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1999 Chrysler Concorde 3.2L intake
I need a Chrysler techs helps here. Car came in with overheat problem-- filled system and pressure checked- slight hissing sound from under manifold-- removed upper manifold & rechecked= still hissing under pressure- but cannot see a leak= what could it possib...
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1996 Dodge Pickup 5.9L 3-4 flare,runaway
rebuilt trans. found the over drive direct clucthes smoked,got so hot that the big spring collapsed,1 inch shorter than its supossed to be.replaced every thing inside the over drive case,srag, output shaft. planet,bearings,hub clutches,steels. what it does is ...
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1997 Dodge Pickup 5.2L Front wheel Drive Axle Yokes
Ok all you Mopar Techs..I have this Ram 1500 4x4 that a customer brought in with both front wheeel drive axles broke...this includes inner and outer yokes. The insane dealer price is approx. $550.00 per My question is...has anyone ever sent the broken ones to ...
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1999 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L MIL Lamp on
Greeting techs. I'm working on a bus communication problem on this caravan. I have virtually no experience and limited knowledge of these types of problems, but I'm trying to learn. The vehicle came in with the mil on and the below noted codes stored. Although... Trouble codes: p1695 (no body bus messages - code from pcm), p1698 (no trans bus messages - code from pcm), p1716 (no comm. from pcm - code from trans), 36 (bus comm. error - code from abs), 33 (abs warning lamp ckt - code from abs).
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2001 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on
hello to everyone...thanx for your time reading this request.a 2001 dodge grand caravan came in to our shop with misfire,smoke coming out from the tailpipe.and you can smell fuel not burning. it has a misfire code p0306 #6 cylindr misfire.i checked the injecto... Trouble codes: p0306 (6 cylinder misfire).
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2001 Dodge Pickup 5.9L No Start
truck came to me with zero compression on #2 cyclinder,customer had work done at dodge dealership at home then went on holidays and truck died here. determined engine failure due to lean fuel condition based on info from customer and work orders. the dealershi... Trouble codes: p1693 (dtc stored in pcm), p0230 (transfer pump out of range).
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2001 Dodge Durango 4.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
P1389 was a blown fuse. replaced fuse, engine runs but very rough and stalls, Bogs down bad and no power on accel. sets primary coil circuit codes at random. Have scoped cam and crank sensors and seem to not fall inline with each other. Removed front cover and... Trouble codes: p357 (primary circuit ing coil), p357 (primary circuit ing coil), p356 (p352 -), p352 (p1389- pcm sees no voltage at ASD relay), p1389 (pcm sees no voltage at ASD relay).
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2002 Dodge Neon 2.0L Planetary gear sets
When customer was driving vehicle, he stated it acted like the brakes locked up. When I removed and disassembled the transmission, I found the planetary gearset components showed signs there was a lack of lubrication to them. I'm hoping to find out if there is...
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2003 Dodge Durango 4.7L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out
have been driving this vech for quite a long time and it just has a rough idle. customer says that it will die out at idle. iac valve was replaced at another shop for the same concern but has not helped the problem. does anyone know any common problems with th...
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1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0L pcm, shift quality
dtc p0720 pinion factor is not programmable the tire size vehicle came with is 215/75r15 the tires on the vehicle are 235/75/15 slight difference but the code will set raised on hoist and when it gets above 15 mph it will set code speedo is working and appears...
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1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0L Stall, MIL Lamp on
upon not being very versed in chrysler products i thought i would ask for some help.this vehicle stalls intermittantly at lights,the codes are p0743,and also p0545 which i cant find any info for.i suspect the trans control relay but am not sure.any help is app... Trouble codes: p0743 (torque convertor clutch solenoidtrans relay ckt).
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1992 Plymouth Colt Vista 1.8L No Start
this car came from another shop. appearantly they tired of fooling with it and passed it to me simply stating they couldnt get it to run. car cranked just fine but would not start. I had fire and injector pulse, but no fuel pressure. the tank showed 1/2 tank a...
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1993 Plymouth Acclaim 2.5L Hesitation, poor acceleration
Car came in running poorly, replaced all original (!) tune up items, including fuel filter. When setting base timing, was advanced too far. Reset & went for drive-has extremely slow acceleration. Hooked up Modis & saw at anything past approx. 1/3 throttle, PCM...
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1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager 3.3L rear vent motors
Need R&I instructions for the rear vent motors on this mini van . It seems the motors are mounted under the rear heater ducts and the ducts go above the headliner.Does the headliner have to come down to remove the ducts? What is a fair time for replacing the m...
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1997 Chrysler LHS 3.5L Wiper control
Well . . . I'm still at a loss as to why. A new wiper motor fix it. After reading the first few replies, Lorne had some great suggestions. By checking pin 16 on C3 (dk grn/red) for power is basically checking the wiper switch for proper operation or for pos...
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2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser 2.4L MIL Lamp on
I want to thank everyone who responded to my help request. The problem was indeed the leak detection pump. Installed a new one and everything is great. The check engine light is staying off so far. So thanks again. Trouble codes: PO456 (Small evap leak detected).
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1999 Dodge Durango 5.2L No Start, Stall
AFTER LOCATING A USED COMPUTER ( CUSTOMER DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON NEW ) AND HAVING THE DEALER FLASH IT AND DRIVING IT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS THE TRUCK IS FIXED. NOW WHEN IT GET HOT OUT THE TRUCK DOESN'T STALL. IT WAS THE COMPUTER!!! THANKS TO EVERY...
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1999 Dodge Pickup 5.2L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire
Hey thanks for all the suggestions! We got diging a little deeper and found that we had some burnt exhaust valves. We sent the heads to get machined and have a valve job and they found that number eight cylinder was also cracked! So we got a head used and had ...
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2002 Dodge Intrepid 2.7L MIL Lamp on
THANKS FOR ALL REPLIES. CUSTOMER GOT LEERY OF US AND OUR DIAGNOSIS AND I CANT BLAME HIM. THAT CAR KICKED OUR BUTT. HE TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE BANK 1 SENSOR 1 O2 SENSOR THAT I HAD REPLACED ALREADY. (AND YES IT WAS AN OE O2 SENSOR THAT I PUT IN) ANY... Trouble codes: P0132 (bank 1 sensor 1 reading high).
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2002 Dodge Pickup 4.7L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on
First I would like to say that I did not get many suggestions for this one, next I found that the fuel rail was full of sand and water, the customer didn't tell me he had gotten some bad gas until I called him and said that it was finished. It really both... Trouble codes: P0356 (6 coil primary circuit).
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2003 Dodge Pickup 5.9L Cuts out
Thanks to everyone that replied. Sorry for the long fix, I had a voltswagon jetta evap core to finish. This truck is fixed. Some of you hit it right on the head. The air filter and fuel filter were clogged up. Wayne [...]...Keep it properly maintained and...
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1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.2L No spark
After rechecking, found burned solenoid in transmission. Replaced and all works fine. Thanks to all for your suggestions
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