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Open Help Requests for European
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| 1996 BMW 328i 2.8L Starting VIN: WBACD4328T hi, please help, this car keeps getting towed in with the battery dead. the first time i look at it I hooked up the amp meter waited 1/2 hour and had a draw of 1.4 amps. I pulled every fuse any relay in the fuse box and on the last relay the draw stoped.I repl... |
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| 1991 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L No Start VIN: SAJHY174NC vehicle towed in. customer said drove to work parked car, would not start that evening. cranks , no start. worn and gas fouled spark plugs. fuel pressure test was over 100# replaced fuel pressure regulator, now at 40#, also code 14, faulty coolant sensor, repl... Trouble codes: 14 (coolant temp sensor) |
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| 1996 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBJF20FXT Dear MB friends, this car came in with the MIL light on, otherwise customer has no complain. What does code p1615 mean? Our scanner does not know what it means! I can not find the fault code list in the WIS!!! Does anyone also know, what the problem is with t... Trouble codes: P0200 (injector circuit malfunction), P1615 (unkown), P0380 (glowplug heater circuit) |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L wipers, power windows, power mirrors,power seats, VIN: WBJF65H8XA vehicle was brought in to shop, no wipers, no turnsignals. found several other systems inop also. belongs to a good customer and i have no service info. any help will be appreciated. thanks in advance Frank |
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| 2001 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on, no scan data VIN: WDBJF65J71 Looking for some help on this mercedes.Vehicle came from another shop.The problem I have is I can't pull any scan data .I have no communication with the on board computer.The car starts but wiil not rev up and check engine light is on all the time.The ecm powe... |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L power windows VIN: NVWMA6331W hi vw techs...I've got a '98 passat here that came in with all 4 power windows inop...client says that problem occurred after accident but that accident was awhile ago. I checked fuse and fuse is good... I checked power and ground to modules mounted on window ... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L rotors VIN: WVWMA63B7X Customer sees smoke coming from right front wheel area. We have found that the right front and left rear rotors are overheating and turning blue. It looks like the master cylinder feeds the ABS hydraulic unit with two lines which then branch off the hydraulic ... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Passat GLS 2.8L interlock VIN: WVWBD23B5Y hello fellow techs.my buddy towed in his wifes vw passat to our shop(no vw dealer for 200 miles or so)wife parked it and the next morn it would not start.i did the basics he assumed it was the starter/starter works fine.went on to mitchells(not alot of info we... |
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| 1988 Volvo 740 GLE 2.3L abs module VIN: YV1FA8759J Hello Volvo people; The ABS light comes on on this vehicle after about a mile of driving and ABS does not work. we tested the signal from both front wheels and the rear end and signals were good. We followed Volvo's fault tracing manual and all checks were ok ... |
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| 1996 Volvo 960 2.9L Air Pump VIN: YV1KS9608T First of all, thanks for any help you can offer. I typically don't work on Volvo's. Customer brought this in for failing NOx. DTC (P0410) states AIR System Malfunction. The tech at the State Inspection Station said it was the air pump. Pump is operating but I ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1991 BMW 750iL 5.0L Cuts out VIN: WBAGC8316M Hi guys, This is fixed. One reply suggested removing a coil part way to intensify the spark, possibly overcoming bad spark plugs. The theory behind this was the idea that my car would run 3 seconds, then the misfire recognition program would sense the misfires... Trouble codes: 16 (cyl 1-6 ign system), 16 (cyl 1-6 ign system), 77 (in eml no description.). |
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| 1986 Jaguar XJ6 4.2L heater VIN: SAJAV13456 most replies said to flush heater core. didn't get anything unusual out of core but now have temp reading out of lower vents about 125 deg. did flush cooling system, also replaced new thermostat again with a oem , that got engine temp up to normal much faster.... |
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| 1976 Mercedes-Benz 240D 2.3L Starting VIN: 1151171222 Thank you, for the good respondes, on this system there is no fuse no relay, everything is in series, i replaced the element and it works fine: |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 500SL 5.0L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: WDBFA66EXM I checked out all the things everyone suggested and addedup the cost i.e. caps,wires,coils, rotors and parts and labor it came to about $ 1500 and the customer declined to start doing it piecew by piece and removed the car, not a very good situation |
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| 1998 Mercedes-Benz C230 2.3L Starting VIN: WBDHA23G5W Hello Group,Well I'm Going to close this one as unfixed because the customer said they needed the car over the new year weekend and would return the car first thing monday morning so I could spend some time tracing this intermittent problem out.They called tue... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Cruise control VIN: WVWMA63BXX Sorry it has taken so long to post this fix but the vehicle has been quite a problem. It seems that the cruise control module that has been updated for this car does not work properly. I ended up getting the exact same number from a wrecking yard to fix the ca... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLS 2.8L Low beams inop VIN: WVWPD63B01 It was as suggested the multi-purpose switch part replaced everything works fine |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.0L Cooling Fan VIN: 3VWSS29M01 After probing each one of the wires at the 14 connector plug for the fan control module, I found one of the 4 different power supply wires did not have any voltage.Wire #4/14 had 0 volts with key on or off. A closer inspection of the fuses (they were all check... |
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| 1995 Volvo 850 2.3L cruise control VIN: YV1LSS5719 Thanks to so many of you for responding. I am told that the CC will work as long as MPH registers. The odometer/trip meter will not affect CC ops. Customer took car, and plans to return it soon for more work. I'm not holding my breath !!! Peter |
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