96 Chevrolet Lumina

Tiny
AMWELCH9415
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  • 1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA
96 Chevy Lumina, 169,000, v6

When I try to start my car, sometimes it takes 2/3 tries to either get it running or to keep it running. It's trying to start every time, but just can't get enough power to fully start/ for some reason stay on. Runs pretty well once on. Also, the seat belt light never goes off now and the radio only comes on some of the time. It just puzzles me because sometimes it doesn't come on at all, sometimes takes like 5 minutes and sometimes comes on right away. The radio never goes off once it's on, except on the next time I turn the car on. It's especially touchy on turning on if the car's been running for a while, gets turned off and then turned back on. Then it hardly ever comes back on at all. What's going on?
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 AT 12:28 PM

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Tiny
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For a start inspect/test the ignition switch and do a fuel presure check with a gauge, then comeback. An intermittent problem can be a nightmare to deal with especially in the internet so many things involved that we've to go thru to get to the source of the problem.

So please! Bear with us.
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007 AT 5:32 PM

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