My ol' faithful 90' Cutlass Ciera, with 201K on the clock, died on my yesterday. Went to crank it, and nothing. I heard a click as in the starter engaging and then everything went dead. No dome lights, no lights, no chimes no nothing. Of course, suspected the battery. Took it out and it had 630 Amps at 12.53 volts, plus I just bought it this year. Thought maybe the cable connections were bad, they weren't. Cleaned them and then re-installed. Same problem, no dome lights, no nothing. When it first happened, if you'd wait a minute, the dome lights would come on but try and crank it, everything would die. Checked all the fuses, all good. Looked over the battery cables and no obvious signs of shorts anywhere. When I did re-connect, I heard a click sound over by the alternator, which is new this year.
Having it towed to a shop that is pretty trustworthy. Owner said he could probably fix for under 100 bucks. Also told me that he could probably sell it for around 1200 bucks once we get it fixed. Crank sensor went out in August and left me stranded on the Interstate. I have about a 40 minute drive via interstate one way every day. Other than that, car has been perfect. Does need a front end alignment and balance all the way around. Also time for transmission fluid change. Headliner is falling, stereo sometimes works, driver window sort-of works, fuel guage doesn't work. Everything else is fine. Never been wrecked and garage kept. Had the car since she was born and have a lot of emotional ties with this car but now after all this, I am wondering if it's reliable. Have a 2 year old daughter that I pick up.
Anyway....wondering what's ya'll take on this situation. What would you do? We are planning on buying a new Accord. Was hoping to wait until March. Have a 2001 Ford Supercrew, that get's 14 mpg. Just wondering what the brethren here would do....I'm 50/50. If I can fix it and drive some more.....that's like money in my pocket but the reliablity factor also comes into play.
Having it towed to a shop that is pretty trustworthy. Owner said he could probably fix for under 100 bucks. Also told me that he could probably sell it for around 1200 bucks once we get it fixed. Crank sensor went out in August and left me stranded on the Interstate. I have about a 40 minute drive via interstate one way every day. Other than that, car has been perfect. Does need a front end alignment and balance all the way around. Also time for transmission fluid change. Headliner is falling, stereo sometimes works, driver window sort-of works, fuel guage doesn't work. Everything else is fine. Never been wrecked and garage kept. Had the car since she was born and have a lot of emotional ties with this car but now after all this, I am wondering if it's reliable. Have a 2 year old daughter that I pick up.
Anyway....wondering what's ya'll take on this situation. What would you do? We are planning on buying a new Accord. Was hoping to wait until March. Have a 2001 Ford Supercrew, that get's 14 mpg. Just wondering what the brethren here would do....I'm 50/50. If I can fix it and drive some more.....that's like money in my pocket but the reliablity factor also comes into play.
