95naSTA wrote:Nice on figuring out out. The corrosion on the battery terminals will sneak up on you.

You are correct, top post batteries are easier to spot the corrosion, never seen that issue lock the key and gear shift up

ended up being the side post battery terminals, looked fine on outside buy severely corroded once I took them off, cleaned them up and good to go

Wow, looks like few people are active on here anymore, anyways my wife took her Regal to town to pick up our grandson and when leaving, the car made a clicking sound when she tried to start it and then nothing at all, the ignition key wont turn to off and the gear shifter will not come out of park ...

shifting fine now??

Last summer the ac would only blow out the passenger side vents, drivers side was warm, This past summer neither side blew cold but system would not take any charge and compressor sounds like it should with clutch engaged. Now the heat is lukewarm, even out of the vents. Is this a door motor problem ...

nos4blood70 wrote:When you take the battery out, the computer will re-learn shifts. Drive it a couple of times and they will return back to normal.

yep you are correct, today its shifting like normal

I have let my Bonneville sit for about three weeks before installing a new battery, it is now shifting like mush, with the canned tune from years ago it shifted much more firm, now its like original. any ideas?

don't think its a solenoid issue? My neighbor says theres 2 of them in the side cover that male the *shoot* smooth and need to be changed, I'll change filter and fluid first before I would pull the transmission

Sad to say but I have let my trans maintenance slip by on our 2002 buick regal. I noticed it is shifting harder than normal but no slipping, I think I hear the pump whine slightly and pulling the dip stick the fluid looks dirty but does not smell burnt. Do I dare change out the filter and add ...

the sending units little float pickups were bad from the get go on the new pump, 150.00 dollar unit and thats what I got

Until it happens again, or becomes consistent, you don't have much data for fault analysis. At this point it looks like your only option is to throw parts at it and wonder which one of them fixed the problem if it never manifests itself again. I think I'd relax for now but keep a watchful eye - if ...

ok, if the keys are too heavy, it will ruin the switch with the extra weight swinging around-
when you cant start, does the security light flash ? well there plenty of keys swinging for years, problem is that everything if fine for the time being, a mechanic friend says it might be the ig switch ...

96 SSEi wrote:did you try the spare key ?

no,hasn't copied what it did again?

where has everyone gone on this site? Ghost town anymore

My wife went to drive here car yesterday and her windshield wipers would not work. I told her to take the other car, then she called back to tell me the car would not shut off with the key, she had to use the remote starter to shut it down. I got in the car when I got off from work yesterday and ...

RJolly87 wrote:I would check to verify if the gauge is doing what it's told, or if it has a mind of its own.

2000+ year model GMs have a reputation for failed stepper motors in the gauge clusters.

never did ask how do you check if the gauge is doing what it is told?

ok, thanks

I would check to verify if the gauge is doing what it's told, or if it has a mind of its own.

2000+ year model GMs have a reputation for failed stepper motors in the gauge clusters.

yes, a instrument cluster repair guy said the same only, they don't repair them. Are they repairable or maybe ...

Hi folks, my wifes 02 Regal gas gauge was dropping off and rising slowly so I thought bad sending unit so, I change the whole unit, pump and sending unit. It wasn't the problem, now the gauge is going completely full and dropping to empty and not slowly. Today I went under neath to check the ...

Well I checked the Throttle Position Sensor which seems to be good other than only 4 volts at wide open throttle. Most youtuber's showed over 4.5 volts but, I'm leaning towards the crank or cam sensor being the way it tries to start like its out of timing or having a crossed ignition wire which it ...