First thread I'm creating here so cut me some slack.
Let me start with a back story and go from there. It started 2-3 years ago; I had a lot of problems with this truck that my brother was using (he know squat about cars) that being said, he never tuned it or took care of it for that matter. When I got it from him it was in bad condition and it wouldn't accelerate that great. Then I encountered another problem, the battery would get drained in a matter of months. I changed it twice and then thought that it might be the alternator so got that brand new..turns out it wasn't that cause this is the 4th battery I've gotten and it's drained again. Another thing to take into consideration is that the regular beams wouldn't turn on anymore so I rigged it by running a wire from the fuse of the lights to the fuse of the starter so it works not but sometimes I turn off the key and the engine stays on and I have to turn off the lights to shut off the engine.
That being said, the engine lights comes on when it wants to...I took it to Autozone today and got it hooked up to the computer to determine what was wrong and it came back with the code P0976 and the description is the title of this post.
Explanation: The TCM commanded the SS on and off but the return voltage was outside expected parameters.
Is this a known issue? or can someone give me an idea of what might be causing this issue?
Note: Another thing I noticed today was when I just turn the key I heard a sparkling noise...the same noise you hear when you touch the cables together when you're going to jump a battery to see if it has some power.
It's a 2006 Trailblazer 4.2 V6
Thank you in advance
Let me start with a back story and go from there. It started 2-3 years ago; I had a lot of problems with this truck that my brother was using (he know squat about cars) that being said, he never tuned it or took care of it for that matter. When I got it from him it was in bad condition and it wouldn't accelerate that great. Then I encountered another problem, the battery would get drained in a matter of months. I changed it twice and then thought that it might be the alternator so got that brand new..turns out it wasn't that cause this is the 4th battery I've gotten and it's drained again. Another thing to take into consideration is that the regular beams wouldn't turn on anymore so I rigged it by running a wire from the fuse of the lights to the fuse of the starter so it works not but sometimes I turn off the key and the engine stays on and I have to turn off the lights to shut off the engine.
That being said, the engine lights comes on when it wants to...I took it to Autozone today and got it hooked up to the computer to determine what was wrong and it came back with the code P0976 and the description is the title of this post.
Explanation: The TCM commanded the SS on and off but the return voltage was outside expected parameters.
Is this a known issue? or can someone give me an idea of what might be causing this issue?
Note: Another thing I noticed today was when I just turn the key I heard a sparkling noise...the same noise you hear when you touch the cables together when you're going to jump a battery to see if it has some power.
It's a 2006 Trailblazer 4.2 V6
Thank you in advance