GD car!

Yobos4vr · 09-01-2002, 07:11 PM

well the wife just called and wanted to tell me that this morning when she started the car the service light with the wrench came on. the windows woiuldn't work and the a/c fan wouldn't turn on. so she drove it anyways. well she stopped at the store came back out and started it back up and the light was out,thewindow's worked and the4 a/c worked fine. what the heck could've caused this?

CelticShadow · 09-01-2002, 08:02 PM

Gremlins perhaps? LOL......I'd have it checked out by the dealership.

Bizzar · 09-02-2002, 12:56 AM

Sounds like a #7 ingnition tumbler sticking. There is a bulletin out to modify the tumbler for those similair concerns.

Joeybagodonuts · 09-02-2002, 04:25 PM

right on derek! man, i LOVE having guys like you and tommy around, having access to service bulletins and the going ons inside at saturn corp helps the board IMMENSLEY! nelson is a good friend of mine so tell me what year tumbles arent affected (like, are the 99 ones ok and dont have this trouble) so i can get him one. thanks man!

Bizzar · 09-03-2002, 06:23 AM

Actualy all you need to do is toss that bulletin out the window lol! Just remove the ign. cylinder and completely take out the #7 tumbler. I have had a few come back that were "modified" as per the bulletin but never had a return on the ones I completely took out of the cylinder.

There is 2 designs. You can tell by looking at the shape of the key. If it is square, those are the ones it can heppen to. If its round or sort of oval then those do not have problems. I will keep my comments to myself on the new 2000-02 design hehehe.

Joeybagodonuts · 09-03-2002, 02:53 PM

cool beans derek, thanks for the tip and ill keep it in mind if i get any cars in in the future with this problem, heck, i must have replaced dozens of tumbles allready, never thought to just remove one, good tip man!
you and ryan gonna swing by the show on oct 5th?
were gonna ask yuor boss if he wants to come bring some vues and othjer cars to display.

**Ssicarman** · 09-03-2002, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bizzar

I will keep my comments to myself on the new 2000-02 design hehehe.

Whats wrong. you don't like having to spend all that time chisling out the &*$%^&#($&(# security bolts. Then rekeying and replacing the lock cylinders and doing the reprogramming for the pass lock. Then not getting paid real well for it all.

Try doing it out side at -20. Jeeze do I sound bitter?

Joeybagodonuts · 09-04-2002, 01:56 PM

LOL, funny the inside **** we have to deal with that the public never knows or see's! like how thye fix many leaking doors, they pull the car around back, roll down the window and BEND the top of yuor door, which DOES work, problem is i couldnt have the heart to charge a hour labor as some shops do! derek taught me that tip, and man, cant tell you how many customers cars i was able to stop leaking by doing it!