Buick Ignition Lock cylinder in column replacement

[71skylarkman007]

I'M TRYING TO REPLACE THE CYLINDR LOCK AND KEY IN MY 1971 BUICK SKYLARK, I REMOVED ALL THE ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED TO GET TO THE CYLINDER BUT IT WILL NOT BUDGE ANY SUGGESTIONS?

[Sue-woman-chew]

There should be 1 bolt that holds it in. It may be behind the key buzzer switch- two litle metal tangs.

[kickboxer2]

my sister in law has a 94 buick regal & she let some people use it & they didn't bring it back, well it was towed & when we went to get it the keys were gone, well she let this friend of hers bust out the key lock & now she can't start it. the car will start by the starter & run 2-3 sec then quit. how can I start the car & keep it running without the key. she needs help. will any buick steering column fit & she does not want one that has the chip in key type.

[carriedi]

you can use another buick steering column or parts out of another column to replace the broken parts. If the car has the passkey 2 system you will need to use a resistor key to get it started. There are 15 different resistor values you could have. Until your passlock sees the correct resistance it won't send a go signal for the fuel injectors to continue firing.

[Guest]

Dear All!

I live in Europe and I own Buick Regal Sportback 2018 made in accordance with US standards. There is another standard of tail lighting to be in Europe. Coner signal light to be orange and rear stop light to be red and commonly it is combined with tail position lights.
Unfortunately, corder light and rear stop light are combined in Buick and when I changed my light from Opel Insignia Grandsport and I have orange corner and stop now combined.
Do someone have wire diagram for Buick Regal 2018? I need to fix it.
Or does someone know if I change Body control module to Opel's one, will it fix the issue?

Thanks in advance

Viktor

[carriedi]

I have been looking at the wiring diagrams for Buick Regal, (three pages) and they show a single wire for rear brake and turn signal going from the body control module to the rear tail light logic module. Well, a single wire to each tail light. there is no separate signal going to the rear that you could use for turns only. So, you can splice into the tail lights and have your amber light be turn and brake just like the red light or you can run wires from the front turn circuit and run them to the amber lights you have installed. If you run the from turn to add the rear turn, then the amber rear turn will only blink when the turn is on.

the thing is, I don't know if the additional lights will cause the body control module to set a code for additional amps. I would suggest LED lights for the rear lights so the amps will be less on the circuit.

I don't know anything about switching the BCM with an Opel. That sounds like a more costly experiment than running wires from the BCM that go to the front and tying them to the rear also.