all of the sudden this car is extremely hard to shift from park to drive, nuetral , reverse, and back. when driving there seems to be no problems . just can't get it to shift easy. it is an automatis on the column

there is a recall posted on chevy forum that discusses this problem. contact your nearest chevy dealer and have them pull this up, they are supposed to fix this at no cost to you... this has been going on for many people.

1997 Chevrolet Lumina
3.1 litre
125000 kms

I replaced the rack and pinion on the car, all works well except the red airbag light is constantly on. Any ideas?

If you let the steering wheel turn while it was disconnected, then you probably broke the clockspring in the steering column.

Where do I find this spring?

As I said, "in the steering column.

If you have no experience in working around Airbags, I suggest take it to a shop as they have the power to kill you.

I'm sorry but if you don't know what a clockspring is and where it's located, then you are not at all familiar with airbags and their dangers. I think you should have someone more experienced do this.

I am comfortable working on steering columns, I have done it in the past. I am wondering where in the column this spring would be located. I am well aware of the dangers of airbags.

Is it ok to drive as is?

Okay so I have a 1999 Chevrolet Lumina that I need to make last. Just the other day this issue started happening. Weirdest thing I've ever seen and never heard of it before. Asked a certified mechanic friend of mine about it and he's never even heard of or seen this problem. For some reason, when I turn on the air fan, not the a/c because that's disconnected because of a bad compressor, but just the fan, the speedometer jumps to 80mph and bounces between 70 and 80. And if the radio is on, the radio will get about 5 notches louder. When I turn the fan off, the speedometer does not work at all and drops to 0 and the radio will be at it's normal level. All the other gauges on the dash work properly, it's just the speedometer and the radio having issues.

Fan could have a ground problem and the power is feeding back through those items.

I've seen blower fans act as generator when they are spinning down after being shut off and causing codes to pop in ABS modules.

Does the speedometer operate at all?

What is the voltage drop at the ground side of the blower to the battery negative with the blower running?

I recently took my car into a GM dealer to have it serviced becasue the " Service Engine Soon" Light was on. They hooked it up to the only to find out that it wouldn't communicate with the PCM. I was told I need a new PCM and MEMCAL. I dont want to pay the $490.00 so does anyone know where I can get these parts cheaper. And What are they, I'm not car savy?

Thanks

May I suggest you get another reading? I wouldn't spring that $$ with that diag so far. Major parts outlets are offering code checks for free and if the same problem comes up fine but it could be a problem with the connection - yours or the one that was used,

T

1995 Chevrolet Lumina
3.1 litre 293,000 kms


My son's 1995 Lumina died in traffic yesterday afternoon. He had it towed home where I looked at it. It has gas (good fuel pressure), spark, and the battery is good. It turns over but doesn't seem to fire at all. Is there a simple way to check if the injectors are firing, or if the timing chain has slipped.

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