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| 1999 Audi A4 2.8L Stall VIN: WAUED28D2X Car just had battery replaced, (by another shop), and now it cuts off when going to idle. Checked codes, had battery voltage code, reset. Then I tried to reset throttle adaptations, with retriever,(basic settings group 60), it initially goes into the adaptatio... |
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| 1993 BMW 325i 2.5L Front Wiper VIN: WBACB31070 I need to know the exact location of the wipers module, I already tried looking for it most of the parts inside the car, but I couldnt find it. Also I think that having the module connector pinout I would be able to do more testing; and decide what its the exa... |
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| 1994 BMW 318i 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: WBACA6328R This BMW came into my shop Last week. The car when cold or warm will not idle on its own. You have to hold the throttle pedal down in order for it to idle.It has full power on all stages except idle. I have perfomed Fuel Pressure and Volume Tests, okay. I have... |
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| 1996 BMW 318is 1.9L noise VIN: WBABE8322T This 318is has a whistling noise at idle that goes away when the idle is slightly raised,sounds as if it is coming right out of the throttle body,we removed the throttle body cleaned it and checked the shaft for excessive play.We also replaced the faulty pcv a... |
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| 1997 BMW 328i 2.8L head gasket VIN: WBACD4328V We are planning to replace the head gasket on this car due to an oil leak on the intake side dead center. I have not had one of these heads off but did replace a broken valve spring on a 2000 528i. I had to borrow a special alignmment tool for the cams from a ... |
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| 2001 BMW 325i 2.5L unkown VIN: WBAAV33421 Dear BMW friends, this customer and one other customer (he has a 1999 BMW 323I E46 with 180.000 miles) complain at a intermittend vibration at highway speed (65MPH (120KM/H). The vibration comes and goes at VERY long intervalls like 1 or two weeks apart. The ... |
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| 1990 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L parking lights VIN: SAJFY1747L greetings to one and all.hopefully someone can shed some light on this problem for us,we have very little information on the electrical system on this car.the parking lights and taillights are staying on in this car when the car is turned off.the customer has ... |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz S500 5.0L Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: WDBGA51E9R Hi, Group, This S500 has come back with a hestitation on acceleration. At cruising speeds it runs fine. Codes pulled with Modis. Codes by module: Diagnostic Module-09 IAT sensor-LH1-SFI; 06-ISC-EA; 26-trans upshift delay LH1-SFI; 04-secondary inj LH1-SFI. T... |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz C280 2.8L No Start VIN: WDBHA28E6U hi i am trying to locate over voltage relay on this vechile. alldata says over near the ecm but it is not there. car will die going down the road but will restart in about 20 minutes. when it dies, i have no spark. checked the archives and found over voltage r... |
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| 1998 Porsche Boxster 2.5L audible warning VIN: WPOCA2985W that question is for porsche spÉcialiste since the owner park is car for the winter(unplog the batterie and plug it back) he hear a bell warning every minutes in is car we look in all data and mitchell and we did not found noting about that to help us can you... |
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| 1994 Volkswagen EuroVan CV 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: WV2EE0707S Customer complains of rough running or stall for 15-20 seconds when first started in the morning and is fine for the rest of the day?? Data stream appears fine when problem occurs. Anyone else run into this. Probably unrelated but did have a timing belt replac... |
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| 1997 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L obdii VIN: 3VW1671HMV Hi Folks, I have here a car that has failed the functional test on a California Smog Check due to lack of communication of Smog Machine with vehicle Computer. The OBDII connector does not have an assigned place on the dashboard as most California or US Federal... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Compressor clutch VIN: 3VWRA81H4W Morning all, I have this Jetta with an intermitten inop compressor clutch. When it is not working a have no voltage at the green/black feed to the clutch. The Cooling fan comes on and stays on when the voltage is lost to the clutch. The system pressure is good... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Starting VIN: 3VWRK69M02 Hello Folks, We have this Jetta with an intermittent but more & more frequent start/stall, start/stall complaint. It had a full tune about 10K miles ago. It has 2 codes that seem to be correct. Powertrain 17978.. Engine no start due to immobilizer, and Instr... |
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| 1995 Volvo 960 2.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1K596165 Vehicle presented with a hard code. Code extraction is done by the diagnostic box and pin and LED blink. No data possible with the Assenmacher. Alldata has very limited diagnostic inforamtion. Trouble codes: 112 |
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| 1998 Volvo V70 T5 2.3L Info Display VIN: YVILW5373W The customer says his info display at the bottom of the instrument cluster occasionally displays a warning that says "DISC". I have not experienced it, and am unable to find out what it means. The car has in dash CD player, but no CD Changer. What does the wa... |
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| 2001 Volvo S80 2.9 2.9L ride control VIN: YV1TS94D81 this car has a rattle/ knock on the slightest bumps coming from the left front. the stab link and carrage bushings have been replaced. the tierods have no play in them, the caliper mounting is tight. the strut has no leaks or signs of wear. basicly everything ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1998 BMW 740iL 4.4L no heat out of vents, when prompted. VIN: WBAGJ8328W Thanks to Brian from washington! Climate system was operating normally with the center vent being cooler than the sides. Having the assurance that it was working correctly allowed us to ship the car with confidence. |
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| 1999 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJKX6244W our 'failsafe mode' jaguar is fixed. we had 4 posts ranging from check vacuum leak/hose off at throttle body,very informative post from george on the probability of brake light switch problems and symptoms of hard to get the shifter into drive- brake lights no... |
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| 1990 Volkswagen Jetta GL 1.8L No Start VIN: WVWRA21G0L well its finally fixed! i learned the difference between a cise system and a digifant as well. the information i received from you guys was very helpful. i tried all of the salvage yards that were suggested and the only one with the correct ecu was lenny at l&... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Golf GL 2.0L cooling system VIN: 9BWGA21J0Y First of all, thank you to everyone who replied so quickly. The problem as suggested by many was that the plastic impellor on the water pump was broken and was not circulating the coolant. Mike from California suggested inspecting the impellor through the ther... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Beetle GL 1.8L compressor VIN: 3VWDD21C4Y Thanks to Don [...]! I have learned that the high pressure sensing switch is a high failure rate item & the quickest test is subsitution!It can not be tested by jumpering! I have replaced it( took maybe one minute) & all works we... |
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