# Crazy Behavior from a '92 Buick

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/crazy-behavior-from-a-92-buick/38992>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** acceleration, regal, computers, ignition, buick\
**Created:** [November 3, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crazy-behavior-from-a-92-buick/38992 "2009-11-03T16:39:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![picojunior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@picojunior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/picojunior)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crazy-behavior-from-a-92-buick/38992/1 "2009-11-03T16:39:57Z")

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My '92 Buick Regal sometimes is hard to start. The battery, sparkplugs, and all are super strong, but somehow the signal often isn?t making it through.  
  
  
  
 Yesterday, I turned the key about 20 times before it fired up. Could the ignition switch be bad? Is this something easily tested?  
  
  
  
 Also consider this?often when it does not start, I click the door locks, and then it starts on the first try following. On one occurrence though, I clicked the door locks, turned the key and the windows rolled down (seriously).  
  
  
  
 Unrelated to starting the car, it also has the acceleration issue whereby I could cruise down the highway for 50 miles without touching the accelerator. It just goes. Is a bad computer perhaps to blame for these issues? The TPS monitor has been replaced. This did not help.  
  
  
  
 Cars are not my specialty.  
  
  
  
 Thanks  
  
  
  
 David

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**Author:** ![picojunior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@picojunior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/picojunior)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crazy-behavior-from-a-92-buick/38992/2 "2009-11-03T16:44:07Z")

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Oh, and the check engine light is not on – if that matters.

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**Author:** ![Bladecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@Bladecutter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bladecutter)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crazy-behavior-from-a-92-buick/38992/3 "2009-11-03T17:37:40Z")

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Yes, start with the ignition switch, as they are known to be less than reliable in most of the early 90’s GM products.

BC.