Any word on how that went
Hi, Iâve been having the same problem for a couple years now. The dealer and 3 other mechanic canât figure it out. It shut completely off and then fires back up again. Iâve even lost power steering a couple times. Chevy dealership acts like Iâm the only person thatâs everything had this problem. Iâve had a new alternator, battery, battery cables, the grounds polished, new belt, and more. Still doing it. We have to start banding together to get these cats fixed before someone dies!
Have you been able to get it fixed?
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Intermittent electrical problems can be a real tough problem to fix. Vibration is one way to test things and help find the issue. I like to use a screwdriver handle and tap on suspected trouble areas with it. I would focus on the wiring between the battery and the main panel under the hood. If that doesnât show anything up then I would check the wiring going to the ignition switch.
Just asking do you have a lot of keys on your key ring?
Quick questionâŠwhat does your key ring look like? The one with your ignition key on itâŠlemme explainâŠback in the late 2000s, Chevrolet bought some really very weak ignition switches, in my case it was a 2007 chevy cobalt, my twin girls shared the car and being âgirlsâ they had tons of keys, pepper spray, nick nacks and dazzly junk all hanging off their key ringâŠthe cobalt exhibited eerily similar situations with power ghostsâŠafter multiple dealership trips and me trouble shooting, it turned out to be a weak switch/lock cyl and too heavy keysâŠwe gave dealer ONLY the key and my back up key was on itâs own key so we could never âfindâ it, I finally found it using their key ring with all the extra weightâŠhit a bump and the weight would be just enough to turn the key slightly from run to offâŠChevrolet FINALLY issued a tsb for all cobalts checking this issueâŠchevy being chevy, Iâd say the manufacture of those crappy lock cylinders has been used againâŠtake everything off your ignition key and see if it behaves for several weeksâŠFord also had a similar problem back in the early 90s on the aerostars but it was due to a physical switch failure but had much the same symptoms