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    So my seat heater isn't working, the eBay halo headlights (I know, they were on sale) aren't near bright enough and the autodimming rearview mirror has leaked and the mirror basically looks ruined and local junk yards have none.

    Plus, the ABS light/ Trac Off light are on and I don't have time to pull the wheels myself in the near future so I have to pay a mechanic for stupid things I could fix myself.

    Still and all, I just Love this %^&*ing car. It's fast, super comfortable and hardly asks for much apart from changing oil, supercharger oil and, of course, tires
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    Seat (fuse)
    fleabay Halo's suck and is well known to suck
    autodim mirrors, that happens...
    ABS/Track is 99% a hub, you can either have it scanned (ABS) or take a shot, check for play in bearing, if found bad, replace hub. I wouldn't pay for that, is simple job.

    all GP owners experience the love/hate relationship... Deal with it, lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by coolone View Post
    Seat (fuse)
    fleabay Halo's suck and is well known to suck
    autodim mirrors, that happens...
    ABS/Track is 99% a hub, you can either have it scanned (ABS) or take a shot, check for play in bearing, if found bad, replace hub. I wouldn't pay for that, is simple job.

    all GP owners experience the love/hate relationship... Deal with it, lol
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    Sounds like my car!
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    You should also check the wiring to the abs sensor in the hub. Its the reason my lights are on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoostedPontiac View Post
    You should also check the wiring to the abs sensor in the hub. Its the reason my lights are on.
    I do suspect that it has to do with having the alignment checked- shortly after pulling it out of the garage the lights were on.
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    So I looked at the fuse and all is well- I'm thinking maybe the heating element in the seat is bad- how much of a chore is it to remove the seat covers? They're leather, is it just some hog rings?
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    So, local bone yards have no autodimming mirrors, eBay is full of sketchy looking examples and IMO the price for a new one is just silly at 150-175. Is just putting a regular rear view mirror in as simple as a swap or is the windshield mount different (read something about that).
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    Quote Originally Posted by coolone View Post
    all GP owners experience the love/hate relationship... Deal with it, lol
    Greatest advice on GPF.




    Anyways all those jobs are pretty simple so I wouldn't pay a mechanic.
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