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Open Help Requests for Asian
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| 1998 Honda Passport LX 3.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4SCM58WXW4 Came in with light on and code p1441. cleared code and drove on pkwy no code now. Tested fuel cap ok, checked plug connections on purge and vent solonoid (by charcoal canister), clean and tight. Visually looked at hoses and system all appears ok. Called dealer... Trouble codes: P1441 |
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| 2001 Honda Civic EX 1.7L 4th gear VIN: 1HGEM22901 This vehicle came to my shop without drive, barely move. Disassembled it and found all clutches burnt. Customer states she changed the fluid but by the way it looks I think she never did. I replaced all gaskets, seals clutch plates and disks. Linear solenoid/s... |
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| 1992 Lexus LS400 4.0L Battery VIN: JT8UF11E3N Looking for possible reason why we are seeing this amount of draw on battery after timeout.We will see about 67ma of current drawing on battery after it sits.Narrowed it down to the 10 amp fuse at underhood electrical center that is designated DOME. removing f... |
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| 1996 Lexus LS400 4.0L MIL Lamp on, misfire codes VIN: JT8BH22F1T I have a lexus come in for check engine light on and a smog inspection,check for fault codes P0300,P0302,P0303 all misfire codes. freeze data for p0300 shows temp 195,engine load 15%,fuel trim 3-LT -2-ST ,engine speed 676 rpm,maf 8gpm,no real clues.scope secon... Trouble codes: P0300, P0302, P0302 |
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| 1998 Lexus LX470 4.7L Power window VIN: JT6HT00WXW This Lexus came in last week with the drivers window jammed up. Found the plastic brackets fell off the bottom of the glass. Drove it over to our local glass shop and they bonded some new brackets on. Now when you pull up on the window switch to make the windo... |
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| 2000 Lexus LX470 4.7L suspension VIN: JT6HT00W7Y hi,group we have 2000 lexus LX470,the suspension drop in the front after shuting off the car,check codes no codes,activate front and rear suspension it goes up and down,front and rear height sensors working o.k.check fluid reservior fluid clear,no visioual sig... |
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| 1996 Mazda MX-6 M Edition 2.5L Surge VIN: 1YUGE31D7T this car from hades has a constant stumble when warm at light cruise speeds 25m/p/h. and up. when the egr vacuum line is removed the problem goes away. driving the car, the egr opens fully at 1'' of vacuum at 25mph and above.we replaced the expensive egr, beli... |
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| 1993 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.0L 1-2 shift VIN: JA3CH56D9P The vehicle will go into limp in when it shifts into second gear; also the 1-2 shift is very harsh. If you drive the vehicle above 40mph and turn the key off & back on it will stay in 3rd gear it will not go into overdrive I do get RPM flair up when it is in 3... |
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| 1988 Toyota soarer .0L Igniter Cap& Rotor I need to get part's to canada for this car need coil with igniter. need cap rotor need pass or driver side door glass.Need radiator. need someone with connection to japan or helpfull info. Thank's Rob [...]. |
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| 1989 Toyota Camry LE 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Poor Fuel Economy, backfires VIN: JT2VV22F6K This vechile runs fine cold. At operating temperture it has very little or no throtle response from 1/4 to 3/4. Accelerates fine but at 1/4 throtle it startes to miss and backfire. If you keep accl. up to 3/4 it takes off with all kinds of power runs perfect, ... |
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| 1995 Toyota Tercel DX 1.5L MIL Lamp on Having trouble with this one. Aprox. 4 months ago car came in with p0401 code. Cleared codes and released car to customer -- light returned on way home. Car was taken to another shop (with out avail), and eventually came back to ours. Once in shop first tested... Trouble codes: P0401 |
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| 1998 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG22K9W customer came in with mil on and no other complaint.we scanned vehicle for codes p0171 in history. scan data, sensor not responsive to false air or added propane. replaced a/f sensor,sensor data slow to move? voltage sits around .650 seldom changes.vehicle run... Trouble codes: P0171 |
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| 2000 Toyota Solara SE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T1CF28P3Y i have a 00 solara 3.0 in the shop for codes 1130 & 1150. the car was towed in with a no response off idle complaint. multiple missfire and lean/rich codes were pulled prior to clearing codes. 1130/1150 & p0174 (rich) returned on 1st test drive. if im reading ... Trouble codes: 1130 (a/f sensor output voltage), 1150 (a/f sensor output voltage) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1992 Lexus SC300 3.0L Power Window VIN: JT8JZ31C5N thanks for all the help, it was the ground in the door jam |
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| 1996 Lexus ES300 3.0L Misfire I got several replies. Thank you all, but fact is, #2 has severe exhaust leak down. We got screwed on this. When a customer comes in asking for work, ASK WHY. Never do customer requested work without having some reason for doing it. Cover your asses on any pro... Trouble codes: P0302. |
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| 1997 Lexus LS400 4.0L tiltsteeringcolumn VIN: JT8BH28F4V Our client will allow us to furthur diagnose his problem when he is due for his next service. It was here for major maintenance that took in itself 2 days, so, we could not keep the car any longer than a couple more days. Special thanks to Jim & Patrick for th... |
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| 1994 Mazda MX-6 2.0L 2nd gear VIN: 1YVGE31COR hi group sorry about the delay in posting, well hooked up break out box and checked all signals, power and grounds to ecm found a poor ground repaired, still had some erratic signals out to trans though for gear command, pulled ecm cover found two black burn m... |
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| 1995 Mazda Millenia 2.5L engine VIN: JM1TA221OS Well thanks to the replies that I got on this nightmare.We took a little advice from Keith,Jeff, and Victor.As mentioned the lower hose would go cold,but we never lost heat.So we kinda were hesistent to tear it down for a head gasket.So...Next step we pulled t... |
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| 1999 Mazda Protege DX 1.6L belt VIN: JM1BJ2220X after rechecking alternator we got a lazer pulley alignment checker. alignment was good. we decided to replace all of the pulleys and give it a try. it lasted about 1 week. we then put in a new water pump. so far so good. thanks for all the input. |
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| 1999 Mazda Protege ES 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1BJ2210X thanks for all the info. had 6 replys. some suggested coils and others cat. problems. all possibly under dealer warranty. sent customer to dealer. hope thy can take care of problem under warranty!! thanks again!! Trouble codes: P0300 (random misfire). |
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| 2001 Mazda Protege ES 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1BJ22581 thank you for responses. Car came in & i removed egr valve from under throttle body - electric over mechanical style valve. looked at passegges and all looked clear. examaine valve. electric motor easily unscrews from valve - found that valve has an external s... Trouble codes: P.0.4. |
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| 1979 Nissan 620 2.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: RN32007636 Thanks to all who helped, especially John [...]. The problem was 2 part, with the Air System being the main problem. The AAP valve (Auxiliary Accelorator Pump) was leaking into the vacuum line adding to the CO and the ASV valve had been dama... |
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| 1998 Nissan PATROL SGL 3.0L Starting VIN: JN1TDSY61Z the fix was to send the electronic diesel fuel injection pump for repair in the diesel lab. install the pump and the car is working perfect and the engine is running much better than before. thank you all |
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| 1999 Subaru Legacy Limited 30th Anniversary 2.5L engine VIN: 4S3BG6857X this one proved to be a big lesson. we received 8 replies. 3 of them seem to be right on the money. as it turns out in the Subaru End Wrench Fall 2003 issue there is an article that states the engine noise is normal and is attributed to an 'improved' engine de... |
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