Thread: Acting weird

Okay so I have an 01 gtp.
When I'm driving the Rpms will drop on the tach
other times the Rpms drop and the car shuts off and takes a bit of work to start Again. Sometimes it just acts like I have a dead battery
any opinions?

sounds like a crank sensor, but check all your grounds first.

Replace the crank sensor yet?

Tach dropping to zero while driving is the very common crank sensor failure.

Oh okay. And I have not changed yet. How hard are those to replace?

http://www.grandprixforums.net/showt...e+crank+sensor

They aren't to bad if you can get the crank off

That's the only thing I'm worried about. Trying to get the crank but off. I need to do it today. It took me 30 minutes of battling to start my car today

Breaker bar+ a long extension + vice grips on the flexplate should pop it loose. If not you can try to possibly take it to a mom n pop shop and see if the they're willing to loosen it with a impact enough for you to do the rest at home.

or the red neck way.

Redneck way always works

We will see. Guess I'm riding bike to work for a while

I might be up in ft Wayne this weekend. My dad's in luthren. I could help out if you need

That's not good man. And yeah if I decide to do it your always welcome!

I'll text you if I head up there and have time. I might take the bike to save on gas if it's nice out so I wouldn't be able to bring any tools with me.

Speed control sensor causes symptoms like that

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Check grounds first. "acts like I have a dead battery" is not a crank sensor symptom. It would still crank. Also when you say that, do you mean that even the lights inside are dim or not on at all? Or the starter just won't engage or turns slowly?