# Vanna White (1992 Pontiac Transport) is ailing

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanna-white-1992-pontiac-transport-is-ailing/25136>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** electrical-wiring\
**Created:** [January 18, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanna-white-1992-pontiac-transport-is-ailing/25136 "2009-01-18T18:51:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![SueR100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SueR100](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SueR100)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanna-white-1992-pontiac-transport-is-ailing/25136/1 "2009-01-18T18:51:54Z")

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After a quick stop at the store, Vanna White started acting bizarre on the trip home:  
  
 No power windows  
  
 No heat or A/C  
  
 Battery and tachometer gauges quit working  
  
 Reduced engine power.  
  
  
  
 Fuses have been checked and are intact.  
  
 Battery is relatively new.  
  
 Alternator has been replaced.  
  
  
  
 Any suggestions? Help!!!

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**Author:** ![SueR100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SueR100](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SueR100)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanna-white-1992-pontiac-transport-is-ailing/25136/2 "2009-01-18T18:53:52Z")

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Just checking

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanna-white-1992-pontiac-transport-is-ailing/25136/3 "2009-01-18T19:25:49Z")

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This could be one of those situations where the dashboard ground(s) became loose. There are a few wires joined together that are grounded with a screw or bolt holding them tight. There could be one or two of them at the firewall right above the carpet end. Then, there are the battery terminals being corroded and things like that.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanna-white-1992-pontiac-transport-is-ailing/25136/4 "2009-01-18T19:39:16Z")

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Are all the drive belts still in place and functioning? I’d check the connections at the battery, the alternator, and the ground connections. Sounds like you’re losing electrical power somehow.

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**Author:** ![SueR100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SueR100](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SueR100)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanna-white-1992-pontiac-transport-is-ailing/25136/5 "2009-01-20T14:59:20Z")

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Checked your sugggetions and couldn’t find any loose ground wires. Battery terminals seem fine.

Any other suggestions?