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1990 Acura Legend LS 2.7L High Beam & Check Engine Light VIN: JH4KA4673L
This car came in with check engine light innop.Bulb was missing.Installed bulb pulled codes.Code 1 repl.front o2 sensor cleared codes.Check engine light stays on. When you turn on the headlights it goes off. Turn off headlights it goes back on.Also when headli...
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1990 Honda Civic DX 1.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2HGED6341L
Hi Honda techs, have intermittent code 1 and 7 on this car. Customer has only had car less than a year. Recent head gasket change, head resurfaced and head reconditioned at machine shop, right hand axle renewed and front and rear brake job. Since repair (4 mon... Trouble codes: 1 (Oxygen sensor circuit), 7 (Throttle Angle circuit)
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1997 Isuzu Rodeo LS 3.2L No Start VIN: 4S2CM58V0V
Thanks to everyone who replys to my post. Vehicle was towed in with a no start. Have no check engine light on, no communication with scan tool. Under hood fuse for ecm ok. Went to check for battery voltage on pin A4 of the computer. Had @ 1.5volts on that. Whe...
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1991 Lexus LS400 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8UF11E3M
This one was running great until the in house detail guy decided to clean the engine.I was told that he was spraying the engine down with a water hose when it started to run rough,then died.I pulled both caps to check for water,cleaned those then the car would... Trouble codes: 24 (intake air temp sensor open)
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1995 Lexus LS400 4.0L remote switch VIN: JT8UF22EXS
Hello techs, This Lexus came in complaining that the remote switch for adjusting left/right rear view mirrors is not working.All the fuses are good and relpaced the remote switch and still not working.Mirror motors are good.I'm unfamiliar with this car.Thinki...
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1993 Mazda 626 LX 2.0L horn VIN: 1YVGE22A7P
Hello Group, I have this 626 in here that is giving me a bit of a problem. The horn operates intermittanly (worse when cold)due to a poor ground at the steering wheel.There does'nt appear to be a ground wire through the clockspring for the horn, so it must re...
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1994 Mazda 626 LX 2.5L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1YVGE22D9R
hello to all folks we have an odd problem with this mazda i hope you could shed some light on,only under half this vehicle feels like it runs out of fuel,bucks misses,low power etc.when its doing this stop and add gas-it it perfect,fuel guage is correctly read...
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1994 Nissan 300ZX 3.0L Remote Entry Transmitter VIN: JN1RZ2605R
Have checked Alldata and Mitchell for information to match this remote transmitter to the module and did not find any. After checking the archives, there is good information on other Nissan models (Pathfinder and Maxima) that have a reset button on the control...
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1995 Nissan Altima GLE 2.4L Compressor Clutch VIN: 1N4BU31D2S
Fellow techs -- I have determined that the a/c compressor clutch (Calsonic compressor) is failing on this vehicle but have yet to find a tool vendor who sells the necessary tool to remove the clutch assembly from the compressor. I have located a suitable clutc...
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2002 Nissan Altima SE 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N4BL11D32
This vehicle was in month ago with MIL lamp on and a P1456 stored. I could not find a code description in the code charts listed in the ALLDATA info I have. I have used a Snap-On generic scanner and EASE scanner and come up with same data. There are no symp... Trouble codes: P1456 (cannot find description)
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1999 Subaru Forester L 2.5L Poor Idle Quality VIN: JF1SF6359X
Hi guys I got this wagon with a misfire, we found black smoke from the exhaust, we replaced spark plugs, wires, valve cover gasket and groomets because of oil leak to the wires, we clean inyectors, replaced fuel and air filter.The black smoke still there, we m...
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1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo 2.0L Surge, Cuts out, BUCKS AND SURGES BAD VIN: JT2SW22N9M
Hi, Thanks for taking the time to read our request. Customer brought an mr-2 turbo in last week with a complaint of bucking and surging on accelleration from a stop. We did confirm this complaint the bucking is very bad. We have checked the timing as best we ...
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1997 Honda Accord LX 2.2L No Start, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1HGCE1829V
Thank you all for suppling me great information to go on. Taking everybodies reply in consideration I decided my step would be pulling the covers off to inspect cam timing. After removal I found the cam to be off two teeth. I corrected the timing alignment and...
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1998 Honda Accord LX 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG5648W
I replaced the canister vent valve and the problem seems to be fixed.I would like to thank everyone for all the help. Trouble codes: P1457 (EVAP System leak canister).
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1987 Nissan Maxima GXE 3.0L power steering pump VIN: JN1HU11P9H
Thanks to those whom replied to this problem. As it turned out I was using power steering fluid and the O.E. spec. is ATF type3 dextron. Iflushed the system and filled it with ATF and the noise went away. Apparently the power steering fluid is too thick for th...
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1991 Toyota Camry DLX 2.5L No Start VIN: JT2VV21EXM
Special thanks to John from Oregon who gave a detailed discription of how to test the air flow meter. It turned out to be OK. Thanks also to Richard from Colorado who suggested to change the ECT even though it was close to specs. The new one was about 1k diffe...
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