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Open Help Requests for Asian
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| 1995 Acura Legend GS 3.2L CV Shafts VIN: JH4KA7683S Very bad side to side vibration on any acceleration, even very light throttle. We replaced both front CV shafts, inner joints were bad. Replaced transmission mount which was also broken. If we lock the left front wheel, no vibration. So vibration is from eithe... |
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| 1988 Honda Accord LXi 2.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1HGCA6184J HELLO GUYS . I NEVER THOUGHT TO COME BACK TO SOON, BUT WHO KNOWS. WELL THIS TIME IS MY PERSONAL CAR . IS A HONDA ACCORD WHICH COULD NOT PASS EMOG TEST BY HI CONCENTRATION OF NOx AT 25 MPH ON DYNO-ASM TEST AS EVERYBODY KNOWS EGR CONTROL NOx ,IT DOES AT 15 LOW S... |
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| 1994 Honda Accord EX 2.2L Excessive Emissions, No Start VIN: 1HGCD5665R this vehicle came in for a failed emissions test. there was no driveability issue. i found the o2 was not moving. the throttle was also carboned badily. replaced the o2 and cleaned the intake. the vehicle was running good until during the emissions test it dev... |
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| 1994 Honda Civic EX 1.6L Excessive Emissions VIN: 2HGEJ1122R Hello fellow IATN members. Need some input on this hydrocarbon Honda. Failing hydrocarbons at high speed and on 3rd emission test it also failed CO by 0.27%. This was after the first motor vac, spark plugs and oxygen sensor. This 1.6 VTEC seems to be sucking ... |
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| 1997 Hyundai Accent GL 1.5L 2-3 3-4 shift VIN: KMHUD34N8V hi,, hope someone can help. vehicle will shift to 1 - 2 with overdrive shift engaged or will stay in 1st if switch not engaged. disengage o/d while driving and drops into 1st. fluid pressures are in spec. removed pan and it is spotless inside. last time i had ... |
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| 1994 Isuzu Trooper S 3.2L Lifters VIN: JACDH58V2R While replacing the headgaskets we had our machine shop resurface the heads to the proper RA finish. He took the rocker shafts off and found they were worn. He also found 2 bad lifters. (he blead them down to clean them) we replaced the 2 bad rockershafts with... |
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| 1999 Kia Sephia LS 1.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: KNAFB1212X Acts like 1 {possibly two} cyl.'s are misfiring under load. It acts up under power braking and under load on road test.If you crowd it real hard it will backfire in intake manifold. Using a COP QUICK PROBE showed no problems. The boots look ok with no signs of... Trouble codes: P0732 |
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| 1993 Lexus SC300 3.0L heater core VIN: JTBJZ31C6P Hello everyone, I have a couple of questions about this SC300. We can get no heat from the heater core. There are no codes in the climate control, we have operated the valve in the engine compartment, we have heat on the inlet and outlet of the heater hoses. ... |
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| 1998 Lexus ES300 3.0L keyless entry VIN: JT8BF28G2W Hello everyone, We had this vehicle in about a month ago. The customer says the lock/unlock chirp is no longer working. She says that when she would lock the doors ir would flash the lights and beep the horn. And when she unlocked it would turn on the interio... |
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| 1993 Mazda MPV Passenger 3.0L No Start VIN: JM3LV5234P we have this mpv 3.0l from mazada here and we are having problems. vehicle came to us with white smoke coming out of tailpipe and was running alright. pressure tested coolant system and it was ok. pulled clyinder heads off and sent them to machine shop to be p... |
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| 1995 Mazda Millenia 2.3L TCS OFF on VIN: JM1TA22275 After running some time when the engine reached the work temperature, sometimes the "TCS OFF" lamp will turn on and then the engine rpm is limited. If the ignition is turned off and on again the problem is reset till the next failure. Reading TCS codes there ... Trouble codes: 82 (TCS code for TCS - ECM communication line) |
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| 1996 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA21D6T see related repair history BELOW for more information. after replacing the cam sensor with an after market sensor the code comes back but intermittently , sometimes this vehicle seems not to have good ignition switch upon initial start up. the code does not co... Trouble codes: P0340 (camshaft position sensor phase curcuit) |
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| 1996 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L catalyst monitor Hi, to everyone Today I worked on this Maxima . Fail emission test because of DTC for EGR system.We pulled off intake manifold clean EGR passages .Everyting is fine after repair no codes.The only problem is I can not run OBD catalyst monitor ,so I will be reje... |
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| 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0L gas tank won't fill VIN: JF1GD29612 We checked filler neck for restrictions, pulled off vapor hoses and tested, Checked all hoses for restrictions or kinks, no codes are present. It seens to be related to this vent valve on top of tank. Customer says it started after repair of damaged rear subfr... |
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| 2001 Suzuki Grand Vitara JLX 2.5L Unknown VIN: JS3TD62V41 This Suzuki came in with a vicious pull to the left when in four wheel drive. It also torque steers, so the pull left is even worse when accelerating hard. It is strong enough to snatch the wheel out of your hand if you let your guard down. I found nothing loo... |
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| 1996 Toyota Camry DX 2.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG12K9T I have a MIL with an EGR code that keeps coming up. The system tests perfectly under all conditions including the solenoid. I have replaced the valve and transducer with new factory parts. The MIL will come on for the customer only after the vehicle has been d... |
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| 2000 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L P/S light on VIN: JTDBT23E90 Looking for trouble code steering code 15 & code 54 . I suspect code 54 is relay .I need code 15 meaning and procedure to reset light . Thanks in advance . |
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| 2004 Toyota prius 1.5L security system Hey Toyota Techs. Customer states security warning light flashes on dashboad whenever engine is off & while vehicle is parked. Customer states it should not do this & did not do this when first purchased. We read owners manual, but owners manual goes on & on a... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1992 Acura Legend LS 3.2L door locks VIN: JH4KA7672N Oh my god! Sushi tastes terrible!! Who writes this repair information! First let me most humbly thank Eric from Ohio, David from Southern California, Loc from Louisiana, David from Mississippi, Emil from Pennsylvania and Jim from Florida. All of you guys h... |
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| 1997 Honda Prelude 2.2L Steering VIN: BB81001928 dealer scan tool was needed to set up the control unit, if a second hand unit was fitted it would just bolt up without any hassels |
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| 2000 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG1652Y Well I guess I was about the only one who did'nt know about this problem. 10 replys in all, thank you almost all telling me about a bulletin concerning restricted ports in intake manifold causing a low egr flow and setting this code. Fix is to apparently remov... Trouble codes: P1491 (EGR insuficient lift). |
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| 1996 Lexus ES300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8BF12G9T Hello to all, I apologize about not responding right away on this fix. We originally had this vehicle repaired with the update per alldata. MIL still coming on after our repair so customer took vehicle to dealer. What they found was a faulty canister and evap ... Trouble codes: P0441 (evap system purge flow low). |
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| 1999 Mitsubishi Mirage DE 1.5L Intermit., Park VIN: JA3AY26A8X Hey thanks guys, replacing the switch in the steering column fixed the problem. Thanks for the winning input. |
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| 1997 Nissan Maxima 3.0L No Start VIN: JNICA2ID3V Hi guys and girls,Big thanks to everybody for the excellent help.Cleaning the throttle body and adjusting the idle speed fixed this Nissan Have a good day everyone.K.W. Trouble codes: P0325. |
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| 1990 Subaru Legacy L 2.2L cooling VIN: 4S4BJ63CXL thanks to all who replied. most replies were directed toward blown head gasket. blown head gasket could still be a possibility but not showing full remafications yet. after driving vehicle we noticed steam coming from the radiator cap which added to the list o... |
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| 1984 Toyota Cressida Luxury 2.8L No Start VIN: JT2MX63E4E hi every body i would like to thank richard bornett bob [...] michael oconnor all were right it was the igniter i replace the ignaiters for both cars and all good thank you every body very mutch. |
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| 1992 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L Steering Effort VIN: JT3VN39WXN wanted to thank those that responded, mark, would not have thought about disconnecting the piman arm to isolate system. customer chose not to bring it back in to try that. apparently just haveing the power steering working again was suffecient enough. To walte... |
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| 1994 Toyota Pickup 2.4L chain tensioner VIN: 4TARN8IPXR Well, from the looks of the replies i got, guess i was in the dark on this one! Oh well, glad i asked cause it did solve some back brain thoughts. I did get a few responses about having to physicallly reset the tensioner which i thought would need be since the... |
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| 1995 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T1AEO9B5S Greetings Technicians. The fix for this vehicle was to replace the VSV. She was not sending vacuum to the EGR valve. The special order part came in on Friday, vehicle arrived on Saturday. I verified repair using the Code Detection Test Drive. I did this four t... Trouble codes: 71 (EGR System Problem). |
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| 2000 Toyota DUET 989CC Mechanical VIN: TA-M100A-G Well , The code 73 for OCV (oil contol valve ). Great thanks for Andrews from New zealand send the document ,and thanks other members for their time to read .Now the car run like new . |
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| 2000 Toyota RAV4 2.0L Poor Idle Quality this car is fixed and out the door,the idle problem turned out to be the idle control valve,i replaced them before for the same problem but the only thing was the tps reading it was at 12% throttle angle closed throttle,everyone said that is normal thanks to t... |
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