New developments with dead car - please help diagnose....
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Melting Slicks
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New developments with dead car - please help diagnose....
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I was on the way to my mechanic (to get a new starter) when my car died on the freeway with the infamous "reduced power mode".......
I am sooo pissed of about this......anyone have any ideas about what the problem could be?
I had been getting "service traction control and ABS" warnings for a few days....
I am close to parting with my love if things keep going like this
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Update - starter has been replaced, now the car runs, but runs like poopie.....very bad idle. It repeats the "remove key for 10 second" on the DIC.
My mechanic says all codes have been erased due to battery diconnection while replacing the starter.
Any ideas???
:cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry
I was on the way to my mechanic (to get a new starter) when my car died on the freeway with the infamous "reduced power mode".......
I am sooo pissed of about this......anyone have any ideas about what the problem could be?
I had been getting "service traction control and ABS" warnings for a few days....
I am close to parting with my love if things keep going like this
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Update - starter has been replaced, now the car runs, but runs like poopie.....very bad idle. It repeats the "remove key for 10 second" on the DIC.
My mechanic says all codes have been erased due to battery diconnection while replacing the starter.
Any ideas???
:cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Richmond Ca
Re: New developments with dead car - please help diagnose.... (OliverM5)
I'm not sure that disconnecting the battery removes all codes. You should go through the process of seeing if any codes are set.
Alos, you could have a bad wheel speed sensor (or loose connection) causing your traction control/abs issues.
Alos, you could have a bad wheel speed sensor (or loose connection) causing your traction control/abs issues.
Racer
Joined: May 2002
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From: Little Rock AR
Re: New developments with dead car - please help diagnose.... (C5Noir)
wwashing, where is this wheel sensor located?
[Modified by Still_Single, 3:09 PM 12/7/2002]
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Melting Slicks
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Re: New developments with dead car - please help diagnose.... (OliverM5)
UPDATE: My tuner told me that he scanned the computer and is not getting any input from the Camshaft position sensor - anyone have any experience with this?
Drifting
Joined: Sep 1999
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From: Weatherford TX
Re: New developments with dead car - please help diagnose.... (Closer_2001)
My dad's Buick w/v-6 had bad camshaft sensor. They like to never found the problem. It would die just like yours, at the worst time. Then restart ok. It ended up burning up the cat converter because of all the raw fuel being dumped at times. Anyway, sounds like a good starting point.
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