20 Most Recent 1996 Pontiac Bonneville SE CA Value - Page 8 Questions & Answers

THE ONLY RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE THE KEY CYLINDER WITH A NEW ONE. LOCAL REPAIR GUY IS CORRECT. IF THE TINY SENSOR IN THE KEY SWITCH DOESN'T RECIEVE THE EXACT RESISTANCE FROM THE CHIP IN THE KEY, IT WON'T START. THE TINY SENSOR IS PART OF THE KEY CYLINDER, THAT CANNOT BE BYPASSED. HOPE THIS HELPS. THANKS FOR AN HONEST RATING AND FOR USING FIX-YA. BEST OF LUCK. ANY MORE QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK AWAY.

Here is the procedure for replacing the serpentine belt for a pontiac bonneville:

1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
   
2. Remove the belt guard or coolant recovery reservoir as required.
   
3. For 1996-99 supercharged engines, perform the following:
   
   1. Raise and safely support the vehicle.
      
   2. Remove the right-hand splash shield.
      
   3. Remove the connector from the crank sensor.
      
4. For 1996-99 vehicles, remove the engine mounting bracket lower nut, stud and spacer. Carefully lower the vehicle.
   

CAUTION <>To avoid personal injury when rotating the serpentine belt tensioner, use a tight fitting wrench that is at least 24 in.Take note of the belt's routing. Lift or rotate the tensioner using a suitable sized breaker bar in the square opening or box end wrench on the pulley nut. Remove the belt from the pulleys.
You can use a box-end wrench on the pulley nut to rotate the tensioner ...... then remove the belt from the pulleys
Lift the tensioner, and install the belt onto pulleys. Make sure the belt is routed properly.
Many vehicles have a label you can check to be sure the belt is installed and routed correctly

1. For 1996-99 vehicles, raise and safely support the vehicle. Install the engine mounting bracket lower spacer, stud and nut.
   
2. For 1996-99 supercharged engines, perform the following:
   
   1. Attach the connector to the crank sensor.
      
   2. Install the right-hand splash shield, then carefully lower the vehicle.
      
3. Install the belt guard or reservoir.
   
4. Connect the negative battery cable.
   

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You seem to have a bad cooling fan switch...it's connected to the side if the engine and when it gets too hot it turns on your cooling fans. The switch doesn't cost that much, $10 to $15 and takes all of about 15 minutes to replace.

if you had your windshield replaced they may not have been put back on in the proper location

O2 sensors are located on the exhaust system. Sometimes on the exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, before and/or after the catalytic converter. You can change it yourself, but I recommend buying a specialty socket to do it. They are available at any auto parts store for 10-20 dollars. Now then are you sure you need to replace a O2 sensor, is it throwing a O2 code or unsure of problem. Also if it is throwing an O2 code dosen't necessarily mean the sensor is bad. It just means there is an issue with that circuit. And then the circuit could be fine but an engine problem could cause the computer to throw an O2 code (running rich/lean, etc.).

I would definatly recheck the regulator to make certain you do not have any leaks.
But to be clear, you are smelling gas and not exhaust?
Also, is you cowl seal in good shape, not missing or damaged in any way?
Let me know.
Regards,

try the relay, I have problems with my bonneville taking too much power for the blower and the relay melts. You can pick them up for 16-20 dollars. this also causes my air not to come out.

The below page has all of the information on the pass key, or VATS key system. It has step by step instructions on what you are looking for, and will show you how to bypass the system.

http://vats.likeabigdog.com/

No fuse for a factory alarm. Runs off other circuits. Check all fuses

O2 light often indicates a fuel / air mixture problem elsewhere in the system not a failure of the sensor. This can be caused by a vacuum leak, worn injectors or other issues. The light was off because likely the codes were cleared by the shop after the work was done. It came back on again because the actual problem was not corrected!

Look on the passengers side of engine there is a vacuum going to the intake manifold on the back side if this is cut or torn the vacuum won't work properly.You have to follow the line to where it has a fuse panel along the firewall there it goes into the vehicle...

Change spark plugs and wires

You can remove the inner splash sheid inside the passenger wheel well and access the lower pulley.

hello sounds like your front pump is out ,you will need tohave it repaired god bless

check gas cap seal will cause small leak codes.

Try driving it in drive as opposed to overdrive, we had the same problem and our mechanic told us it was the fault of a computer chip, the chip in older Bonevilles that cause this problem are located in your transmission and will cost more than it is worth to replace, so I suggest leaving off with putting it in overdrive.

check fuse box diagrahm in your owners manual..it will direct you to the correct fuse!

yes there are fuses but there will be other instruments running off the same fuse! If everthing else seems to be fine than i would go directly to the blower located on the fire wall and change it!

More then likely there is a moving part that isn't moving so freely anymore, and that can happen for many reasons..anything from a very small pebble getting caught somewhere and putting pressure on the window rail alignment too the windows motor just being very-very tired.

Unless you're familiar with being inside the door panel and power window assemblies, I would suugest that you find a good body shop....by good I don't mean the most expensive, there are shops that are just getting started that are far superior to the more estabished shops in labor knowledge.

I wish I could tell you something more to the point, but as with everything else, unless the car is right here, it's very hard to tell you exactly what's wrong, let alone how to fix it.

At most, unless it's the motor that needs replacing, something like this shouldn't take more then an hour of time, remember, always get an estimate before okaying any work, and get the estimate in writing.

Sorry I couldn't help you anymore then this

replace blower motor resisteo located beside blower motor right side under dash has about five wires going to it.