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| 1979 BMW 733i 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Stall as per customers request i have been driving this car for several days to and from work, over all the car runs really strong and really well,periodically only in the morning it will stall after exiting the freeway,will stay running if you keep the acellerator ... |
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| 1993 BMW 740i 4.0L trans VIN: WBAGD4321P the trans had no revers when it got hot. we completely rebuilt the trans. since the rebuilt the same proble occured. we change the valve body. now it losses forward and reverse when it gets hot and the driver information panels reads "trans program". how do i ... |
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| 1997 BMW 750iL 5.4L TV monitor VIN: WBAGK2328V Since his last visit, the on-board monitor will not display the TV while he is driving. Examining the system now, the monitor displays a normal TV picture when the key is on. When the car begins moving, the picture goes away. The only things done during the la... |
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| 1998 BMW Z3 Roadster 2.8L airbag VIN: 4USCJ33OWL we got this bmw z 3 a couple of weeks ago i scaned it for the airbag light on and it gave me a faulty drivers side seat belt switch code, so i changed the seat belt latch and switch. now it is back for the light again, and it has code 05 firing curcit DP? Alld... |
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| 1990 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign 4.0L combined Pressure Switch VIN: SAJHY1742L I am working on a 1990 Jag XJ-6. It has a brake light that stays on and ABS light off. Tested the Combined Pressure Switch. I have determined the pressure switch to be bad. If I jump the pins and eliminate the switch both lights are out. Brake system is workin... |
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| 1995 Jaguar Vanden Plas 4.0L full loss of throttl VIN: SAJKX1747S Fellow techs, This is a new one. When driving this jag.,you can feel the throttle petal move against your foot as though you are setting the cruise control, then you completely lose all throttle response, as though the cable has broken. The car continues on at... |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ12 6.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: SAJMX1346S The question is framed in the relatde repairs section. |
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| 1995 Land Rover Range Rover County Classic 3.9L Stall VIN: SALPV1246S This car intermittently stalls when in drive in slow traffic. When car stalls, it emmits black smoke. I suspect faulty Air Mass Sensor, but list price is at $600.00 Did anybody have similar problem, and then if so, can other (cheaper) air mass sensor be insta... Trouble codes: P1178 (AMFR correction at its Max. positive value), P1176 (FMFR correction at its max. positive value) |
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| 1990 Saab 900 Turbo 2.0L ignition, key tumbler VIN: YS3AL75L6L Saab Techs, Im trying to change the ignition switch key tumbler and have gotten stuck because there are these three strange looking nuts ( shaped like a propeller blade) that I have never seen before holding down the stick shift / ignition switch assembly of ... |
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| 1996 Saab 900 SE Turbo 2.0L timing chain VIN: YS3DF55N9T Without much previous Saab experience I am curious if timing chain noise is fairly common with this engine and what is the usual repair. The tensioner appears to be easily replaced and I am going to replace to see if any help. If that doesn't take care of it, ... |
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| 1997 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Steering VIN: 3VWRA81H5V Customer states that intermittently while turning right the steering will momentarily bind up and he is unable to turn the steering wheel. Will always release after a moment. Have driven this vehicle a couple of different times and have been unable to duplicat... |
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| 1990 Volvo 740 2.3L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on, hard starting VIN: YV1FA8753L Testing new equipment on this car (wifes car :( ). Tryed to clean injectors with new flush tool to try to help with rough idle issue. Well I broke her car and now have not been able to get it to run. I can start car with throttle opened a little and can even d... Trouble codes: 232 (Lambada Adjustment) |
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| 1992 Volvo 240 2.3L brake lights VIN: YV1AS8800N I only had a few minutes to spend on the car this evening before we closed for the night.There is power to the brake switch at the pedal and power coming out of it when it's actuated.I saw no obvious broken or melted wires running to the rear of the car.Would ... |
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| 1994 Volvo 960 2.9L No Start VIN: YVIKS95098 it has been a long time since we start troble shorting this car non-starting problem. we have check all the coils and is ok ,check the fuel system lines isd also ok,we check the battry voltage to the key swtich , fuel pump relay ,main relay current to control ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1997 Audi A8 Quattro 4.2L Mechanical VIN: WAUBG84D6V Got 9 good replies. First off, German Transaxle in OR are the people we've been using for transmissions but they don't do Quattro automatics YET. And for us that coast to coast shipping gets kind of old. Jaggi [...]) was mentioned and Eriksson in CT ... |
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| 1993 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign 4.0L noise from fuel pump VIN: SAJHW1744P The car hasn't returned since the original post. The next thing that will be done is a re-replacement of the fuel pump. The replies included suggestions to check that there wasn't a vacuum lock from a malfunction of the vapor recovery system, which the custome... |
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| 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450SL 4.5L Cooling Systems VIN: WDB1070441 I want to thank all of you old farts for your help on this problem. Only the Germans would engineer a bizarre drainage system like this. You men are the best!! |
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| 1993 Mercedes-Benz 400SEL 4.2L wipers VIN: WDBGA43E9P thanks for the help. i was able to get the wipers to fail. turns out it was k26 the wiper relay module and not the combination control module n10. the are basically on top of each other in the drivers engine fuse box, the wiper module is on the fuse box cover ... |
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| 1995 Mercedes-Benz S420 4.2L srs warning light VIN: WDBGA43E2S many of the replies indicated that a Mercedes with this type of [...] contition indicates a seat belt malfunction. The Snap on scanner never got into the computer deepenough to identify the problem. At this point, the used car dealer retreived the car and sold... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Extended Crank When VIN: 3VWRA81H4Y I am overdue on closing this post and I do not want to mess up my rating and I am sorry. Although I received 15 replies, which all contained excellent information,we were unable to repair this vehicle. We followed every suggestion that was sent but to not avai... Trouble codes: P0439 (camshaft sensor code). |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRF29M1Y Got 5 great replies on this glow plug code. The problem seems to be the monitoring system and inconsistent resistance values in the buses that go to the glow plugs. The two busses each connected to 2 glow plugs are compared to each other for similar resistance... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Mechanical It seem a common problem.The timing belt and tensioner are updated. Yes it happens all the time if owners doesn't change the timing belt. VW states the belt should last 105,[...] but we suggest they change them at 80,[...]. |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 3VWSSA29M9 Thanks for the replies. I ended up replacing the plugs and wires and setting the readiness code and the customer picked up the car. Five days and it hasnt done it yet, so I am going to call this a fix. If it acts up again or I find anything else, I will post i... Trouble codes: P0506 (idle control system RPM too low), P0102 (MAF/VAF circuit low input), P0300 (random misfire), P0302 (cyl. 2 misfire), P0303 (cyl.3 misfire). |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWBH63B01 Fellow Tech's, Thanks for all the responses. They all would have been helpful had I gotten the chance to repair this vehicle. But Alex from New York led me in the right direction that this vehicle and problem might be covered by warranty and after discussing... Trouble codes: P1392. |
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| 1988 Volvo 740 GLE 2.3L Hesitation, BOGS ON ACCERATION VIN: YV1FA8746J I received many responses , but unfortunately It`s been over 500 miles and 2 weeks (and a carwash) since the problem last occurred and the customer does not want to waste any more time or money on such an intermittent problem.If the problem becomes more consis... |
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| 1998 Volvo V70 GLT 2.4L service ligh VIN: YV1LW5644W It seems every time I write in for help the car does not come back for three months .I feel the volvo will have to go to the dealer to be reprogramed as the speedo is not working also .This spike of the instrument cluster must of happened when the ign. switch ... |
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