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P0303 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for November 2007

Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P0303
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1998 Nissan Altima SE 2.4L No Start VIN: 1N4DL0D0WC
P0303: Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected. When it arived here it would not start. The engine was flooded. After adding oil and clearing the cylinders of fuel and adding some fresh plugs it still wont start. We checked compression seems low but we felt it was due to flooding. Took a fuel sample and it ...
November 01, 2007
2002 Toyota Celica GT 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JTDDR32T72
P0303: Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected. This vehicle was originally brought in for a rough run and mil light on. scanned codes found codes for multiple cylinder misfire. Removed plugs and found to be bad, so replaced plugs and cleared light. rechecked operation still has misfire present. suspected c...
November 06, 2007
2003 Audi A4 3.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WAULT68E03
This vehicle has been running great. All of a sudden hesitation sputter and had no power. Vehicle towed in and all misfire codes were retrieved.Erased codes and test drove. Ran good for couple miles and then hesitated with check engine light on. Code po300 and...
November 07, 2007
2002 Kia Sportage 2.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: KNDJA62352
P0303: Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected. hello all Im having trouble with this kia sportage on the first start up of the day the car will run fine until you step on the gas it emediately goes into a skipping of all cylinders and stalls when you try to restart it acks like it is flooded badly the only...
November 07, 2007
2003 Acura MDX 3.5L No Start VIN: 2HNYD18203
P0303: Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected. This one came from another shop. Cranking hard or no start cold. If it sits overnight it has to be huffed lightly with starting fluid to start. Then it will act lean and pop and miss until it gets warm then runs fine. Pulled spark plugs when it was cold after ...
November 09, 2007
1999 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG22K5X
P0303: Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected. Hello All, I recently did a timing belt and water pump on this car and the car came back a couple of days later with the MIL on for codes PO300, PO302 and PO303. It did not have an MIL on before. I looked at the misfire pids and sure enough it is showing misf...
November 12, 2007
2004 Ford Ranger Edge 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTYR15E14
P0303: cyl 3 misfire. This one has me stumped I think I have an engine mechanical problem, but I would like some advise before I tear into this one any further. The truck misfires all of the time on #3. I have good spark at the plug. I swapped the plug and the wire on #3 with anoth...
November 14, 2007
2004 Ford Ranger Edge 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTYR15E14
P0303: cyl 3 misfire. This one has me stumped I think I have an engine mechanical problem, but I would like some advise before I tear into this one any further. The truck misfires all of the time on #3. I have good spark at the plug. I swapped the plug and the wire on #3 with anoth...
November 15, 2007
2000 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4JGAB54E8Y
P0303: Cyl 2 missfire. This Benz came in with codes for all cylinders in right bank missing. Fuel trim numbers look good so don't suspect MAF problem, plus it was replaced not long ago. A search of the archives revealed a lot of missfires caused by plugged cats. On a test drive, und...
November 20, 2007
1999 Oldsmobile 88 Royale 3.8L Misfire VIN: 1G3HN52KXX
P0303: cylinder 3 misfire detected. can anyone help car came in for engine miss. scaned for codes po203 and po303. replaced injector #3 with aftermarket injector. left running for about 1 hour not missing drove car started to miss after a few minutes. scaned had same codes.replaced DME performed...
November 21, 2007
2003 Land Rover Freelander SE 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: SALNY22243
Only on initial cold start, idle flares to 2,000 RPM, drops slowly to ~1,000 and then surges between 850-1200. It cycles 4 or 5 times then settles down and idles and runs fine. We have baselined the vehicle with plugs, filters and updated programming using Aut...
November 28, 2007
2000 Volkswagen Passat 4 Motion 2.8L Misfire VIN: WVWUH23B3Y
P0303: Misfire cyl3. This is my first question here so I'll make it a good one. This vehicle was brought into my shop for a transmission problem. While road testing I noticed a lack of power and by the time I made it back to my shop it barely ran. I scanned it and got the below me...
November 28, 2007