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Open Help Requests for Asian
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| 1994 Lexus ES300 3.0L instrument cluster VIN: JT8GK13T8R vehicle came in with left side of instrument cluster characters not illuminated. removed cluster, instrument cluster computer board damaged (smoked). replaced instrumnet cluster computer, now have all characters lit with headlights on but left side characters ... |
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| 1991 Mazda RX-7 1.3L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: JM1FC3314M Hi: We have 91 Mazda RX7 that surges at idle. We checked and did every thing we could think about and we ran out things to check. We need help on this car. Anyone out there had this kind of problem please let me know. This car's only problem is at idle, it sur... |
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| 2003 Mazda 6 i 2.3L No communication VIN: 1YVFP80C93 Vehicle went in for annual IM test and machine could not communicate with computer. Took to local dealer and they reprogramed PCM and said that all was well but still no cummunication with PCM. Customer would rather not take back to dealer even though it is un... |
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| 1992 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L Cuts out, Stall VIN: JN1EJ01F6N *this vehicle cut out very intermittently *after vehicle cut out we can start rightaway *perform voltage drop at comp.wiring at inteke manifold below 0.2 volt ???what i'm missing |
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| 1993 Nissan Maxima GXE 3.0L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1HJ01F6P Vehicle came into the shop with the check engine light on, barely able to accelerate, cooling fans both running on high speed, and in limp in mode. Scanned ecm for codes syste pass code 55 came back. Manually pulled codes at ecm in mode 3 system pass code 55 c... Trouble codes: 55 (system pass) |
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| 1995 Toyota Previa LE 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, fast idle VIN: JT3AC24SXS The problem with this van is a 1200-1500rpm idle when the engine is warm, but only when it's -20 deg.C or colder outside. There are no trouble codes and it has a new TP sensor which I have double checked for proper adjustment. The temp sensor checks ok but i'v... |
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| 1996 Toyota Tercel DX 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT2AC52L0T Customer brought car in with a very tired motor. After engine swap we cannot keep cam sensor from triggering mil. We have doubleck'd connectors [color coded] and grounds. We have ck'd sensor continuity to ecu, double ck'd cam timing etc. The cam trigger pin wa... Trouble codes: 0340 (cam sensor) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1988 Honda Civic DX 1.5L No Start VIN: 1HGED3546J looks like i'm the only one here who didn't know the answer - everyone said to check/replace the main relay, and that's what it was. for some reason, i had assumed that a bad main relay would prohibit spark delivery, as the ECM wouldn't get power if the realy ... Trouble codes: 16 (fuel system). |
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| 1997 Hyundai Accent GS 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: KMHVD34N2V Thanks to all who replied. The web sight will be very helpful in the future. Rick hit this one on the head. After cleaning every ground on the car, the O2s got happy. The customer has had the car for 2 weeks and has repoted no problems. Thanks again Brad. Trouble codes: P0133 (O2 Sensor Or Sensors Not Switching). |
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| 1990 Mazda MX-6 GT 2.2L No Start VIN: 1YVGD31D0L After some excellent replies from everyone, I have found the problem. The customer came clean first. He said that 2 months ago one morning the car would not start. Since then to now he has replaced everything with a used unknown orgin part. I had a problem wit... Trouble codes: 01 (Distributor Signal). |
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| 2001 Mitsubishi Mirage ES 1.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JA3AY26CX1 Thanks to everyone (all 6 of you) that responded to my help request. I do hope that my findings help others if they ever encounter a similar situation. Now, onto THE FIX: After replacing the PCM, I immediatly measured the resistance values of both transist... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random/Multiple Misfire), P0134 (O2 Sensor Inactive B1S1). |
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| 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L AWD wheel hop VIN: 4SBG06859W Most replies said to take a good look at the viscous coupler in the back of the transmission. Interestingly enough, in the manual transaxles the viscous coupler has it's own sealed lubricant and the addition of a slippery agent such as Trans-X does not affect ... |
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| 1985 Toyota Camry DLX 2.0L Unknown VIN: JT2SV12E5F Customer needed the car back and said he would bring it back for more investigating of the problem at a later date.I'm still waiting on that. So if and when I get it back,and discover solution,I will notify.Thanks for the input. |
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| 1994 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 4T1SK12W4R Thank you to all for your insightful replies. The very sporadic nature of this stall at idle made the process time consuming. We only experienced the problem once in almost a week. A few techs mentioned IAC sticking, we cleaned and checked it, could not see an... |
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