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	2000 Audi A6 Quattro Avant 2.8L instruments VIN: WAULH24B1Y We have a a6 here that the instruments have started reading in metric. milage is in KM. I have looked in alldata and owners manual but can not seem too fine how to switch it back. I hooked up the vag-com but could not fine how to reset.Can anyone tell me how t...	View
	1991 BMW M5 3.6L timing cover leaking VIN: WBSHD9305M Hello, all have a very neat M5 here that is leaking quite a bit of oil from the upper timing cover,however,there is no information in shopkey or alldata on this engine,before I tear it down is there anything speciifc I should know.Also tthere is a seal at the ...	View
	2000 BMW 323Ci 2.5L abs VIN: WBABM3345Y Hello guys I got this 323ic in the shop with ABS and DSC lights on. The strange thing is that every time I read for codes with the I-sacn I get a different code. All live data is ok. I've tried disconnecting the battery and bleeding capacitors but I still get ...	View
	1996 Buick Park Avenue 3.8L engine VIN: 1G4CW52K7T Hi guys, I have a real weird one here. This vehicle came in making a noise consistent with a bad roller or ball bearing in the motor. Listened to it with a stethoscope and had a tech remove first the serpentine belt and then disconnect the torque converter, st...	View
	1989 Cadillac Fleetwood 4.5L crankshaft VIN: 1G6CB515XK Attention 4.5L experts. Hi guys. customer came in complaining of engine knocking noise. with a stethiscope it sounded like it came from the tensioner although it wasn't a tensioner type noise. replaced tensioner with no change in noise. checked harmonic balanc...	View
	1986 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Brougham 4.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1G1BN69ZXG the engine at cold start-up,starts easily and revs to about 1800rpm for a short period and then slowly comes down to normal idle speed,shortly after it does this,check engine light comes on,code 45,engine running rich.the engine i feel is lacking power and has... Trouble codes: 45 (rich exaustreplace 02 sensor)	View
	1994 Chevrolet S10 Blazer Tahoe 4.3L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire, hard starting VIN: 1GNCT18Z2R First post , bear with me. This Blazer came in barely running. Customer said barely made it home the day before and would only run up to 25 mph. When he brought it to the shop, said it ran fine for about 5 miles and suddenly started running bad again. Pulled a... Trouble codes: P0117 (coolant temp low), P0123, P0139, P0327, P0328 (Knock sensor problem), P0320 (Ign control error)	View
	1998 Chevrolet S10 2.2L stop lights VIN: 1GCCS19410 Hello iATN members, I had this truck in last week. The complaint was that it had a dead battery one night after work. He said that he then found out that sometimes after he parks it, he might find that the stop lights are on. He claimed that if he pulls on the...	View
	2000 Chevrolet Venture Warner Bros. 3.4L Fuel Gauge VIN: 1GNDX13E7Y The Fuel gauge will read totally full or totally empty with no fuel level readings in between. Unhooking the sending unit connector changed nothing. I have read the TSB on water entering the connector but no water or corroision in the connector has been found....	View
	1990 Chrysler Dynasty 3.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1C3BN56R9L Hi Guys I have this 1990 Dynasty in my shop customer first started complaining that it would periodically run rough .He put fuel injector cleaner in the tank and it seemed to go away for 2 weeks .Now it runs rough and misses all the time. If I pulll the injet...	View
	1995 Chrysler Concorde 3.5L Unknown VIN: 2C3HDS6R35 This vehicle came into the shop with a complaint of bucking after driving for about 5 minutes. (This bucking is pretty harsh too.) This bucking is sporatic and will clear up after about 15 minutes. It is a very intermittant problem and will buck only once at t...	View
	2000 Chrysler Grand Voyager SE 3.3L Replacing instrument cluster VIN: 2C4GJ44R2Y Hello Chrysler techs I have to change the instument cluster with a used unit and wanted to know if the odometer mileage is recorded in the cluster or in the BCM. I didn't want to add any miles to the van and since the display doesn't work I have no idea what ...	View
	1988 Dodge Ram 50 2.6L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: JB7F155E8J Looking at the schematics I can't see anything other than the distributor that will cause a loss of tach pulse. Could I have another bad distributor or is there some thing I'm missing?? ***note: I have also disconnected the rf filters at the coil to eliminate ...	View
	1995 Dodge Stratus ES 2.5L Transmission operation VIN: 1B3EJ56H8S This car is turning into a real nightmare. Customer came in complaining that intermittently while driving, the car would shift into neutral then would not shift properly. We have driven this car approx. 75 miles and have only had it act up twice. When the prob...	View
	1996 Dodge Stratus 2.4L oil in cooling system VIN: 1B3EJ46XXT Car is leaking oil both inside and out. Replacing head gasket . Does anyone have a solution to cleaning out the cooling system ? What should a person use to flush out the oil ? Thanks in advance for any any advice . Don	View
	1996 Dodge Stratus 2.4L upper timing belt cover VIN: 1B3EJ468TN I know this may sound unusual, but with all the stratus' out there, someone has seen this before. We installed a rebuilt motor from a reputable manufacturer. Upon installation, found that the upper timing cover does not fit, the bolt holes don't line up and it...	View
	1996 Dodge Grand Caravan ES 3.8L hvac lights VIN: 1B4GP54L8T Hello fellow techs. Got a 96 dodge rand caravan that came in on a hook for no start. Found the positive battery cable corred completey through, to the point of breaking away from the positive battery clamp. We replaced cable and got van started. Runs great, ch...	View
	1998 Dodge B1500 3.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2B6HB11X9W while driving at cruise the mil will come on you will not notice a miss and it will set po300 301 or 303. we took the van to the dealer for updates removed fuel rail found no rust on injectors cleane dwith motor vac machine.replaced plugs with champ plugs. Trouble codes: P0303, P0301	View
	1999 Dodge Durango SLT 5.2L Door Locks VIN: 1B4HS28Y0X I have a Durango that I just put in a right rear door lock actuator do to it being inop. Now the customer called and said while driving the car is locking and unlocking itself with her doing nothing. The reason I am asking for help is because just today I had ...	View
	2002 Dodge Ram 3500 Van 5.2L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 2B5WB35T92 Replaced engine and all tune up related items. Vehicle is a natural gas conversion. What the problems are as follows, engine stalls, rough idle, somewhat of a rough a misfire. Is there anyway to check if there is enough propane feeding the fuel system? Checkin...	View
	1965 Ford Mustang 289CID 2-3 shift VIN: 5F08C6E853 The trans. shifts good from 1 to 2. but won't go into 3 until you let off gas & then back on. It immediately goes back to 2, though. It only does this cold for about 5 minutes of driving, then shifts perfectly when warmed up. Before the valve body was rebuilt,...	View
	1989 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L High Idle VIN: 1FTDT15N6K Help! This pickup runs great, except occassionally (sometimes once a day, sometimes not for weeks at a time) it will idle at 2500 rpm. Vehicle passes both the KOEO and KOER tests with no codes present. Of course the vehicle has no data avaliable. I feel fair...	View
	1990 Ford l8000 7.8L oil VIN: 5589565542 truck came in with high oil pressure replaced oil pump no change.	View
	1992 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L No Start, Stall when head lights on kills fuel pump help please	View
	1994 Ford Ranger XL 2.3L Misfire VIN: IFTCR14A3R Hello Fellow Technicians, I have a customer vehicle that was brought in yesturday with a complaint of the car running rough, and black smoke coming out of the exhaust system. So I verified the customers complaint, and started out by running a KOEO and KOER Te... Trouble codes: 218 (IDM High or Open)	View
	1995 Ford Probe GT 2.5L No Start VIN: 1ZVLT22BOS car was towed into shop car had been sitting for 6 months. when customer first got car it would idle but die as soon as throttle was depressed. car slowly got worse would eventually only start with throttle depressed all the way down. and would not rev up only...	View
	1997 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0L Hesitation VIN: 1FTCR15X3V We have this Ford Ranger that we did head gaskets on. It had an external coolant leak. We now have a hesitation at around 45 to 60 mph when accelerating. Can be upgrade or downgrade. Have rechecked all connections, tested TPS, MAF sensor. Monitored data with M...	View
	1998 Ford Contour LX 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP66L1W Greetings. This Contour had the leaking intake plenum gaskets replaced several months ago. Now instead of a lean code it has rich code for bank 1 and you can see that fuel trim is also being leaned out on bank 2. The code originally set while driving about 28 ... Trouble codes: P0172	View
	1998 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Engine noise VIN: 1FAFP6632W Customer said while his son was driving this car it started chattering. He was at school about 90 miles away. The father went down and drove the car back and said other than the noise it ran great. I test drove it and it does run fine. It sound like the lifter...	View
	1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Warning Light VIN: 1FTSW31F4X Hello all, Vehicle came in October 03 with no charge, replaced alt with Dixie reman and all was fine till January this year, came back no charge. Replaced alt with Napa reman, lasted till now came in no charge. Load tested batteries and 1 failed. Replaced batt...	View
	2000 Ford F-550 Super Duty XL 7.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1FDAW57FXY Good morning fellow techs. This truck was towed in yesterday barely running. When started, it sounds like it`s on about 4 cyls. My question is about the P0232 code. I pulled the diagnostic info from mitchell and peformed it as far as I could. I am at the point... Trouble codes: P0232 (Fuel pump secondary ciruit high)	View
	2000 Ford Taurus SE 2-Valve 3.0L 1-2 shift feel VIN: 1FAFP5521Y i overhaul the trans (axod) 1st time i overhaul a ford trans. now 1-2 shift very harsh on up shift ,ok on down shift re ck. line pressures ok .i think the accumulator springs may have been inst wrong,does anyone have an idea what color spring goes were i have...	View
	1996 Geo Metro LSi 1.3L No Start VIN: 2C1MR229XT The coil has a strong blue spark going into the distributer but it has no spark coming out. No spark from the plugs, the wires, and none out of the towers of the cap. It seems like a bad pick up coil. I can't find a test for it and it is stamped do not remove....	View
	1999 GMC C1500 Sierra SLE 5.0L extended cranking VIN: 1GTEC19M9X Intermittently extended cranking followed by a rough run and excessive fuel odour and black smoke. Has passed drive clean with ok values between the intermittent concern with no excessive values. Checked crank sensor RPM values during cranking - ok and fuel pr...	View
	1999 Honda Passport EX 3.2L Drivers Door VIN: 4S6CM58W1X I have this vehicle with a keyless remote that will unlock the door and only the drivers door. It will not unlock the others. You hear the chirps but no action. Also I have noticed that the drivers window does not go up and down with the switch but does make a...	View
	1994 Infiniti J30 3.0L Hesitation VIN: JNKAY21DOR The camshaft sensor has been tampered with and car is sluggish off idle.Mitchell and Alldata have no listing on how to adjust.I faxed Alldata for information and was told there was nothing listed in factory manual.I looked at past fixes and found a fix from Er...	View
	1991 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4.0L Cruide Control VIN: 1J4FJ57S1M This vehicle is a long time customer of ours. The Cruise Control is inop. On occasion it will engage the speed control and hold a speed, for a few seconds...but is getting few and far between now. All troubleshooting has been performed that was found in Alldat...	View
	1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.0L jerks bucks shuts of VIN: 1J4EZ78S7T This problem has been on-going since Nov of last year. It will intermittantly buck or jerk. Sometimes it will shut off while driving. Sometimes as you come to a stop. Customer thinks fuel problem and originally gave me a fuel filter to replace. A couple weeks ... Trouble codes: P0171, P0320, P0711, P1391	View
	1996 Jeep Cherokee SE 2.5L starter VIN: 1J4FT27P8T vehicle will start in gear, you do not need to depress the clutch to start this vehicle, alldata wiring shows no clutch switch in the starter circuit. I can't remember seeing any vehicles with out a clutch switch in a long time was this vehicle designed to be ...	View
	1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation VIN: 1J4FF68S2X Hello all! This Jeep has a bad hesitation, even backfires through the intake sometimes, and idles very rough. The problem is that this only happens for less than a minute during warm up. I have had it act up the last 3 times I drove it, but is only for a very...	View
	1996 Land Rover Discovery SD 4.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: SALJY1249T Land Rover guys help. Emissions is way out there. O2s show 1 volt, good for this type of sensor. All other input sensors test in range. Have tested MAF but only voltage. Can't seem to get a Hertz reading on my scope. But voltage is in range. No vacuum leaks an... Trouble codes: P0157 (Bank 2 sensor 2 voltage low)	View
	1999 Land Rover Discovery Series II 4.0L Shuttle Valve VIN: SALTY1245X The ABS, Traction contorl and hill descent control warning lights were turned amber. A person had previously mentioned the shuttle valve was frozen, but what can be done or what else is the problem.	View
	1994 Mazda 626 DX 2.0L cooling fan I am having a problem with the cooling fans cycling at the wrong temp.and was hoping someone out there would be familiar with this circuit.a new cts from mazda has 53k ohms@60 deg.f.Napa's cts is 50k. At operating temp.it has 3.6k ohms.using a resistor box I c...	View
	1997 Mazda Protege DX 1.5L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1BC141XV this vehicle came to my shop with the check engine lite on.It had code P0421 cat converter warm up bank 1 S1.The lower cat and both O2 sensors were replaced.After driving about 15 miles the engine runs rough for a split second and the check engine light comes ... Trouble codes: P0421 (cat converter warm up bank 1 S1)	View
	1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L Hesitation VIN: WDBBA48B3H OK people, this one's got me,Car came in from a local dealer(not MB) to fine tune, has a hot soak problem,I checked for codes w/my boschlambda tester, the needle would'nt come off zero, even w/KOEO. I then found someone installed a new aftermarket CAT with a b...	View
	1993 Mercedes-Benz 300D 2.5 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: WDBEB28E18 Diesel friends This reasonably well maintained 300d 2.5 has an off idle to mid throttle problem until it is about half way warmed up.In park it will surge when you apply slight throttle and in drive it will go but you have to apply more than half to 3/4 pedal...	View
	1996 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L catalyst monitor VIN: 2MELM75W4T Vehicle has been driven over 400 miles since code cleared,needs to pass emission test. Check engine light has not come back on,but catalyst monitor is still "not ready". Vehicle has been driven stop and go traffic and highway daily. Why is monitor still not re...	View
	1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL 3.0L ride control VIN: JA3XD64B7N After replacing the struts we had a flashing ride control light, I found a broken wire in on of the harness. I replaced the harness and all looked ok. The customer is complaining about the light flashing at times and the ride control to hard. I have read a pri...	View
	1994 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4A3AJ56G4R Gravy job with alot of lumps,Anyway this vehicle came in for check engine light,has code 11 O2 not switching,test drove car i noticed alot hesitation and lite surge at cruise and a slight rough idle.Verified O2 is not swithing,you can add propane O2 responds i... Trouble codes: 11 (O2 sensor not switching)	View
	1992 Nissan D21 2.4L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1N6SD11Y8N Please see previous box for message. Ed	View
	1999 Nissan Sentra SE 2.0L Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1BB41D8X mil on code po301 checked system found egr valve opening causing stumble under load at 1500 rpm setting po301 cyl 1 missfire i have checked or replaced the egr valve bpt valve egr sol checked power and grounds everything ok i am thinking maybe the intake manif... Trouble codes: P0301	View
	2000 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L climate control VIN: JN1CA31DXY This car has no AC operation. Checked compressor and relays and fuse and refrigerant levels and all are good. Nice and cold pipes when jumping relay. My concern is that the outside, or ambient temp readings, show -22 degrees. True outside temps are around 60 d...	View
	1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera 3.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation VIN: 1G3AJ51N7K I have a olds that runs good when in gear but has a idling problem in park or neutral. It has a hard time starting until you give it about half throttle. Also if you step on the throttle when it is in park it has a bad hesitation then when you let up on the th...	View
	2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue GL 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G3WS52H9Y Hi Olds Techs. I did some front end work and brakes on this Intrigue. The customer said the Service Engine Soon light had been on for a while. I scanned using a Snap On scanner, and got the P0410. Cleared it and checked around under the hood. I thought the wir... Trouble codes: P0410 (Secondary AIR Problem)	View
	1995 Plymouth Neon High Line 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3P3ES47C7S Hi guys I have this Neon that is draining me. It came in with a MIL on and a code 25 for a AIS circuit. I could use the scanner to control the IAC motor and control the idle to where ever I wanted. I checked for vaccuum leaks none were found, on the scanner th... Trouble codes: 25 (AIS circuit)	View
	1990 Pontiac Sunbird LE 2.0L Rocker Arm VIN: 1G2JB34K9L This Vehicle Came To Us Running Rough And Backfiring Through The Intake (Sounded Like A Flat Camshaft). We Checked Compression And Found All Four Cylinders To Be At 125 - 130# Compression. Removed Valve Cover And Found Rocker Arm On #4 Cylinder Exhaust Valve T...	View
	1995 Pontiac Grand Am SE 3.1L 3.1 Engine replacement VIN: 1G2NE55M2S This Grand Am needs a motor -- Had intake gasket problems which the customer neglected.. Now has bearing /oil pressure complications. Alldata says drop the complete driveline out the bottom. Is this absolutely necessary or can the motor be snaked out the topsi...	View
	1997 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 3.8L abs module VIN: 1G2WP1212V when this car is in reverse...and the car moves over 5mph the abs shuts off and gives a code...low system voltage..it does not do it everytime...i watched it on a scanner..the voltage does drop from 13.4 to 2.4 volts...system voltage stays above 13.5 volts.(ba...	View
	1998 Pontiac Firebird 5.7L injector shut down VIN: 261FP2266W customer says, car ran good till went though fence and ditch.now car won't start. checked out the sensors for the theft system, still nothing happeneds. tryed rest procedure nothing has changed. car will start and fire the noid light then it kills it. car dose...	View
	2003 Pontiac Grand Am SE2 2.2L Radio Locked VIN: 1G2NF52FX3 We have a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am which we did some body work where the battery was outof the car for a while and now the radio says "Locked" underneath the time display. I found one reference to holding down two station preset buttons at the same time (the top ...	View

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	Fix/Summary	Answers
	1994 Audi A6 2.6L lights VIN: WAUZZZ4AZS Hi guys. Have fixed this car. Most siad it was the multi-fuction switch on the trans. We could not obtain one. We removed it,drilled the rivits and clean contacts inside. Reassembled and rtefitted. It all works well so thanks again for your help.	5
	1996 Audi A6 2.8L Limp in VIN: WAUGA8TA4T To all who replied: It turns out the ABS sensor does in fact affect the transmission shifting. I replaced the ABS sensor as well as the copper sleeve and the ABS problem was gone. ABS was activating last 5 MPH on dry pavement prior to installation of ABS senso...	4
	1999 Audi A6 2.8L Air bags VIN: WAUBA34BXX Thanks to all the respondents and apologies for the lateness of this fix. The airbag control module was in fact at fault. Replacement and recoding fixed the problem. One caution, alldata allows about .8 hours to replace this module which is definitely wishful ...	7
	1995 Buick Century Special 2.2L Unknown VIN: 1GN4AG5545 thank you everybody for their help. i replaced the tcc solenoid and the problem hasnt come back since. thanks again	31
	2002 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L starter VIN: 1G4HP54K62 Well, vehicle has not had any problems since it was here. I dont have a clue as to what the provblem was, but I did get a few responses about bad body control modules. This vehicle has 3 body control modules on it & with it not acting up at all could not diagn...	8
	1994 Cadillac Seville SLS 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G6KS52Y2R finally got vehicle repaired. im going to explain my thinking and how i went about diag. it so that it may help somebody in the future. I had 2 codes that came up right away after clearing dtc's one of them was 24x signal and a est problem my thinking was that... Trouble codes: 23 (25 -), 25 (47 -), 47 (83 -), 83.	7
	1997 Cadillac Seville SLS 4.6L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G6KS52Y8V All replies suggested cleaning carbon from the cylinders.We cleaned the carbon and the car seems to run great.only time will tell if it needs rings or not.Thanks for the info. Trouble codes: 300 (random misfire).	3
	1994 Chevrolet K1500 Cheyenne 6.5L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1GTEK19S7R I had 4 replies, all were for rebuilding injection pump. did some checking with the rebuilder and there is a driver cooler that is remotely mounted on intake manifold, still costing 400.00 but 20 min install time. if the rack is worn out will causing module to...	5
	1996 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L wipers VIN: 1G1JC1244T Dear iTAN helpers, Thank you for your quick and many replies! I found that a replacement of any part would not have fixed the problem with these wipers. The parts I tried were the: Wiper Cover #[...], and Wip...	25
	1996 Chevrolet S10 2.2L engine VIN: 1GCCS1447T Thank you for all 8 replys. Several said they had problems with cracked heads. We removed the head and found a broken head bolt. The head bolts were all new the last time we put it together. So Im not sure why one broke. We examined head carefully and sent it ...	8
	2002 Chevrolet Impala 3.4L Starting VIN: 2G1WF52E42 Thanks to all who replied, really got some useful info to try but cust has not returned with veh. Thanks again	9
	2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT North Face 5.3L Lighting VIN: 1GNET16P14 Thanks for all the help and sugestions. The customer wants to wire the tail lights with diods so that is what we are going to do. Many great responses and I am very thankful for you time.	7
	1995 Dodge Neon Sport 2.0L Oil Presure VIN: 1B3ES62C1S Thanks to all 6 replies we had. The customer had a appointment to return but the timing belt broke before he returned and now the car is in the local junk yard.	6
	1996 Dodge Grand Caravan ES 3.3L trans VIN: 1B4GP54R4T We ckd vss input and output, ok, customer had to have van back and we couldnt ck any further, he will bring back for us to ck fluid pressure. Thanks everyone for your advice. I will post follow up message when cust brings van back.	15
	1998 Dodge Ram 3500 8.0L Misfire, VIN: 1B7MC33W9W Found wires bad.Only time will tell if the problem is really fix because it was running pretty good until it burnt a hole in piston. So don't know 100% if it is really fixed	10
	2000 Dodge Intrepid 2.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2B3HD46R7Y thanks everyone . the fix was leak detection pump. customer driving for a week. so far so good. thAnks agaign. Trouble codes: P0442 (leak monitor .040 leak detected medium leak), P0455 (evap leak monitor large leak detected), P0456 (evap leak monitor .020 leak detected small leak).	5
	2001 Dodge Caravan SE 3.3L Rear door lock VIN: 1B4GP25R41 Thanks to Cam and Mike, this caravan is down the road. Everything was working, wiring, module, relays were working fine. What I did not know was that the switch has a resitor in it, so the body control module can see it, when the old switch was not depressed, ...	4
	1995 Ford Windstar 3.8L pdfe hoses melt out of 45 replies 44 were right on the money. I did a back pressure test at the o2 sensors and it was off the charts {litterally maxed out) I then dropped the cats and looked, sure enough left one broken up inside and stuck in the neck. So I replaced the unit ...	48
	1997 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Misfire VIN: 2FMDA5146V Thanks to all that replied to this problem. I tried most all suggestions. I cleaned the EGR ports, switched injectors, changed coil pack. The van came back with cyl 4 misfire and I decided to pull the head and have it rechecked. It was OK. I did notice this ti... Trouble codes: P0304.	11
	1997 Ford E-250 Econoline XL 4.2L No Start VIN: 1FTHS242XV Thanks again to all that replyed. I found down streem o2 signal shorted to ground coming out of o2 sensor. must have happend stuffing engine. good news is i still have some hair.	4
	2000 Ford Taurus SE 4-Valve 3.0L Upper intake plenum VIN: 1FAFP55S4Y Thanks to Nick and Brian- There is a customer notification letter concerning this problem that involves reflashing the PCM to prevent engine from firing spark 180 degrees from fuel causing backfire- We replaced upper intake plenum and car is at local dealer fo...	7
	2001 Ford Ranger Edge 3.0L Cuts out VIN: 1FTYR14U51 Replaced and set cam sensor drive (synchronizer). Thanks to all who responded with very helpful suggestions. Special thanks to James from Florida who nailed it. We found the drive with a worn bushing, as well as being off by about 20 degrees. It appears to hav...	6
	1998 GMC Jimmy Envoy 4.3L No Start, Stall VIN: 1GKDT13W5W This Jimmy would never stall when in the shop and has been back on the road for 3 weeks with out stalling. Will have to wait till problem returns.	25
	2004 GMC Envoy XL SLT 4.2L Amplifier VIN: 1GKET16S34 Sorry its taken so long to close this. Well,after about 5 days worth of on and off testing (24 hours warr. time!) I never was able to recreate the short to ground in the speaker circuit. There fore I tore down the interior and inspected the harness from the ...	2
	1991 Honda Accord LX 2.2L wiper hitting VIN: 1HGCB7657M Thank you for all the replies --some were not so flattering-- A lot of people think that no car out there has 24' wiper blades, and if it did it would be wiping half the roof as well. Yes, we hav e worked on hundreds of Hondas and we checked the wiper arm park...	17
	1999 Honda Accord EX 2.3L MIL Lamp on, P1457 The shorted EVAP bypass solenoid damaged that circuit, requiring replacement of the PCM. Had to bring it to our favorite Honda dealer (the guys we get our parts from have always been great to us and our customers, by the way... this particular customer just ... Trouble codes: P0420 (Cat efficiency), P1457 (EVAP leak canister side).	5
	1990 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L ABS Light, Brake Light both on VIN: SAJFY1740L Thanks to all who replied. This vehicle had 2 problems. First the pressure switch was defective thus not allowing the boost pump to operate. Second it had a defective accumulator which as many suggested was 'flat' which I diagnosed by the fact that with only o...	10
	1990 Jeep Wagoneer Limited 4.0L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1J4FN78L2L well thank you to everyone that helped. i am not sure if this fixed the vehicle completely but it helped. well i adjusted the tps and tryed to time the injectors(which i am not sure if i did correctly). but i seemed to squeeze 5 more miles to a gallon out of t...	11
	1998 Lincoln Navigator 5.4L brake system VIN: 5LMRV27L1W 3 replies to this problem none work thanks to all who took time to email there advise took to dealer and still no fix!	5
	1992 Mercury Sable LS 3.8L No Start VIN: 1MECM534XN Thanks for all your help.Problem with main control relay assy,found circuit board desolder damage( burnt).Pin out test on the pcm connector showed, that the computer was losing ground when the iginition key is turn on and cranking. Also causing to lose injecto...	11
	1996 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L blower motor VIN: 2MELM75W7T I will be getting this car back from the customer to recheck voltages, next week. I have to close this now because of the time limits but I will add a FIX later. (If they don't trade it first)	5
	1994 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L auto trans VIN: JA3AY26A6V Sold repair as bad (stripped) torque converter. Pulled trans and found converter in good shape. Sold customer used unit. Test drive revealed trans in fail-safe mode. Diagnosed bad TCM, customer unable to fix at this time. Thanks everyone... Jimmy	15
	1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Brougham 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, VIN: 1G3AM19E3E Per several recommendations went ahead and set lean mixture screw to 3-1/2 turns from seated and rich stop to allow 1/8' travel of metering rod plunger. Mixture Control Solenoid dwell, as measured at green 1 pin connector by carb, should be 30 degrees to 40 de...	7
	1998 Pontiac Sunfire SE 2.4L Daytime Running Lights VIN: 1G2JB52TXW I wish I could say that the car was fixed but I can't. Several people suggested to look for resistance in the wiring from the relay to the lights and that corrosion was problem in the left front fender area. This was not the case with this vehicle. At this poi...	8
	1993 Saturn SL1 1.9L pinging-timing advan VIN: 1G82H5592P Didn't have a chance to fix it, Customer has elected to sell the vehical. He has said the pinging is not as bad as it was, so could be carbon? Still have no reason why it's timing was so far advances and yet it ran so well. Trouble codes: F1AG, 53 (Electronic spark control over max value), F1AG, 83 (low coolant).	3
	1998 Saturn SL2 1.9L High ecm voltage VIN: 1G8ZK5270W Thanks from those who responded. One tech wrote in to let me know Saturn warranties their PCM for 8 years, 80,000. Believing a PCM failure, I advised the customer to check with their dealer for possible warranty repair. Have not found out the outcome at this t... Trouble codes: P0560, P0563.	7
	1992 Subaru Loyale 1.8L front power seatbelts VIN: JF2AN5287N received 1 reply,did not contain location of seat belt circuit breaker,called subaru ,they called main usa subaru found the location of the circuit breaker is in the r hand b pillar by they right hand seatbelt motor,also the controller is in the left rear side...	1
	1999 Subaru Legacy L 2.2L Unknown VIN: 453BK425TT Thanks to all that replied. As we suspected the replacement of the viscous coupling in the transfer case took care of the problem. The confirmation by iATN members was very helpful since the local dealer had never had to replace one before.	11
	1999 Subaru Forester L 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: JF1SF6350X Here is what I found . when reading the mass-air meter readings on the scan tool (MODIS) the readings would stay consistant . So suspecting either a mass-air meter , map or baro sensor , coolant temp sensor or something along those lines . I wound up getting o...	11
	2002 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0L gas tank won't fill VIN: JF1GD29612 The problem was carbon pluging the tank vent system from a damaged canister in the RR Quarter panel.	7

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