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saturn weirdness
sorry for barging in on your group but the answers to life's most
important questions can usually be found in usenet. so... I don't know much about cars but I know when my car is messed up. I think it's a fairly simple problem but no one has figured it out. The problem started when I took my 2003 ION for its 10,000 mile check up. They did only minor stuff, didn't change the oil, they did change the heat filter, etc. I never had a problem with the car before I took it in. After I take it in about three days later I notice the following: the power steering is not as "powerful" anymore, that is it takes more turn of the wheel to steer. Even worse, the engine acts different. It lurches forward, the acceleration is poor, it feels like the car is slipping gears. I take it to two different Saturn dealers and they can't find anything wrong with it but I was so sure that it was driving much better before. I also noticed that this lurching and slipping got worse after the gas level got below half. So ok I go maybe six months thinking I can do nothing about it. I take it in to Walmart for an oil change and boom, they change the oil and the filter and the is just like it was. Nice and smooth. At this point I think everything is fixed and thank god I wasn't imagining things. But after a week or so the same stuff is starting to happen. Now I think I have a piece of pertinent information that may help crack this: when the car is having problems, the heat or AC functions even if it is set to off. In other words, I can be driving with the heat off but it is still blowing lots of hot air into the car. I may be wrong but in my other cars if the heat was off it was off period. Any ideas? Please! Gabe |
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Gabe, I don't think you are completely nuts.
When the heat or AC is on the load on the engine is greater. The AC kicks in and out when the heat is on. I suspect your problem is isolated in that area. Maybe there is a malfunctioning relay or module for the temperature control. They originally worked in the heater area you said. I don't know what they might have done wrong. Maybe your fuel pump is getting weak if topping off the tank makes a difference. If so, you will know very soon I should think. A check of the fuel pressure should be done. Power steering not as powerful? This could still be the low idle because of the AC being on when it should not be. Or you could take it to Wal-Mart for an oil change every week. That seems to fix it. |
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the power steering on an Ion is electric, hence the smaller steering wheel.
"itsallgood" > wrote in message ups.com... > Gabe, I don't think you are completely nuts. > When the heat or AC is on the load on the engine is greater. The AC > kicks in and out when the heat is on. I suspect your problem is > isolated in that area. Maybe there is a malfunctioning relay or module > for the temperature control. They originally worked in the heater area > you said. I don't know what they might have done wrong. > Maybe your fuel pump is getting weak if topping off the tank makes a > difference. If so, you will know very soon I should think. A check of > the fuel pressure should be done. > Power steering not as powerful? This could still be the low idle > because of the AC being on when it should not be. > Or you could take it to Wal-Mart for an oil change every week. That > seems to fix it. > > |
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