1999 Buick Park Avenue CAR WONT RUN

1999 BUICK PARK AVENUE
189,562 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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PATRICK KIRBY
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AFTER ONLY DRIVING 6 MILES & THE CAR RESTED 1 HOUR, IT STARTED & WAS PUT IN REVERSE.THEN WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE,GAVE IT GAS & TRIED TO STEER IT, IT MADE A CHURNING SOUND,WAS HARD TO STEER & BEGAN STRUGGLING TO GO 50 FT. IT JERKED BACK & FORTH.THEN THE SOUND OF SOMETHING BREAKING LOOSE LIKE. IT MADE IT HOME BUT WOULD DIE AT RED LIGHTS.A LITTLE BLACK SMOKE COMES OUT AS IT STRUGGLES TO START & GO.
May 12, 2010 at 10:47 PM
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BLUELIGHTNIN6
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check the drive belt, sounds like either belt broke or one of the accessories (power steering pump, alternator etc..) has frozen up.
May 12, 2010 at 11:42 PM