightly warmer here in SW PA, I've noticed the buttons working 75% of the time as opposed to 25% of the time when it's colder outside.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Maybe someone else has this on the tip of their fingers and can give you a quicker answer.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I have the owners manual for the '97, however it assumes that the "Panic" button works with the car, and shows you how to reprogram the door locks & trunk release. In my wanderings around this site and others, I noticed an occasional posting indicating that you needed to "short" a wire, is this the case for LeSabre's?
If no have you synchronized the remotes?
If so, The number 8 and number 4 terminals get jumpered with a link with a 20 amp fuse in it. The DLC block should have the numbers embossed at the ends of the rows.
Turn ignition off. Jumper. close alldoors. turn ignition on. the doors will lock. press and hold lock and unlock button on transmitter for 30 seconds and the doors will lock and unlock. Do not turn off ignition. repeated pressing the lock and unlock button for other transmitters and hold for 30 seconds for the lock unlock cycle to occur.
I assume turn off ignition. remove jumper. and go happily on your way.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I only have the original owners manual that came with the vehicle.
When I purchased the car last week, the dealer only had 1 set of keys and one FOB for it but promised to cut me another "chipped" ignition key and to give me another FOB. Dealer did give me another ignition key/trunk key that works fine, however the salesguy couldn't get the new FOB to reprogram. He gave me the FOB (unprogrammed)...
So, net result, I have two sets of keys that work fine, one FOB that works, and one FOB that doesn't work yet.
I'm a bit of a newbie with Buicks and programming FOB's in particular - Any additional help is appreciated, and is there is a link to the "Helms" manual, or
do I need to purchase it somewhere?
Again,
TIA.
I quoted the technique. The socket under the dash on driver's side the ADL. Check to see if the numbers 1, 9, 10, 18 are embossed, so you're sure that you have #4 and #8 correctly chosen. Otherwise the two "ears" are the top row with 1-9 and the left is #1. I believe mine were numbered. I think the ADL can be pulled down from the sound deadener panel.
Even though one fob has been programmed, they both have to be programmed in the same cycle as I outlined earlier.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
The Lowest trim plates come off first. These are the bottom edge of the dash and they are split in two pieces by the steering column. They pry out - carefully. Then you remove the air deflectors (pry out carefully). These are the moveable air deflectors. There are four. There are screws inside where the four deflectors have been removed. Be careful not to drop the screws down the openings (duh)... Disengage the retaining clips at the top of the trim place This trim plate it the part that surrounds the heater control and the radio and speedometer and glove box or passenger airbag.
Having to go look at this ties my stomach in knots remembering having taken this apart on my 93 and I can't remember what I was after when I took it off.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I have a 96 Lesabre which I am having problems with the battery dying on me. I have had the starter replaced and the battery has been replaced 3 times now. My mechanic found a short with some wiring under the dash and by passed my dome lights, power windows and locks so they only come on while the ignition is on.
My car will start no problem with a boost. But the battery keeps going completely dead it does not matter whether or not I drive short distances or long distances. I do not know where to go from here my mechanic cannot find anything wrong I suggested that there is a problem with the starter but he does not seem to think so any suggestions? I am desperate here I even went and purchased a boost pack so that I would not need to call for a tow truck each time I cannot get my car started! Thanks in advance.
Try removing fuses and checking circuits for drain. Your mechanic should have done that...
Had a neighbor with 3800 in 98? Gran Prix. Kept draining battery in few hours after coming home from work. Random. New battery still had high drain to where it wouldn't start after 5-6 hours. Finally took neighbor's advice and had neighbor replace starter. AFter more than a year or so of problems, fixed. Neighbor is a barnyard mechanic type. His dad runs a lower price-bad credit used car lot. Knows a lot of what goes wrong.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
My neighbour has a Buick Regal and saw me climbing in my trunk I explained the sitution to him and he told me he had the same problems his friend told him he needed to put the plastic caps on the terminals of his battery and he has had no problems since do you know anything about that??
The proper way to check this is connect a meter between the battery and the cable that measures the amperage. Anything above a minimum that the computer is drawing indicates a drain somewhere. Then you start disconnecting fuses (there are fuses under the dash but there also is a main relay panel under the hood with high amp fuses for some circuits. When you disconnect a fuse and the drain is gone from the meter, then you've found the circuit which you have to troubleshoot.
Doing it without that metering capability is what we can try ourselves at home. Assuming your alternator is charging properly and the battery is good (no posts cracked internally), then you're looking for another problem.
I'm curious how he routed everything so that it has to go through the ignition switch. I don't see how that could be done.
What you need to do is narrow down how long the drain is taking to discharge the battery. A single bulb takes a long time and after a few hours the car will start but won't sound as strong when the battery is turning the engine. A starter relay draining the engine only takes a couple of hours to drain the battery dead.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
When I got home I tested the battery with the car running then turned it off well once I turned it off the voltage dropped immediately. I started off somewhere around 13.4 and dropped to 11.3 or somewhere around there.
Battery light started coming on, intermittently, about 3 weeks ago. Then it would come on steady and the car would die. Checked battery and it was dead. Replaced battery (with a fresh 12 hour charge) and alternator (3 times) and finally bought a LED guage at Radio Shack and mounted inside car to monitor the charing system. When charging system is working good the LED guage reads 14.5 v and when it drops below this, say 13.5, this tells me that the charging system is not outputting at all or not enough to keep a full charge on the battery.
For some unknown reason, the voltage drops to 11.5, telling me there's something wrong. The car will run fine for anywhere from one-five days with no problem and mysteriously the LED guage goes up and down and after about 15 minutes the all goes to normal.
I did find that the neg. batt. terminal had a stripped bold and and replaced it to ensure a solid connection.
I had turned on/off all accessories and disconected all circuits, one by one to trying to make it fail. I also moved and yanked on every wire under the hood, searching for an intermittent connection.
I did smell buring rubber inside the car about 2 weeks ago and then it went away. Seemed to be coming from the dash or firewall (passerger side).
It sound to me that we are both experiencing the same problem. Perhaps the 2 of us can compare notes and resolve this one.
I really like this car and do not want to part with it.
cg........