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Andrew D
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Hey everyone,
I've done all that i can think of to get my car to start, but nothing seems to be working, so i was hoping that someone here might have an answer that would help me out...
I drive a custom 1998 Buick Lesabre (yeah, i know i know =P, but it gets me from A to B). Anyways, about a month ago, it had started acting weird when i would try to start it up. It would take 3-5 seconds of semi-struggling before it would start up. So i had the oil changed and all, and it had been getting better, but then last week, when i was trying to leave the library parking lot on campus, it wouldn't even try to turn over...
At first i thought it was the battery, so i had multiple people come over and try to jump it, without success...so to make sure I had the battery checked at advanced auto parts and they told me to replace it...I did...but the car was having the same problem...I had also accidentally get the antifreeze a bit low, but from what i have heard, the car would at least try to turn over if it were an engine problem.
The only other problem i could see was the security system acting up. It had done something similar last year, but after looking through the manual, a friend and i were able to fix the problem...now it will not work...i have tried cleaning the key, using the spare (in case the chip in the key had gone bad), and checking the fuses, but nothing has helped so far.
Anyone have any suggestions? I would really appreciate it...
I've done all that i can think of to get my car to start, but nothing seems to be working, so i was hoping that someone here might have an answer that would help me out...
I drive a custom 1998 Buick Lesabre (yeah, i know i know =P, but it gets me from A to B). Anyways, about a month ago, it had started acting weird when i would try to start it up. It would take 3-5 seconds of semi-struggling before it would start up. So i had the oil changed and all, and it had been getting better, but then last week, when i was trying to leave the library parking lot on campus, it wouldn't even try to turn over...
At first i thought it was the battery, so i had multiple people come over and try to jump it, without success...so to make sure I had the battery checked at advanced auto parts and they told me to replace it...I did...but the car was having the same problem...I had also accidentally get the antifreeze a bit low, but from what i have heard, the car would at least try to turn over if it were an engine problem.
The only other problem i could see was the security system acting up. It had done something similar last year, but after looking through the manual, a friend and i were able to fix the problem...now it will not work...i have tried cleaning the key, using the spare (in case the chip in the key had gone bad), and checking the fuses, but nothing has helped so far.
Anyone have any suggestions? I would really appreciate it...