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| 1993 Audi 90 S 2.8L back up lamps VIN: WAUBK58C8P I have no back up lamps on this Audi 90S. Found backup lamp switch is defective and needs to be replaced. Unable to location position of switch. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Steve. |
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| 1990 BMW 750iL 5.0L Core VIN: WBAGC8310L Water is leaking out what we believe to be evap. drain---a metal tube protruding out of body above bell house on upper left. Appears heater core leaks. We are looking for pointers on labor instructions and if A/C will come into play needing evac and recharge. ... |
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| 1995 BMW 740i 4.0L Interior VIN: WBAGF6327S Diagnosed battery going dead as the GM not going to sleep. We got a new GM (new part #)that we installed and coded with our GT1. We are all set with the draw, but there several interior functions that work incorrectly, such as the interior lights, the alarm, a... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 300E 3.0L Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBEA30D0N Hello, I need help! Customer has been to a few shops with this idle problem. Idle valve was changed,due to crud and resistance, but code returned. Car will intermittently die coming to stops and recently on freeway off ramp. I have personally experienced a sta... Trouble codes: 18 (current to idle air control valve y6 implausible) |
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| 1999 Porsche Boxster 2.5L door / window VIN: WPOCA2983X Hi guys... Im working on a 99 boxster that has a strange problem . The micro switch in the passenger door handle doesn't always lower the window like it should. But it's very intermittent. The customer states that when the failure occurs, the lock switch is il... |
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| 1997 Saab 9000 CS 2.3L right front door VIN: YSC3F68MOV i have checked the system over and found no obvious faults. when i replace the #15 fuse all is ok until the alarm is set off and then the fuse blows and the right front door light glows dimly. have looked at diagrams and description of the system to no avail. |
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| 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Campmobile 1.9L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: WV2ZB0256E the van has a rough, surging idle, and fuel mixture problems. can watch the O2 on the scope when you have the O2 connected the voltage is .4-.6 with a cross count every second at idle, the compression is in spec, vacume reading is stable, less than .25 inch fl... |
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| 1993 Volkswagen Golf 1.9L Incorrect timing VIN: 3VWFP01H1P This car came in as a no start. The crankshaft sprocket was loose on the crankshaft. After doing the repairs, I am unable to find the specification for the injection pump setting. The pump sprocket was not aligned with the setting pin hole at TDC on disassembl... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Golf GL 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWFA81H7T Hello Techs: Thank you in advance. This is not the first time we ran into this problem with this same code and with no results. I am going to give this car another chance. It has failed the OBDII test for light on.Code P1582(idle adaptation limits), what we di... Trouble codes: P1582 |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Beetle 2.0L No Start, Cuts out VIN: 3VWBB61CXW Hello,vw tech"s.We have a 98 2.0L beetle.This car will start and run for 15-mins and then cut off.At that point we lose com-with emc.we can wait about 15 min"s and it will restart with a lot of codes(to many to list).It will run for 15 - min's and the same thi... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Cabrio GLS 2.0L Roof VIN: 3VWDB61E5X I am lacking in the info area of this 1999 cabrio the convertible top is inop i was hoping for some help with wiring scematic and possible componate locater our fax # is [...] any help would be greatly appreciated also has check engine light i do have t... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Cabrio 2.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWAB81E9X Car has a code po341. We replaced timing belt previous to code being set, but costomer had syptoms previous to belt replacement. Car will be in on Sat for code diagnosis via Alldata Flowchart, and I am just fishing for any information anyone may have on this c... Trouble codes: P0341 |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Hesitation, LACK OF POWER VIN: 3VWRH09M4Y i received this car with several problems. first of all, i checked throttle valve control module (tvcm) and i realized lack of bolts on it. i found inside a small gear broken. replaced tvcm. then, i realized that a i had no voltage (5v supply) in module; i fou... Trouble codes: P1580 (throttle actuator malfunction bank1) |
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| 1989 Volvo 740 GL 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out VIN: YV1FX8845K car runs rough on initial cold start then smoothens out, and will be ok for the rest of the day |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1993 BMW 318is 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: WBABE5315P Thanks for all the help with this car, everyone who replied. I don't know if the running rich got fixed by replacing the isc valve, but that certainly fixed the weird idle problem. Seth from Michagan and Mike from California both sent me in the right direction... Trouble codes: 41 (afm out of whack), 201 (02 not switching). |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz C280 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBHA29G5X Of the 19 replies I received they were all right! A MAF sensor did INDEED fix this vehicle, thanks to all who suggested this as a part to replace to fix this vehicle. As I am too curious(and cheap) to put on a part without knowing it's the problem I'd like to ... Trouble codes: P0173. |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L brake pedal VIN: VWSP29M91M Thanks to all who replied. We were all on the same page. Replacing the power brake booster solved the problem. There were a few replies suggesting testing the vacuum pump and inspecting the vacuum hose to the power booster. Both checked good. |
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