# 1988 Buick Riviera - Cranks but won't start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-buick-riviera-cranks-but-wont-start/172889>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** starters, buick\
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-buick-riviera-cranks-but-wont-start/172889 "2020-12-02T01:44:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![leo41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/898d66/32.png) [@leo41](https://community.cartalk.com/u/leo41)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-buick-riviera-cranks-but-wont-start/172889/1 "2020-12-02T01:44:44Z")

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wont start turns over

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-buick-riviera-cranks-but-wont-start/172889/2 "2020-12-02T15:06:58Z")

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Car broken. Tow to repair shop.

If you want better analysis, post more information.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-buick-riviera-cranks-but-wont-start/172889/3 "2020-12-03T01:33:27Z")

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The two most common no start conditions of your vehicle is a faulty crankshaft position sensor,

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/c/7cdebb47a4a642aed174a632cede2fc5a7b7e7ef.jpeg)

or a bad ignition control module.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/3/b30e20f6a46bc062803539f438b3d8a4a0ad3045.jpeg)

Tester