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ALSO NO WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON! NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS!Edited by: anmlfrnd

Oh man... I had some problems witha salvaged vehicle I bought (2000 Expedition) but nothing like what you have! Good luck.

Is this car known for electrical problems? No this car is not known for electrical problems.


You can play around for ever. You can take it to every shop in town and spend all the money you can come up with. Do yourself a favor and spend as little money as possible and take it to those that know the car better then anyone. Go to your nearest Saturn dealer. Remember you have already bought a battery, alternator, steering column (http://www.saturnforum.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=225&amp;PN=1#)and have fixed nothing only spent money.

The transmission problem is really what sound scary. You dont have any gears? The battery drain that the other electrical problems could be related.

check for shorts, transmission is in limp mode

So all the problems probably tie in together then...

I think that the problems may all tie together. It's bad to hear about things like that, and i'm sorry about it...


If you are having problems like that, it seems like you are having quite the electrical problem, and to replace wiring in acar is a hefty job...ouch.

I dont know anything about vehicular electronics, but it does make sense since (that was neat) everything started happening at the same time.

take it to an electrical shop

That would probably be the best thing you can do to make sure everything is running right. I mean, check all your fuses and relays yourself, just to rule out the easiest thing. In the end sw2 is probably right, just take it to the dealership (or other qualified mechanic)

Or, if you know anyone who has any idea about electrical systems, they can usually test it with multimeters and things like that. It just helps to find out if there is a short in a wire or something.


But, that can be a little difficult too. I think you're looking at taking it into a shop unfortunately..

I noticed that you had this problem last september... did you ever get it fixed and if so, what was it???