Saturn S-Series

I have a 2002 alero how do you reset, the coolant light is always on.

Thanks,

Alero owner

Fuel pump relay is located in the lower left hand side of the passanger seat, behind the kick panel that is part of the center console. remove the pannel, in the lower right hand corner of the fuse panel, you will see two large square relays. the one on the left is your fuel pump relay, the one to the right of that one is your blower motor relay

It depends on which solenoid you're talking about. For the fuel pump, horn, AC... remove the cover from the fuse/relay box then the relay just pulls out and is easily replaced.

According to the owner's manual, 5w30. Check your oil level frequently, as the piston was designed without oil-drain holes in the piston lands. This can result in the oil control ring being gummed up by burnt oil and higher than normal usage/burning of oil. The engine is still running fine, you just need to top off the oil.

Seatbelts have been proven to save lives when they are used, even though they do cause injuries occasionally. The question here is how can a piece of fabric become the difference between life and death? Everyone knows that a seatbelt keeps a person from flying through the windshield or being thrown into the dashboard when a vehicle comes to a sudden stop. Inertia is the cause of the person flying through the car after the car has come to an abrupt halt. Inertia keeps a car moving in the same direction at a constant speed while the road friction and air resistance work together to slow the car down making the car's engine compensate to keep the car traveling at the determined speed. All objects located in the car, including the people have their own inertia that is separate from the moving car. Inertia causes the objects in the car to be moving the same speed as the car, making them feel like they are one single moving unit. The difference in the two is obvious when the car come to an abrupt halt and the objects inside it continue with the speed that the car was traveling before the halt, and would not stop until it were exposed to an object such as a windshield, dashboard or such. A seatbelt applies the stopping force to more durable parts of the body over a longer period, helping protect the body from more serious injuries. Typically, seatbelts consist of a lap belt and a shoulder belt, which are securely attached to the frame of the car in order to keep passengers in their seats. The seatbelt applies most of the stopping force to the rib cage and the pelvis, widening the area of stopping force so the damage is less. The seatbelt itself, made out of webbing, has more give than a windshield or dashboard making the stop not quite so abrupt. Seatbelts also extend and retract, except when the car comes to an abrupt halt, and then they tighten up and hold the passenger in place. The belt webbing connected to a retractor mechanism creates the seatbelts extending and retracting movement. This retractor mechanism contains a spool attached to one end of the webbing and a spring, located inside the retractor. The spring applies a rotation force to the spool rotating the spool and causing the webbing to wind up. When pulling the seatbelt out, the spool rotates counter-clockwise, turning the attached spring in the same direction. When releasing the seatbelt, the spring tightens up and rotates the spool clockwise until all the slack is taken out of the belt. The retractor also has a locking mechanism that halts the rotating of the spool when the car is in an accident. There are two locking mechanisms used in cars, the car's movement triggers one while the belt's movement triggers the other. Locking mechanisms triggered by the car's movement locks the spool when the car stops abruptly. In this system, the main operating element is a weighted pendulum that swings forward when the car is stopped suddenly. A pawl located on the other end of the pendulum catches a toothed ratchet gear attached to the spool. When the pawl grips the teeth, the gear is unable to rotate counter-clockwise and consequently the spool cannot rotate either. When the seatbelt is loosened after the incident, the gear rotates clockwise and the pawl disengages, releasing the ratchet gear teeth. The second system that locks the spool when the jerking the seatbelt contains a centrifugal clutch, which is a weighted pivoting lever mounted to the rotating spool. As the spool spins slowly, the lever does not pivot and a spring keeps it in position. When jerking the seatbelt the spool is spun quickly, the centrifugal force drives the weighted end of the lever outward, and the lever pushes a cam piece mounted to the retractor housing. When this cam, connected to a pivoting pawl with a sliding pin, shifts left, the pin moves along a groove in the pawl. This movement pulls the pawl into the spinning ratchet gear attached to the spool and locks into the gear's teeth, preventing counter-clockwise rotation. Newer vehicles have a pretensioner that tightens the seatbelt. The pretensioner tightens any slack in the seatbelt when the car is stopped quickly. The pretensioner actually pulls in on the belt, moving the passenger into the optimum crash position. Pretensioners are used with conventional locking mechanisms to create a safer seatbelt system. There are several different pretensioners available from ones that pull the entire retractor mechanism backward to ones that rotate the spool itself. Usually pretensioners are wired to the central control processor that activates air bags. This processor monitors sensors that respond to the abrupt halt and activates the pretensioner first, then the air bag. Seatbelts have saved many lives and will continue to save lives as long as people will use them. Ummm i dont know they smell good though

yOU CAN'T....iT'S HYDRAULIC. If it's releasing high you need a clutch.If it's low you need a hydraulic unit

One at each of the four corners.

Change the Engine COolant Temperature Sensor with the 2-wire connector. This sensor controls the radiator fan.

Normal operating temperature is 1/2 as per the guage

Fan should turn on 1mm before the red as per the guage.

Fan should turn on when A/C turns on. If it doesnt, then check the fan and its relays and fuses

Hi, I have that same problem right now, but I took it in for a diagnostic and they told me i needed a new EGR valve, maybe that could be your problem too!

All vehicles without a distributor (which Saturn sc is one)can not have there timing adjusted(done by the computer).

It takes single or multi-weight from 80 to 90 depending on temp. Usually you just use 80-90w that covers all the temps. Be sure to use a hypoid type oil with API GL-5 rating.

26 is a quad driver (pcm) control for the egr valce and other things. 32 is egr valve. If you have 26&32 most likely the egr valve and/or solenoid need replacing. On a double overhead cam engine they are at the back of the engine valve is round with a vacuum line on the top follow the line 5 in to solenoid. On a single overhead cam it is under the breather box same shape but the solenoid is by the throttle body

it's on top of the motor, round shiny metal about the size of your fist and is easy its 2 bolts a vac. hose/wire plug

You need to drop the fuel tank - its located inside the tank, and accessed via the top of the tank. Eric

You cannot change the bulb you have to change the whole headlight. Which is actually cheaper than you think. It cost me 11.97 for 1 headlight. Saturn calls it a Sealed Beam 2e1 headlight. So to change this all you need is a torx head screwdriver to remove the old headlight and install the new one. The only dissapointment is there is no way to change the bulb, i wanted to make it a blue tinted color but of you try to break the seal... the headlight will not function properly.

FRONT SEATING AREA, CENTER, UNDER DASH, FRONT OF CONSOLE, MOUNTED IN JUNCTION BLOCK.

Put your fingers into the leather shifter boot at the base and feel under the rim to pop the outside ring that holds the faux wood trim at the base of the boot up and out. (The piece is faux wood on an LS2, it may just be colored plastic on an LS1) You may need to do this twice, on each side of the boot, so that the entire piece of trim and the boot pops up and out. The leather boot should still be connected to the trim, it will pop out as a unit. Once it is out, you can reach into the housing and feel the window switch unit from inside the housing. There is a spring clip on the upper and lower ends of the switch unit, press in the spring clip and pop it up one end at a time. The unit is now out but still attached to the power. I have never unclipped the wire harness but it looks easily doable. IF YOU ARE REMOVING THIS BECAUSE THE SWITCH IS STICKY you probably DON'T need a new switch - you can spray some contact cleaner in the ports at the side of the unit and underneath the switch, this will probably fix your problem, at least if you have ever spilled a soda anywhere near the switch.

You call a locksmith who can make a key or acquire the right one with the serial #s from the dealership

Note that when you turn on an ignition key, the fuel pump SHOULD only run for a few seconds if the engine doesn't start. The purpose of that is to prevent unnecessary operation of the fuel pump and to avoid draining the battery.

If an engine runs well otherwise but stalls on heavy acceleration, the problem is typically fuel related.

Check the fuel pressure, both at an idle and when you accelerate. You'll need a fuel pressure gauge that offers the ability to monitor the pressure from inside the cabin.

If it IS fuel related, the problem could be either the fuel pump, fuel filter or the fuel pressure regulator.

If you're asking about adding a NEW keyless remote, only a dealer can do that. It's a very specialized piece of equipment that can add the new remote to your vehicle's computer.

If you're asking about RE-programming your keyless remote after replacing the battery, check the inside cover of the remote. It should give instructions on how to solve your problem.

remove the 2 13mm nuts that hold it on then push in and turn 90 degrees counter clockwise IT pops out ....careful not to drop the rod into the bellhousing -------------------------------- +1^^ ALso, be careful when the slave cylinder is out. Tigh it up out of the way if your doing work on the transmission and do not touch the clutch pedal at all. Many people have ruined the hydrualics by not doing this.

Disconnect the air bag fuse. Remove the screws on either side of the back of the steering wheel (8mm). Remove the air bag ...disconnect wire conector first. Remove the strg wheel nut (13/16) Disconnect the cruise switch(if equipped) Unplug horn connector. Install puller and pull strg whell off. Sometimes if you have no puller you can pull/wiggle the wheel off