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Post by cpdad on Jul 16, 2007 8:32:40 GMT -5
wife got in car this morning...1999 chevy blazer...put key in ignition...heard ding ding ding...turned ignition....nothing...but all the lights started flashing on the dashboard...all of them that would flash were flashing she said.
turned ignition off....tried again....no ding ding ding this time.....again nothing....but everything started flashing again.
any idea where i start looking for the problem?....or what it might be?....kev.
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Post by takilasunrise on Jul 16, 2007 8:48:49 GMT -5
I'd start with the battery, then check the alternator.
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jerryde
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Post by jerryde on Jul 16, 2007 9:56:25 GMT -5
I find most often the battery posts need to be cleaned...both the post and clamps...just be careful to keep them marked.. + or - ...this hot weather is just as bad as the cold...
gene
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Post by sandsman1 on Jul 16, 2007 11:20:24 GMT -5
try takin a cable off the battery for acouple mins and then put it back on and try it might reset the computer -- sounds like its confused haha
and make sure car is all the way in park if it is try startin in neutral
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Jul 16, 2007 14:25:01 GMT -5
Also, if it was very hot in your area and don't have a maintainance-free batery, check the liquid level in the batery and complete with distilled water if necessary.
Adrian
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Post by krazydiamond on Jul 16, 2007 16:05:40 GMT -5
starter motor sounds like it's fried? is it cranking at all? if the lights are flashing, it's got juice, but check your battery terminals.....do your headlights come on?
could be your timing chain?
good luck, Kev.
KD
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Post by cpdad on Jul 16, 2007 16:43:38 GMT -5
thanks everybody...seems like something needed resetting.....i forgot to say in my original post.....had new battery....and replaced altanator about 7... 8 months ago....but now how long to next time...or why in the first place.
i just figured with my luck lately....i would need a new engine...4 new tires and a spare....new exhaust....and 2 new bumpers to fix it ;D...whew thanks all....kev.
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Post by sandsman1 on Jul 16, 2007 16:54:49 GMT -5
glad it was an easy fix kev-- nuttin worse then big car repair bills i know hahaha
with they way they have made the newer cars dependent on the computer it dont take much to set them off coulda been anything loose battery cable or wire on the starter or altinator anything that can make a surge can screw up the brain --thats why i said take cable off for a few mins when you reconect it lets the computer reboot when you said the lights where blinking it sounded like a warning from the computer that something just wasent right it wasent reading the comands right or something
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