1996 Pontiac Grand Am - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

hold the reset button on the fuse panel and when it blinks let off of it and it will go away

the lower coolant sensor is inside the over flow bottle

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https://postimg.org/image/8e1l0b62d/ Click on the link for starter motor. Make sure battery has a full charge and battery connections all good, not just at the battery, the other end also. At the starter motor, two voltage circuit, One comes from the battery, hot all the time. The other goes hot with key in the crank position. Use a test lite and check voltage on both. The starter motor grounds through the engine block. Like I said, use a test lite to check. Any testing at the starter motor, make sure tranny is in park or neutral and parking brake is set. If you think it is a starter issue, you can remove the starter, lay it on the ground, use jumper cables properly from charged battery to starter motor, at the least, it should kick out the drive gear and spin. If you have to get under vehicle for testing starter or removing, there are safety issues. Safety is your responsibility.

Is the security light lit on the instrument cluster ? Injectors firing ? Spray carburetor cleaner through the throttle plate an see if starts then . If it starts an runs for a second it's not getting any fuel . How do you know it's getting gas ? Did you hook up a fuel pressure gauge ? Hook up a scanner an check an check data parameters ?

Sorry never buy a car with a closed system... Just doesn' work... They want to rip u off.. Even with a new radiator it needs to be relieved of air, so they make you buy a new one

Yes it can,keeping BCM energized

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take new starter back sounds like it was built wrong

yes it is necessary yes you will need a rear end alignment professional shops do that alignment before a front end alignment as it affects the front alignment results no -the part will be available from the professional shop doing the wheel alignment as they should have a selection so that they can get the adjustment correct so now that the bearing has been replaced, go to a professional wheel aligning shop, show them the bit and ask them to do a full alignment

Could be brake light switch

check you're fuse's for the fan. At highway speed's there is enough air flow for the radiator to cool the motor. If not run the fan from a switch from battery to fan as a last resort.

Its not the answer u want but either get a friend or take it to a local shop. u can just unplug it, unscrew it replace the blower & gasket/sealant on the firewall. Its easy. good luck

there is no computer to turn the fan on. it works on a thermal switch. so you have a relay to the fan. when the temp sensor gets hot it connects the circuit to the relay and then the fan is on. vary simple. and it works when the car is still hot but the key has been turned off till the switch cools off or some have a timer so it does not run for ever. so good guess is the temp sensor for the fan could be bad if the fan is working.

the level of fluid may be ok but it may need new fluid , when was last changed ? i'd change fluid as a first step

Give it a couple of tries like the link says how do reset security code 1996 Pontiac Grand Am

Locating fuse for OBD2 ??? Need more info ? Fuse for the DLC , that's where you plug in the code reader or fuse's for the PCM/ECM - engine computer ?

3.1L engine, 31--37 psi, engine running. Key on engine off, it may be about 10 psi higher. I don't know liter size of engine?

Switches could be faulty try replacing them.

hi, as a retired auto elec.tech and installer, its been my experience that one of the door switches are bad. gm uses two types of systems. a 3 wire, and five wire. if you can access the back of the switch and see how many wires are there, and if its five, the voltage uses both switches to make the motors operrate. if there is three wires you would have to check the voltage on the orange wire at the switch. if its there, you you may have a wire or relay. hope that helps.