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1995 Audi 90 2.8L No Start
Hello Techs, I am working on a 1995 Audi 90 with a crank-no start condition. I have verified -No spark, No injector pulse. I am not familar with Audi's especially the older ones, so using Mitchell wiring diagrams I tested for B+ from Ign switch to pin 46 of F...		 View
2002 Audi A4 3.0L vvt cam gears
doing timing belt and cam seals for the first time on a 3.0L putting it back together and want to make sure i am setting up the cams correct. i have the tool locking the cams together on both banks and am reading alldata that has me torque on the tensioner to ...		 View
1998 BMW 740iL 4.4L Unknown
This car came in with dead battery, found parasitic draw of 1260ma, found that draw goes away when fuse 6 for interior lights removed, I took out all of the interior and trunk lights, but the draw still there. According to the diagram that I have fuse 6 is a s...		 View
1999 BMW 328i 2.8L MIL Lamp on,
99 328i ck eng ilte on. This car has a problem with obd2 codes. When we scan the dme with autologic tester there are no codes for eng or trans. But when we scan with obd2 tester there are 20 trans codes from incorrect gear ratio to bad shift solinoid. The car ...		 View
2000 BMW 740i 4.4L abs
Alldata and a quick look for any other info sources does not give me the description or testing for an abs/traction control code of 114 - on this E38. Would any BMW techs be able to throw me a bone on this one. Much appreciated. I have an X-431 and can access ...		 View
1996 Buick Skylark 3.1L instrument cluster
I have a dash cluster that turns on all of the warning lights and disabels the coolant guage after the vehicle as been running for about [...].We have replaced the cluster,checked power&grounds with a meter.Scan tool shows that the ecu has not requested the...		 View
1997 Buick LeSabre 3.8L Stall
after it starts, runs good for about 5 min, then turn off like turning the key off. will restart run ok. don"t seen to lose no power fuel system or ign system. dont loose power or ground at the computer or sensors.replace crank & cam sensor.replace module with...		 View
2003 Buick Rendezvous 3.4L MIL Lamp on
Sorry in advance for long post. Got this cam code, scanner showing no cam signal. I hooked up lab scope to verify and show no signal on terminal b brown/white wire. Should have 12 volts square wave. I checked terminal a red wire it has 12 volts and the remaini... Trouble codes: P0340 (cam sensor).		 View
1990 Cadillac Seville 4.5L passkey
Passkey module is bad and customer doesn't want to spend $200+ on a new module. I want to know how to bypass module to get fuel injectors to fire. I can ground the black-yellow wire to the starter enable relay to get the starter to crank. I'm not sure what to ...		 View
2000 Cadillac Eldorado 4.6L 1-2 shift
replaced orig. trans with used unit. code came with used unit. preformed tsb.#-1-07-30-009b no help. i,m not a trans tech. any help would help. joe fannin		 View
1996 Chevrolet C2500 6.5L No Start, Cuts out, Stall
Thanks for the help Diesel Techs. This truck runs fine but on occasion it does not start ans sometimes it dies while running. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes it is hot and others it is cold. I have no codes in the computer. The lift pump is runnin...		 View
1997 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on
hello everyone i have this astro van with a problem. ive knocking my brain for a couple weeks. van came in running bad and a melted cat converter.i replaced cat converter and rechecked engine. i connected scanner and data stream readings were all over varing u...		 View
1998 Chevrolet S10 2.2L Stall
This vehicle came in running with #2 cylinder misfire. After diagnosing the vehicle we replaced the ECM with a used unit. Now it starts and runs on all 4 cylinders but only for about 6 seconds. We have tried the reprogramming protocol several times. We replace... Trouble codes: U1016 (loss of class two communication), P1629 (no fuel enable signal).		 View
1998 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L ABS module
The cars ABS and Traction control lights are on. Scanned vehicle and has code C1255. (EBCM/EBTCM internal malfunction) Unable to clear code. According to Mitchells diagnostic trouble tree if you clear code turn off ignition & disconnect DLC, turn vehicle on an...		 View
1998 Chevrolet S10 2.2L MIL Lamp on
Please help me with this truck ... it won't go away. I have changed everything that has to do with the EGR codes. 1st time in P0405 code stored ... changed the valve - customer came back a week later - light back on... now a P0404 stored? Have changed the EGR ... Trouble codes: P0404 (egr valve pintle position open), P0405 (egr valve sensor signal low).		 View
2000 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L 3-od
Linkage is fine all other functions are fine. I am not a transmission shop or very well equiped for them. We do mostly electrical and suspension. Any help would be appreciated. [...] Andy		 View
2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.0L Cuts out, Stall
This truck has been a problem for the customer for a month, it might stall on the highway driving at any speed, pull over to the side , put it in park and it will start up instanly. Customer has and extended warranty so he took it back to the dealer twice, the...		 View
2004 Chevrolet c5500 6.6L No Start, Stall
This truck will stall intermittently and not start intermittently. Customer stated once it would not start in the morning. If it stalls on the road he lets it sit for awhile and then it starts back up. This has happed to him before and after he tried a new cra... Trouble codes: p0236 (Boost sensor 1 out of range), p0335 (CKP sensor a ckt problem).		 View
2006 Chevrolet Uplander 3.5L LU Shift
This is a cab so it gets used hard. Road tested with scanner on and it is getting commanded to go in and out of lock up very quickly. makes the car feel like it is suging going down the road. Eveything on the scanner looks ok except you can see the command on ...		 View
2001 Chrysler Sebring 2.7L Mechanical
this car had the 2.7 oil sludge problem it burnt the crankshaft & two rods we put a short block in did the valves the dealer had done a water pump and chain days before it seized which is how we got the job. the engine runs great but after it warms up the chai...		 View
2001 Chrysler Concorde 2.7L pump noisy
As stated, tried to quiet a noisy pump last week by draining and filling adding Lucas to the system. This time it didn't work. Today I r&r'd pump with auto value parts master reman'd pump. Needless to say, it's still noisy. The pump has a high pitched whine al...		 View
2002 Chrysler 300M 3.5L Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on
Hello fellow techs, I have this Chrysler 300M that is starting to drive me insane. It came in with Check Engine Light ON and a P0108. Upon inspection I would wiggle the map sensor connector and the vehilce would die and not stay running anymore. Ordered new pi... Trouble codes: P0108 (mapbaro circuit high imput).		 View
2005 Chrysler Pacifica 3.5L engine
any common oil consumption problems no visual leakage or no smoking 'but uses 1 liter per 500 kms		 View
1996 Dodge Avenger 2.5L no power on acc
looking for some help on this one runs fine untill heavy accell heavy miss and bogging and no power if the throttle is feathered no problems accelling		 View
1996 Dodge Ram 2500 Truck 5.9L Poor Idle Quality, start stall
hey all; i don't know much about diesels, just the basics, but i got this 96 turbo diesel that has a hard time starting cold, long crank, start, stall. tranfer pump pressure( at fitting going into high pressure pump) was 10-20 psi and dropped to 0 seconds aft...		 View
1996 Dodge Ram 2500 Truck 5.9L cylinder head
This motor has coolant seaping out passenger front of head gasket. I would like to know if there are any repairs other that pulling the head and replacing the gasket. customer has had this leak for over a year and its slowly getting worse.		 View
1998 Dodge B1500 5.2L Hesitation, Misfire
HI I have a 1998 ram van with 5.2 engine. it backfires at about 60 degrees engine temp. it only backfires for a few seconds and then does not do it again unless van sits for an hour, hour and a half.I have good readings from sensors and no codes.I also did fue...		 View
2001 Dodge Ram 3500 Van 5.9L MIL Lamp on
This van has a hard code P0123(TPS volt high). Data(Two different snapon scanners) shows 4.98v at closed throttle, Limpin=TPS FLT, Throttle%=89, Min TPS=0.78, MAP=1.1v(at idle), and Man Vac=19.5. These are from today, yesterday the TPS voltage would vary from ... Trouble codes: P0123 (TPS voltage too high), P0121 (TPS does not agree with MAP).		 View
1989 Ford F-350 7.3L Poor Fuel Economy, no power
Hi Guys, The customer complains of no power, especially when towing anything. Upon acceleration it emits solid black smoke indicating a rich exhaust. I'm thinking injector pump but I haven't worked on any diesels and the employee I have that does is on vacati...		 View
1995 Ford Explorer 4.0L No Start, scantool issue
Our customers Explorer died and it was towed into our shop. I was able to start it briefly to pull it into my bay, it was gagging badly like low fuel pressure or a bad Mass sensor...it died and hasn't started since. I've checked for spark, good. Injection pul...		 View
1997 Ford Ranger 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire
Afternoon, well I have here this Ranger that we have done alot of work on in the past, his complant is on cold starts the engine idles rough for first 30 seconds or so, as if where flooded! So read up on some posts that lead me to replace all 6 injectors due t...		 View
1998 Ford Explorer 4.0L cam chain
tore this engine down to replace the cam chain.and balance chain.there are no marks on the sprockets.alldata says there is no way to time these without special tools.does anyone know a way to get this back together.i am in the trans business trying to help a f...		 View
1999 Ford F-150 5.4L Cuts out, Stall
Hi all, This truck stalled once during the road test after repairs. Without cycling the key off, the truck would crank but not start. Code P1260 was set in the PCM and U1262 in the cluster. (All codes were cleared before road test.) Once I cycled the key off, ... Trouble codes: P1260 (Anti theft system activated), U1262 (SCP data fault for J1850 bus).		 View
2000 Ford Windstar 3.8L Cuts out, Misfire
Dear ford techs. I have this windstar here that is causing me some problems. Customer brought van in for vehicle running poorly, surging, and nearly dieing driving down the highway. Upon driving, we duplicated problem. Spark plugs had been replaced before with...		 View
2001 Ford Taurus 3.0L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire
hello all tech. i have this car here it drive me nut. car caming w/ po301 and engine mis real bad at idle , after diag. i found bad wires so i install new wires set and plugs. proplem gone w/o miss at idle but it still surge when 1st off idle and still miss un...		 View
2002 Ford F-550 Super Duty 7.3L Misfire
OK Guy's I ready for some other idea's Got this F550 super duty in with engine misfire on cylinder #1 and 3 Been through all the basic procedures, Replaced the under valve cover harness and the valve cover gasket for the amount of milage. Checked the injectors... Trouble codes: 1271 (open high low cyl 1), 1273 (same cyl 3).		 View
2002 Ford Taurus 3.0L MIL Lamp on
I have a nightmare 2002 ford taurus customer brought it in 2 weeks ago with a screeching at first i thought it was in the transmission but after alot of phone calls i pinpointed it to the distributor shaft called the dealer had them send new one! installed and... Trouble codes: p1336 (crankshaft speed fluctuation sensor signal fault).		 View
2002 Ford Ranger 3.0L starter
hello everyone this is a 02 ford ranger 3.o engine code "U" just out of the blue it will not crank the dash lite s up and the warning lites come but NO CRANK like it s in drive or something yes I made sure i tryed it in "N" and nothing . I also scanned the vec...		 View
2003 Ford E-250 4.2L Poor Fuel Economy
THis is one of those customers who takes great care of his vehicles. Very meticulous with the operation of his cars/van. Complaint is that this van is getting 70 miles less per tank of gas than before we tuned it up. Kmowing the customer, I believe him without... Trouble codes: p1270 (excessive engine rpmveh speed).		 View
1997 GMC K1500 5.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
I have a random miss fire code p0300 . cheaked miss fire data cyl # 3 miss firing with a miss on cyl# 6 thats sporatic . tune up was done .Truck was looked at by A GM dealer fuel injetors where then replaced . compresion cheak done and valve train on cyl 3 was... Trouble codes: p0300 (ramdom miss fire).		 View
2002 GMC Sonoma 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, MIL Lamp on
We replaced the head gasket recently. After firing it up it ran fine for 2 days and then started missing. Found an injector harness plug not fully seated. Good to go. Came back 1 week later with P0171- system too lean bank 1 code set and idle so high that owne... Trouble codes: P0171 (system too lean), P0507 (idle speed too high).		 View
1995 Honda Accord 2.2L Excessive Emissions
We got this car in, failed emissions. We are in a IM-240 test area. It failed NOX, so I tested the EGR valve, works fine. I took the valve off to check for port blockage. The exhaust port is fine, the intake side is restricted, as in no vacuum. Being mostly a ...		 View
1996 Honda Passport 3.2L No Start, Stall
need some big help on this one, vehicle came in with missing and occasional stalling problem, found coils oil soaked repaired valve cover and tube seal leak, replaced all coils. car now has stalling issue that has worsened, pulled 17 codes from ecu, found serv...		 View
2000 Honda Passport 3.2L transfer case
Hello,We are having a problem with the transfer case not disenguaging since we installed a rebuilt transmission. The 4x4 indicator light on the dash panel flashes real fast. we checked the power and grounds and signals at both control units, one is for the tra...		 View
2005 Honda Civic 1.7L Steering wheel shake
This Civic has a peculiar low speed shimmy in the steering wheel. It occurs turning just off center either left or right at speeds below 30mph. In fact, it seems slightly more prevelant when turning right. The car drives fine at highway speeds. We inspected...		 View
2006 Honda Pilot 3.5L maintanence light
I have this Honda Pilot That has a light on in the dash in the shape of a wrench and a green light that says ECO. Then what I think is the oil reset light blinks A service 1 -2502 Trip B.I updated my Solus but I am only up to 2005 on Asian cars, and I can't sc...		 View
2003 Hyundai Sonata 2.4L oil pressure
good morning. this vehicle was brought to us from another shop where the above repairs were preformmed. we have since removed the valve cover and oil pan. there was no bearing material or metal of any kind in pan. pumped oil through the filter housing and look...		 View
1987 Jeep Wrangler 4.2L 5th gear
5th gear shift will grunt on 3out of 5 shifts. Its not a grinding and rechecked syc. and 5th gear every thing looks fine. I have got to be missing something.		 View
1997 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L No Start, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on
Hello Jeep Techs, I'm not too familiar with these Jeeps, so please bear with me. I've got one here that I am having trouble pin pointing my exact cause of failure. Vehicle came in on hook, "cranks, but no start". Checked fuel pres. 45+ psi cranking. Had no sp...		 View
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7L Cuts out, Stall
This Jeep has been a problem for about a month now... I will start from the begining. Customer brought vehicle in saying it will cut out while driving, and sometimes at stops. Just drive it, and you will see what I mean, the customer said... Test drive confirm...		 View
1997 Land Rover Range Rover 4.6L cruise control
we checked all four wheel speed sensors,good we installed a used becm and checked signal wire continuety continuety good becm would not even start the truck we also checked all vacuum hoses,vacuum pump and diaphram. please help srs light on abs light on tc lig...		 View
1999 Lexus RX300 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on
hi evry one. I hope that some one of you had the same problem and a fix with a lexus RX300 1999 model.This car came to me with a missfire codes and oxygene sensor code P1150 witch i did change a new set of original spark plugs and oxygen sensors for bank1 sens... Trouble codes: p0125, p1150 (af sense circuit range performance [...] sensor1).		 View
1990 Mazda B2600 2.6L Cuts out, Stall
I need some help with this one. This truck was dying while driving and after awhile, would start again. Another shop had dignosised the problem and said the distributor need replaced. Since we do his work, he brought it to us running. We couldn't get the truck...		 View
1995 Mazda RX-7 1.3L Charging
We have a 95 RX7 with a alt that last only 5-6 months. We have installed 4 alt and they all go bad. Of course we have checked all obvious things. Wiring,batt,connectors and so on.Customer says he found some information about an ASCD module causing this problem...		 View
2001 Mazda Tribute 3.0L Excessive Emissions, MONITORS
failed mass state inspection for 02, 02 heater, evap, and convertor monitors not ready. battery was replaced in virginia 10k miles ago continuios monitors and egr monitors are the only monitors that run.i have read alldata, and the ford website about the monit...		 View
1993 Mercedes-Benz 300SE 3.2L timing chain
Hi Fellows ! Car comes in for cylinder head job (it's leaking at cyl. 6 exhaust side ).The head was send out to machine shop and we install with every mark line up,cam adjuster to all the way retard... Now we test drive the car ,everything looks & runs normal ...		 View
1997 Mercury Mountaineer 5.0L ABS pump
This is a strange one. I suspect a bad ABS pump, but before I buy one, I could use input. Brakes on this mountaineer are all new front and rear. Good piston in calipers, good slides, brakes bleed out great. No codes are set for ABS. Unplugging ABS pump, we hav...		 View
2001 Mitsubishi pajero gdi 3.5L Stall
hi guys my first time.need assistance badly.pajero with3.5 gdi fuel injection system.under load vehical losses power,connected x431 no fault codes.on datastream fuel pressure at 4.9 mpa on idle according to manf,specs correct.under load at 4500 rpm vehical los...		 View
1987 Nissan Pathfinder 3.0L Hesitation, Surge
hello all, this pathfinder will sputter hesitate past 3000 rpm. have checked ignition system, has new plugs cap rotor and wires. fuel pressure and flow is at specs. exhaust clear, vacuum good. timing, both valve and ignition good. tested mass and tps with lab ...		 View
1996 Nissan Pathfinder 3.3L MIL Lamp on
Failed Mass state inspec. DTC P0325 retreived. Replaced knock sensor with OE. Cleared code, but immediately atfter starting code reappears. Mitchell not much help in this case. Does the ECM provide 5 volts reference or not? With KOEO, 2.5 volts present at conn... Trouble codes: P0325 (knock sensor problem).		 View

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1974 American Motors TRUCK 401CID Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy
Thank you all very much for your fast and prompt response. The firing order WAS crossed and have rectified the problem. However, this engine has other problems, which were advised to our client. Thank you all again.		 13
2002 Audi A6 4.2L cooling system
i would like to thank all those that took the time to help me out on this one . all had very good ideas. i did obtain a adapter to fit both the bottle and cap . the cap passed and no leaks were noticed under pressure . ...		 16
1994 BMW 318i 1.8L Fuel gauge
I finally figured out what the problem was. I thought that since my troubles started after the right side sending unit/pump was replaced that the problem had to be with the new part. What it turned out to be is that there was a manufacturing defect which blo...		 6
2001 BMW 530i 3.0L Shift
Well So Far So Good Did Advise Cust. If Problem Reaccures Will Need To Replace trans. Thanks To All For the Help!!!		 8
1992 Buick Park Avenue 3.8L No Start, Stall
As expected, the ECM was the culprit. Thanks to all who offered advice. Paul from Florida and a few others pointed out to check the battery voltage reading on the scanner when the car failed - 0 volts. After re-checing wiring and grounds, we installed an EC...		 34
1985 Cadillac Cimarron 2.0L No Start, Cuts out, Stall
This car ran perfect for the last thre days. Could not get it to stall or not start. Whatever was causing the problem fixed itself for now. I didn't do any further testing and the customer agreed to drive it until the problem returns. Many of the replies had m...		 8
1996 Cadillac Eldorado 4.6L Theft Lock
Well pretty sure I have fixed this car,I had a few posts on the pcm.if the car cranks but does not start is has somthing to do with the PCM,also I could comunicate with all of the modules on the bus also there were no u-codes.Put a used PCM and reflashed.still...		 12
2001 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
I finally got the car to act up on me. I noticed that when it first started to miss the fuel trim was at about 0. AS it missfired the trim slowly went to 35. (i have already checked for vaccuum leaks multiple times). I had already switched the plugs, plug b... Trouble codes: p0300 (random missfire).		 5
2003 Cadillac CTS 3.2L MIL Lamp on
I've cleared the codes and the car is doing fine for now. We are currently looking into sofeware updates for the trans as suggested. Also all the powers and grounds were checked with no problems found. Trouble codes: P0700 (tcm request mill on).		 4
1995 Chevrolet C3500 6.5L Stall
Exactly as you all posted- oil pressure switch. Would never have figured it out without help or diagram (usually, fuel pump operation is controlled by relay which is controlled by fuel injection CU). Much thanks, Kip.		 21
1999 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L u-joint
Wow, lots of replies,,all the replies had the same thing to say--one grease job will not help a rusty u joint---this customer is trying to get me to pay for a road trip breakdown to the tune of over $1000.00...I tried to explain to him that I did miss the grea...		 38
2000 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L MIL Lamp on
Thanks to all of the great replies. We reinstalled the distributor and lined the rotor to the six on the distributor and it worked great. We were one tooth off. I have done about a dozen of these with no problems till now. timing came back to 0 and the code ... Trouble codes: p01345a.		 22
2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4.2L knocking in rear end
it was the link pins on the back part # [...] & [...] thanks again. Keep up the good work. Don G.		 10
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.0L MIL Lamp on
Thank you Roger, Richard & Mark. I had already done the tsb with the relocation of vent valve and new filter. So i took all of your advice and did all 3 ideas. I made another plastic jug with pre drilled holes and installed the vent valve filter inside it alo... Trouble codes: p0446 (evap vent perf).		 3
2001 Chrysler Sebring 2.7L No Start, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on
I got some good replies on this, the last one being a possible alternator diode bad. The very next day, I let the car run for about 1 hour, no codes. So I had a few places to go & put about 50 miles on the car, no codes or loss of cam sensor, car ran great. No... Trouble codes: P0340 (no cam sensor signal at pcm), P1391 (intermittent loss of cam sensor signal).		 8
1999 Dodge Intrepid 2.7L heat vent
Sorry for the delay. It turned out to be the blend door. We did not fix it. The customer took the car and made the repairs and called me. Brave soul. Thank you for the responses. Jim		 9
1999 Dodge Durango 5.2L oil pressure
Thanks for responding. the tick I was hearing was the tin around the starter hitting the flywheel. customer does not want to tear into this motor at this time, if it makes it around the world a few more times before motor replacement than thats what they wan...		 4
2001 Dodge Stratus 2.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
Hi Guys, Thanks for all your help. The car is fixed. This car has 2 spark plug wires & 2 coils. Cylinder #1 wire goes to coil #4 & cylinder #3 wire goes to coil #1. My tech crossed these 2 wires, they are very easy to do so. We put wires back in the right orde... Trouble codes: p0303.		 7
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Truck 5.9L No Start, No communication
This vehicle is fixed and it had 2 problems. First off, the DLC had ground at pin 4 and 12V at pin 16, but no MIL and no 5V reference. Thanks Robert for sending me in that direction. I checked the #3 fuse at the power distribution center that feeds the PCM ...		 9
2002 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.8L headlights
Well guys i can safely say this one is fixed. Once i replaced the power distribution box itself, everything worked correctly. Its funny how the dealer did not know of this problem but had 5 power distribution boxes in stock. Thanks to all who replied and point...		 7
2002 Dodge Durango 4.7L lock up
Hey, everybody, thank you for your time and effor, the customer did not decide yet about to fix his truck or sell it, I still have the transmission apart, i did check the valve body valves and accumulator pistons, they were ok, i did check that the plugs on th...		 4
2003 Dodge Intrepid 3.5L No Start
THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO REPLY EMPLOYEE OUT SICK AND HAVE BEEN WIDE OPEN THE PCM WAS THE PROMBLEM Trouble codes: P2008 (short runner solinoid circut).		 4
2003 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L Accessories
As it turns out someone had been here before. The wiring harness had been zip tied to a tab on the side cover of the trans and had rubbed through. Thanks for all the good tips sent out		 7
2004 Dodge Ram 2500 Truck 5.9L MIL Lamp on
well first, thanks to everyone for the help and leading me in the right direction! I couldn't erase the codes do to the code being part of a continuos moniter! after testing signal wire to ecu and found the right voltage started looking at the ecu and sure eno... Trouble codes: p0541 (Intake air heater relay 1 circuit low).		 6
2005 Dodge Caravan 3.3L alarm and air bag
Installed a new clock spring, and all the trouble went away. There was three posts listed for this same problem so there are more replies then the six showing on this post. But all were pointing to clock spring. Asked the tech if he had secured the steering ...		 7
2005 Dodge Caravan 3.3L alarm and air bag
Installed a new clock spring, and all the trouble went away. There was three posts listed for this same problem so there are more replies then the seven showing on this post. But all were pointing to clock spring. Asked the tech if he had secured the steering ...		 7
2005 Dodge Caravan 3.3L alarm and air bag
Installed a new clock spring, and all the trouble went away. There was three posts listed for this same problem so there are more replies then the six showing on this post. But all were pointing to clock spring. Asked the tech if he had secured the steering wh...		 6
1998 Ford Contour 2.5L rear brake
Thank you all for your help. I was finally able to get car back into shop for a better look. The leading shoe on the left drum was defective. When I disassembled to inspect the backing plates(as some of you suggested) I noticed that the shoe was not mounted a...		 7
2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty 7.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on
thank you for the replies.sorry it took so long.we ended up getting a harness repair kit from an international dealer.repair kit fairly inexpensive as compared to replacing the whole harness.thanks again for your help. Trouble codes: p1316.		 9
2001 Ford Escort 2.0L Stall, MIL Lamp on
Most replies suggested that a bad IAC would cause stalling. My customers main concern and my question was would the Variable Cam timing control cause a stalling problem? Several replies as well as a call to the local Ford Dealer confirmed what I had suspected,... Trouble codes: 1380 (vct control), 1383 (vct control).		 15
2002 Ford Explorer 4.6L 1st Gear
Thanks to everyone for the replies. Seems the repair DVD is not really clear about the way the fluid is supposed to "Dribble" out when the level is correct. I added in two quarts of fluid from the fill plug on the side of the transmission, and the next morni...		 10
1986 Isuzu Impulse 2.0L all the above
I pulled the passenger door lock, then called a dealer with the code that was stamped into the side of the cylinder. They informed me that I had to prove ownership of the vehicle. and bring in a picture ID. A very secure system. I was very impressed. Since...		 5
2003 Jaguar S-Type 3.0L Mechanical
REBLEED BRAKE SYSTEM STILL HAD AIR IN THE REAR BRAKES. BRAKE PEDAL OK. PARKING BRAKE NOW WORKS. THANKS TO ALL.		 4
1998 Land Rover Range Rover 4.0L Poor Idle Quality
Well, it's time to close this without a fix. It looks like it will require a Rover-specific scan tool, something I just don't have yet. Customer has not returned yet anyway. This is my current problem. Most of the vehicles I see are getting a bit old, with lot...		 11
1992 Lexus LS400 4.0L turn signals
finally found the problem.under the battery tray there is a screw for the fender well that had rubbed thru the harness and was grounding the wire.the good thing was i took all the screws out for the fender well except that one. turns out that someone had this ...		 3
1997 Lincoln Continental 4.6L Cooling Fans
i fellow iatn staff and thanks for all your support, once we replace the high fan relay eay and bleeding the cooling system the fas ran o.k. have not heard again from customer, thanks again for all your help. 		3
2003 Mazda 6 3.0L No Start
Sent car to dealer for computer update. Dealer claims the car needs a new throttle body. They have one ordered for the car. Thanks for all the replies.		 5
2006 Mercedes-Benz C230 2.5L seat headrest
Thanks to all who responded. I wouldnt have thought Mercedes would have printed this information in the owners manual. Sometimes you've got to just "read the manual" It was difficult at first to find the release spring. Just need to pull back the rear headrest...		 6
1993 Mercury Topaz 2.3L Blower Motor
Thanks to all who replied. As several pointed out the low speed wire from the resistor to ground shares the load-I did replace the burned ground wire from the blower switch w/a 12ga wire and grounded it to the original g200 ground location behind the cig. ligh...		 9
1999 Mercury Mystique 2.0L No Start
I'm such a fool. I know when I look at "The Fix" I don't always read all the detail so I will fill in the detail after. The problem WAS water getting into the cylinders and fouling the plugs. What fooled us was the engine never overheated, not even a lit...		 13
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