mander487
10-08-2010, 07:00 PM
Hi everyone,
I have a '02 Alero 3.4L. It has 129,500 miles on it. Had 54,000 when I got it as a "high school graduation present" from my dad (Thanks dad :icon_rolleyes:) I'm the second owner, he got it from a chevy dealership,the first owner was a service writer at the same dealership. I've had it for about 5 years now. No mods,its just my "please get me to work and back without a light coming on" car. Besides the normal things most Alero owners have had going on it's been a pretty decent car. Lately, I've had something strange going on that's pretty much stumped my boyfriend(who mostly deals with Hondas and hates the fact that I own a GM product) and everyone that works at the shop where he works(most of which drive GM's). So the first telltale sign that the car ISN'T going to start, the remote(factory) won't work at all I have to use the key to open the doors. The lock buttons work, the truck button works. Then I try to turn the car over, I hear the fuel pump but it won't turn over. The radio will come on and then most of the time it'll shut right back off. Only light on the dash that is on is the "Check Engine Soon" light. Now this has happened 4 times counting today. The other 3 times, if you put the car in neutral and push it about a foot, the key chime will start chiming and the radio comes on and if you hop in real quick it'll start. Once it starts the radio shuts off sometimes and the gages don't work and a bunch of lights are on including the "Service Vehicle, Trac Off, Anti Lock, Security, and Brake" lights. My boyfriend ran the code and come back with nothing and of course by the time I get it across town where he works the things starts like nothing ever happened (I think its secretly laughing at me too). Well today it did something really weird. It did all these things above except today when some co-workers and I pushed it, it wouldn't start AND the chiming noise was going off after I wiggled the battery cables, but the keys were in my hand and the door was closed. So I wiggled it again and it stopped. Then randomly, I sat in the car while I was calling Verizon roadside assistance to come tow this piece to my boyfriend's shop and everything lit up and it turned right over but again none of the gages worked and all those lights were one. Does anyone know what is wrong with this car or is it just possessed??? The local Chevy dealership said it was the BCM (body control module) I'm hoping they're just feeding me a load of crap cause I don't have money for that, my brother thinks that there's a pinched wire in the steering column as this is what was going on with his buddy's Achieva. Someone please help me before I take this car to Carmax and trade it in for a Honda :( (At least I know my boyfriend could fix that lol)
I have a '02 Alero 3.4L. It has 129,500 miles on it. Had 54,000 when I got it as a "high school graduation present" from my dad (Thanks dad :icon_rolleyes:) I'm the second owner, he got it from a chevy dealership,the first owner was a service writer at the same dealership. I've had it for about 5 years now. No mods,its just my "please get me to work and back without a light coming on" car. Besides the normal things most Alero owners have had going on it's been a pretty decent car. Lately, I've had something strange going on that's pretty much stumped my boyfriend(who mostly deals with Hondas and hates the fact that I own a GM product) and everyone that works at the shop where he works(most of which drive GM's). So the first telltale sign that the car ISN'T going to start, the remote(factory) won't work at all I have to use the key to open the doors. The lock buttons work, the truck button works. Then I try to turn the car over, I hear the fuel pump but it won't turn over. The radio will come on and then most of the time it'll shut right back off. Only light on the dash that is on is the "Check Engine Soon" light. Now this has happened 4 times counting today. The other 3 times, if you put the car in neutral and push it about a foot, the key chime will start chiming and the radio comes on and if you hop in real quick it'll start. Once it starts the radio shuts off sometimes and the gages don't work and a bunch of lights are on including the "Service Vehicle, Trac Off, Anti Lock, Security, and Brake" lights. My boyfriend ran the code and come back with nothing and of course by the time I get it across town where he works the things starts like nothing ever happened (I think its secretly laughing at me too). Well today it did something really weird. It did all these things above except today when some co-workers and I pushed it, it wouldn't start AND the chiming noise was going off after I wiggled the battery cables, but the keys were in my hand and the door was closed. So I wiggled it again and it stopped. Then randomly, I sat in the car while I was calling Verizon roadside assistance to come tow this piece to my boyfriend's shop and everything lit up and it turned right over but again none of the gages worked and all those lights were one. Does anyone know what is wrong with this car or is it just possessed??? The local Chevy dealership said it was the BCM (body control module) I'm hoping they're just feeding me a load of crap cause I don't have money for that, my brother thinks that there's a pinched wire in the steering column as this is what was going on with his buddy's Achieva. Someone please help me before I take this car to Carmax and trade it in for a Honda :( (At least I know my boyfriend could fix that lol)