Quite a few problems..Please help

[bennys_ponty2000]

Hey all.. I have a few problems with my Pontiac Grand Am GT..

1. My cigarette lighter wont work, I push the lighter in and nothing and then tried my radar detector in but it just wont work...

2. When I press to lock the doors, the passenger door will lock but the drivers door just wont lock, Ive held the button down on the door but it just wont move an inch...

Can anyone help please.....

Thank you

[xeroinfinity]

Welcome to AF.

What year is your Grand Am GT ???????????

[crazy Jim]

2000 might be safe assumption

[Rothart]

I had a 2000 Grand Am SE2 and that damn thing had so many wiring problems. The lighter only worked if you held it in for a while but worked fine for my phone charger.

The fog lamps tripped me out from time to time. If I left the fog lamps on all the time and shut the car off, it was fine. If I shut them off and drove around and then shut off the car, they would come on automatically after sitting for a few hours and drain the battery even though the switch was off. They should've stayed off when the car was shut off. Wasn't the case though.

Another time, I went to get in my car to go to work, put the key in the ignition and nothing! No lights or anything. I trtied to jump start it with a jumper box I had and still nothing. Took the transit bus to work and when I got home I just decided to check it out and what do you know, the damn thing started right up. I traded that peice of crap in for a Nissan Frontier a month later.

[xeroinfinity]

Yeah Jim I try not assume anything anymore

Though I bet its the fuse under the hood fuse box if it is a 99+.
The metal tab in the bottom gets bent and doesnt make proper contact to the lighter or what ever else you stick in there.
My kids liked to put pennys in them ,
that reeks havoc on fuses too

[skibum1111]

Locks and lighter are on the same fuse. I watched someone put new screws into the door panels and they drove one right into the lock actuator. That made for some interesting smells from the door when he was trying to get the locks to work.

[bennys_ponty2000]

My pontiac is a 2000. I din't think I had another fuse box under the hood, as my fuse box is on the side panel, on the drivers side, near the hinges on the car tucked away. Do i have another fuse box under the hood?? if so where?? I have tried holding the cigarette lighter in and still nothing.
Thank you for all your help

[crazy Jim]

Originally Posted by Rothart

I traded that peice of crap in for a Nissan Frontier a month later.

here you go Roth, you may need this
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...play.php?f=667

[xeroinfinity]

bennys_ponty2000, thier are actualy 3 fuse boxes.
One on each end of the dash, and the one under the hood is by the firewall, big square box with a roundish knob on top.

All fuse boxes hav labels to show which fuse is which.

good luck