Pontiac Grand Am Shaking, lights dim and stalled out

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Pontiac Grand Am Shaking, lights dim and stalled out

Unread post by mrSteve » Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:47 pm

Ok so my 1999 Grand Am just died As i was driving home it started to purr really loud and shake, then i noticed that the brakes weren't working as well as they were and i couldn't push them down as far. Next i noticed that when I didn't push the gas the head lights would dim and then go bright again. I didn't smell anything and no lights went on until right before it died. Right before it did die it became very hard to move the steering wheel as if the power steering failed and then as it was dying the dash light all came on.

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Re: Pontiac Grand Am Shaking, lights dim and stalled out

Unread post by ProTech » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:52 pm

So does the car restart now, or will it not start up at all?

If it doesn't start at all, I'd say you probably had a fuel pump that went out. If it does start, but runs really bad, you would have a misfire condition that would have to be diagnosed to find which cylinder or cylinders are misfiring. That could be things like a bad fuel injector, or ignition problem like a bad coil, plug, or wire. Also, it probably set a trouble code as it died out, so I'd suggest getting it scanned as well.
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