Did a few more tests... 1. I used jumper cables from the battery positive and negative to the 12v hot on the solenoid and the starter casing. Same results, click but no crank. I believe this rules out voltage drop or bad connection issues, right? 2. I hooked up a multimeter to the starter side post....

Hi all, I have an 03 base 200k, the other night had some starting issues... came on quick and was intermittent no-crank. Of course it was the zero degree day so I replaced the 4 year old battery, still no love. Intermittent cranking. Replaced the starter with a reman... It's only been a day, so I'm ...

Hi all, Is there a way to test or rest an air bag light? It stays solid red while the car is running... I have a code reader & have used it to reset a cat code, but it won't reset the airbag light - or give me any codes about what might be wrong. I've tried disconnecting the battery overnight, t...

Hi all - Been a bad season for the fog lights on the ol 2003 base... passenger side caught a rock back in Oct & broke - the drivers side was just ripped right out of the bumper by a coyote spinning around my wheel a few weeks ago.Anyway, I think I've only ever turned them on a few times so I'm l...

Good to know - didn't think about it that way. I did clear them so I'll keep an eye on whether or not it logs those codes again or not.

Hi all, Ran into my first CEL on my 2003 base Vibe last night... good run, but I guess it had to happen sooner or later - I do have 125k on it.Anyway, I got the following:P0420 - Catalyst Below Eff Thresh Bank 1P0300 - Random mutiple misfiresP0301 - Cyl 1 misfireP0304 - Cyl 4 misfireI've searched on...

Hey - I did the roll your own airfilter out of a furnace filter a good while back. Last week I started to hear a high pitched whine from under the dash... thought it was the blower.Turns out the filter had kinda deteriorated & got pulled down in there... the metal wires were rusted to the point ...

Thx for the reply - he didn't specify... the lady in service just knew that it was an 'oil line'.I haven't seen any white smoke or froth (but I'm going to check that again). How about a slight burnt smell from the exhaust? Not sure if it really has a tinge of burnt smell in there or if I'm just thin...

Hey all,My other car is a 2004 Quest with 7k left on the 100kextended warranty I bought... had a question about a problem I'm having that I was hoping to get some advice on...I noticed some fluid on the floor of the garage two weeks ago so Ichecked the levels... saw that the coolant was below the MI...

Wow... guess I just haven't had any repairs done in a long while.btw - why did you say I need a new wheel? The appraiser said the same thing, but I really think the scrape is just from backing along a curb a couple of years ago... wasn't going to argue though - it was the other persons insurance co ...

My wife got backed into the other day... the lady's insurance co just came out and did an estimate. It's only body damage - nothing mech and it drives fine.$3800 for this: Can that be right?

The garage who did the work picked up the fluid and screen for me from the Pontiac dealer. Next time I'll buy the Toyota fluid since it's so much cheaper though.

Hey - I had to get back from a work trip for trick or treating with the kids... Altoona to Pgh in around 1:45 It was the new highway stretch from Altoona to Ebensburg & then from there to blairsville where I was making tracks.I don't normally drive that fast at all, but I have a radar detector a...

Hey - that's good news then! I forgot about how it learns the shift points - I bet that's it since the clock was off when I got it back...Thanks for the info!

Hi all, Recently got the tranny service on my 03 base automatic for the first time... I was at 70k instead of 60k, but it was running ok as far as I could tell.They flushed & replaced the fluid & filter & of course after I took it in I read some post somewhere about how "transmissio...

...so I noticed water flowing from the passenger dash the other day. Figured it was a clogged drain line so I pulled it loose and tried to run a cable through it. The cable wouldn't go all the way through so I put it up on the ramps to check the other end. Found a 6" rachet extension stuck into...