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Originally Posted by LandDestroyer
Ok, so here is some back ground:
Bought car used August, 2005.
Had lots of issues, including cat converter going out, pass lock issue where it wouldn't start, etc.
3 weeks ago, it would start squealing for about 10-30 seconds and temp gauge would rise, then go back down and stop squeling. I was going to bring it into the shop for that...but then...at the end of this past week:
I was leaving my apartment and the car died. I put it in park and restarted it and it made it to work.
After work it started and I went to grab food. When I came back out of the food place, I started it, backed out of the parking space, turned, and it died. For several minutes, I'd turn the key, it'd start, and then die in a second before I could even put it into drive. I left with my roommate who followed me to the food place. We came back about 30 minutes later. It started and we dropped it and the key over-night at the local Chevy place.
They tried all day to reproduce it, but it never died on them. I picked it up, drove down the street, and it died on me. It was after hours Friday night, so nobody has gotten to look at it yet. The past 2 days, i've driven over there to see if it would start. saturday, i drove it around the building it is parked at, and as I was parking it, it sputtered a little (shook) and died.
sunday, i tried to start it and it just kept dying in 1 second.
I'm really worried, b/c the dealership said they couldn't find anything wrong with it and it had no codes. one guy wondered if since i'd just filled it up the night before when it was very low on gas, maybe water got in the gas tank, but don't think so.
So, first, why is it dying a second after starting. That's the number 1 priority, then the squealing (though that won't matter if I can't drive it). It's got about 80,000 miles on it, and I still owe almost $4000 on it. I need my car working this week...I'm supposed to drive to Chicago.
Please help! The Chevy place didn't figure it out, but I hope you all can. Please e-mail me at ChristopherLeeGregory AT msn.com
Thanks!
- Chris
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