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| 1994 Audi A6 2.6L lights VIN: WAUZZZ4AZS This has me stumped There are no reverse lights. They appear to work through the auto ecu . I can power them up from the front of the car and have checked back to the ecu but cant seem to find any continuity. The gear indicator on the dash was not working unti... |
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| 1996 Audi A4 2.8L rack & hoses VIN: WAUDA88D5T Long story short, used car got towed in with no power steering fluid in system. Found the high pressure hose had been leaking (typical) and refilled system to see what else it needed. Bled & worked OK, next morning there's a quart of hydraulic fluid under the ... |
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| 1992 BMW 520i 2.0L 3-4 shift VIN: WBAHB62020 Ok this is a very intermitted problem. The car has been taken to the Bmw dealer once and to another garage once and both times they did not find anything. This car at times does not want to shift into 4th gear (OD) the transmission is a A5S 310Z model. Sometim... |
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| 2000 BMW 323Ci 2.5L door mechanism VIN: WBABM3348Y passenger door will not open with either the inside or outside door handle. The electric lock operates with the remote it will lock and unlock. The driver door operates fine but the passenger door will not. When I first got the car in about 1 week ago the pass... |
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| 1989 Jaguar XJS 5.3L Excessive Emissions VIN: SAJNA5840K Hello all techs with an idea on this Jag as we are stumped. This car failed The dyno test with extremly high co and hc readings. The air and colant temp sensors test ok the tps has good voltage and good sweep voltege. The fuel preasure and injection pulse is r... |
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| 1994 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L starter VIN: SAJHX1742R Hello all. This wonderfull jaguar came to us with a cold stalling condition, that we traced to low transmision fluid. At our shop the car developed another problem. When you would turn the key to crank,the starter would crank for about .25 sec. If you would ho... |
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| 1995 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L air suspension VIN: SALPE1247S Greetings fellow techs, This Rover is a first time customer.Vehicle was driven in on suspension stops.No response from the levelling switches.Plugged in Autologic to check for faults and scanner would not communicate with the suspension ecu.Found fuse 44 in t... |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SE 3.0L other throttel VIN: WDBCA24E6M Hello Tecks. This car seems to be a one year/first year deal. It has a Electronic Throttel Control on CSIE fuel injection. I have only seen it on 91 model year cars. The system is not working so you have very limited throttel. The throttel is opened by and ac... |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 2.3L No Start, first start hard VIN: WDBDA28D4M This car starts hard every morning or after sitting for more than 2 hours espically on cold days. I can hear the fuel pump running but not sure where to tap in to check pressure. Seems to have pleanty of spark, new spark plugs (bosch platnum), cap and rotor lo... |
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| 1996 Mercedes-Benz C220 2.2L engine leaking oil from rear main VIN: WDBHA22E0T we install a used engine with a new rear main seal. used engine has low miles and show no sign of any oil leaks. we have drop the transmisssin three times already and for sure it leaks at the seal. try using seal from different auto parts. even install factory... |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Blower Speeds VIN: WDB5F55F0V Hi guys, I have this Benz here the A/C blower motor only works at slow speeds would not go up variably to high speeds. Just to explain better, if the car has a rotary dial speeds it would only go to speeds 1 and 2 would not go to 3-4 or 5…. Customer said its b... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz E430 4.3L compressor VIN: WDBJF70H6X Hello Benz techs, This car came in for A/C service as it was blowing not cool enough.A/C service was performed and it was nice and cold and all of a sudden it blows warm air as the compressor stop turning.Seems like temperature control is shut down the compre... |
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| 1977 MG MGB MK IV 1.8L alternator wiring VIN: GHN5UH4113 Hi techs - I am repairing a butchered 1977 MGB that came in with a Subaru alternator in the trunk. I have a (hopefully) correct Lucas alternator with a 3 blade pattern, small-big-small. The harness on the car has no connector, and was chopped up. I have 3 b... |
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| 1999 Other European Arnage 4.4L service reminder VIN: SCBLB51E1X Good morning Rolls Royce and Bentley techs,I have a 99 Bentley Arnage that I need to reset the maintenance required message I have reset it on this car before but I lost my notes.I do know that it has to be done with the trip and cancel buttons on the dash but... |
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| 1997 Porsche Boxster 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: WPOCA2984V This one gets me going to the ECU. Car starts always fine, but with first acceleration idle goes up to 3000rpm, and stays there. Some slight "kicks" at the accelerator brings the rpm down, but not for long: disconnecting and reconnecting the idle-valve does th... Trouble codes: 0122 (TPS low input), 1397 (CAM POSITION SENSOR Bank 1 circuit), 0341 (Camsensor bank 1) |
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| 1994 Saab 900 S 2.3L Driver Side Rearview Mirror VIN: YS3DM35B5R This is for Saab techs. I don't see many Saabs. This is a good customer who someone took a baseball bat to the driverside rearview mirror. I need to remove it to replace it. Basic question...How is the inside panel with the mirror adjustment switch removed? Th... |
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| 1999 Saab 9-5 2.3L Vacuum Pump VIN: YS3EF48E7X Hi there techs, We have a '99 Saab 9-5 SE that has a problem with the vacuum assist pump for the brake booster. This car is an automatic with the electric vacuum pump. The problem is that the pump will sometimes run on indefinitely after the car is shut off. ... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GLX 2.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWTD81H4T mil on constantly with 2 codes listed, but they're both the same. i have never seen this before. occasionally, the mil fashes rapidly. it sometimes will stop after a few miles. sometimes it will not stop flashing until you stop and shut the car down for 5 or s... Trouble codes: P0301 (1 cylinder misfire), P0301 (1 cylinder misfire) |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L airbag light VIN: 3VWRK69M83 car is here from body shop & has new airbag control module local dealer was not helpful (all parts came from them) the control unit part # is [...] & we need the correct code. Alldata did not include it in their chart. thanks Dick |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1994 Audi 80 2.0L door locks VIN: WAUZZZ8CZR Thanks very much for the 3 people who took the effort to reply. Aiden and Danny where spot on.The trunk(bootlid)wiring had worn through the insulation of most of its wires and broken most of its wires.We repaired and slightly rerouted them(lessened the kinking... |
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| 1998 BMW 528i 2.8L General Module VIN: WBADD5323W Thanks to those who replied. The general module should time out or go to sleep as it was put after 20 minuets. At this time draws should be less than 60ma.One Tech suggested checking the final stage unit for fan control. I did have this narrowed down to fuse #... |
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| 1984 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L starter VIN: WDBBA45A1D I want to say this car is fixed thanks to everyone who emailed me. The several replys included did you lose the shims between the convertor to flywheel to did you put the ring gear in backwards?? I repaired the car by shiming the starter away from the trans, w... |
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| 2000 Volvo V40 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1VW2556Y A gas station replaced thje timing belt, and did not put the exhaust cam gear back in the correct position. It was 3 teeth off, and consequently the valve timing as off whcih registered in the OBDII system as a fault. We retimed the gear, and all is well. It e... Trouble codes: P1014. |
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