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	1992 Acura Vigor LS 2.5L 2 hoses VIN: JH4CC2668P replace engine with used one and now i don't remember where the two lines that come from the differential go. i have a another acura there but that a 98. it has a hose coming from the cooling system and another going to the block. my engine has a cap at the bl...	View
	1996 Audi A4 2.8L ABS non functional VIN: WAUG387465 Stored code- 18014 - Rough Road/ Engine torque signal from ABS : Electrical malfunction Been around these cars a while, have no idea what this code means, Ross-Wiki does NOT have it listed either. Customer has had this code for a few months now, just until a...	View
	2001 Audi Allroad Quattro 2.7L instrument cluster, starting VIN: WAUYP64BX1 2001 Allroad was towed in. Car cranks and starts but immediately dies. Customer called in saying he thought he needed a battery - I asked if it was jumpstarted- he said no,it just didn't start this morning. Noticed also that fuel gauge, voltmeter, driver info ...	View
	1999 BMW 528i 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBADM6341X 1st visit came in with po codes,130,150,[...],1189,1250- replaced the vent valve under intake with all hoses. ended up with bmw codes. 8, 153,76,26 found mass air flow missing 1 element. replaced maf sensor trans light, engine light, dsc light gone. too... Trouble codes: 8 (mass air flow meter), 203, 154, 202, 109, 151	View
	1998 Cadillac Seville SLS 4.6L No Start VIN: 1G6KS54Y1W I am having a problem with this car starting,It will start for a second but shut down.It has no comm on bcm 1,2, and 3 says ingintion voltage is at 24 volts and ingition is inactive.It aslo says it has no fuel and the customer just filled it up and the gauge i... Trouble codes: P0300	View
	1988 Chevrolet G30 Chevy Van 5.7L cruise control VIN: 2GBJG31M4J can anyone tell me where the cuise contol module is located. Alldata does not show me where it is located. I tested the switch and servo so I would like to test the module. peoblem is cruise does not engage.	View
	1991 Chevrolet V3500 Cheyenne 6.2L ball joint VIN: 1GCHV33N3N HI GUYS AND GIRLS.i PURCHASED A RIGHT FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT FOR MY V 3500 DUALLY 4X4.IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE PROPER PART.I THEN ORDERED ANOTHER ONE AND THIS ONE CAME AS A KIT WITH A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE AND GASKET.MY DIAGRAM SHOWS THERE IS A SHORT KING PIN WI...	View
	1995 Chevrolet K3500 7.4L Converter VIN: 1GBHK39N4S Customer just returned to us with vehicle shifting problems after picking up last week. Torque Converter is going in & out of Lockup. While driving, goes into Neutral, then 2nd Gear, & then won't shift. Scanner came up with code: Shift Solenoid B Error Any...	View
	1998 Chevrolet C2500 Cheyenne 5.0L cooler VIN: 1GCFC29M66 Hi, I have replaced the radiator in this truck 3 times because of transmission fluid and coolant mixing. The first rad replacement was done at the same time the trans was rebuilt. The trans originally failed because of contaminated fluid. The replacement radia...	View
	2002 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on, reduced engine power VIN: 1G1YY22G42 Hey i got a electrical nightmare and need help, Car came in with CEL (P1125,P1286)on and reduced engine power sevice message on and a service active handling message. I went through all the pinpoint test, testing grounds,5V references,signal wire to the APP an... Trouble codes: 1125 (Accelerator postition sensor out of range or disagree), 1286 (Accelerator postition sensor correlation)	View
	2004 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 5.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNEC13T64 any help on what Iam over looking. thank you in advance. this truck came from other shops,including the local dealer. I have p0300 dtc, modis miss fire monitor shows #7 and#2 cylinder miss fire.swiched spark plug, plug wire,coil, fuel injector to another cylin... Trouble codes: P0300 (random cylinder missfire detected)	View
	2005 Chevrolet Uplander LS 3.5L No Start VIN: 1GNDV23L45 Alright all you GM data bus gurus,( I hope there is a few of you out there). Customer concern is an intermittent no start and vehicle stalls, usually while turning corners. When stalling occurs, insturment cluster drops out. Vehicle restarts fine and all is we... Trouble codes: P1626 (anti theft fuel enable circuit), U1000, U1300, U1301	View
	2003 Dodge Sprinter 2500 2.7L No Start VIN: WD2YD74233 WOW!!! I have a Sprinter that will not start cold. Had no problem all summer. Customer said it would not start last winter unless he shot it with the juice or kept it in his garage. He wanted a block heater installed, dropped it off and picked up the same afte...	View
	1992 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L Unknown VIN: 1FMDU34XON vehicale came in rough running. checked it out and had original plugs, wires installed new and still has slight miss at idal and runs really rough under load. if you unplug the MAF and spout connector the vehicale runns good besides SES light. also tried a new...	View
	1999 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L Cuts out VIN: 1FTRX08L4X This truck is a 4WD and is jacked up. It has an aftermarket super charger on it and someone put an aftermarket instrument cluster in it. The speedometer reads more than twice the actual speed...so it cuts out when the computer thinks it is going too fast(rev l...	View
	2001 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FAFP73W61 this vehicle will only misfire at an idle and its not a dead miss...more of a hunt then a misfire. the car runs and drives great and will only count a misfire on #6 at an idle, even then it might count 97 misfires. i have found that in mode 6 the cylinder that... Trouble codes: P0306 (cyl 6 misfire)	View
	2003 Ford Expedition XLT 5.4L driver's door VIN: 1FMFU16L03 Retired Ford tech not yet senile but getting there. Driver's door has an irritating noise going over the slightest of bumps. Sounds like loose latch or striker but both are tight. R&R door panel and all is tight. Same with L/R pass door - R&R panel and NPF. Th...	View
	1988 Honda Prelude 2.0 Si 4WS 2.0L Power steering speed sensor VIN: JHMBA4145J This vehicle had a bad power steering fluid leak and I traced to power steering speed sensor. The sensor is broken where the hose attaches. Someone had epoxyed it but now it is broke off again. My question is can this be bypassed? The car is old and crappy and...	View
	2003 Infiniti G35 3.5L battery VIN: JNKCV51EX3 This vehicle, if driven once every couple days, will start every time. If vehicle stands for 4 full day's, the battery will be completly drained. Charging system and present battery test good.=== Security system codes present: P1614,P1615,P1612. Customer state...	View
	1998 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L 2-3 shift VIN: SAJJHX1247 Hey Jaguar techs. Car came in with "Transmission Fault" in the instrument cluster and check engine light. Pulled codes P1730 "Gear control malfunction" and P1732 "Gearshift lead control malfunction 2nd to 3rd shift". Transmission slips from 2nd to 3rd gear. I ...	View
	1999 Jaguar XK8 4.0L Starter, dash lights VIN: SAJGX2042X Vehicle towed in for no start. All dash lights staying on even with key removed. Can here relay under dash clicking when key turned to start pos. History code P0300, Random multiple misfire. Any help, any direction, or hints would be greatly appreciated. P.S. ...	View
	1997 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L unknown VIN: 1J7KF26Z7V OK guys. I have one I can not solve. This Cherokee has a ridiculously loud "belt squeal" noise under hood. I ofcourse have checked tensioner and idler pulleys. I hate to admit it, but this had turned into a parts change rally. I loaded the charging system and ...	View
	1995 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L anti theft VIN: SALLPAMJ4M Hello Techs, First this one is a 4.6L HSE ( does'nt appear at the data base), I don't know what happend. It came whith an A/C problem, I replaced the pressure switches and the evaporator temperature sensor. I waited for a month for the parts and I have parked ...	View
	1993 Mazda RX-7 1.3L oil leaks VIN: JM1FD331XP This third generation RX7 has a leak at the turbo. I want to send it out for a rebuild. Does anyboby recomend a rebuilder that has experience on these RX7 turbos? Thank you for any suggestions.	View
	2001 Mazda B3000 SE 3.0L No Start I have a Mazda pickup that had the motor replaced with a boneyard unit.It will not start unless you spray it with carb cleaner.Fuel pressure is at 57 psi while cranking which is at the very bottom end of the specs.Injector pulse looks mint and fuel pressure dr...	View
	1993 Mercedes-Benz 300SE 3.2L Poor Idle Quality VIN: WDBGAE4PA0 intermittant idle issue no codes present..has a t.s.b. for the m.a.f. but unsure how to check it quickly and accurately. have not been able to use a factory scan tool. no vaccume leaks detected. have not checked much of anything being a tech myself I have zero...	View
	1999 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L outside temp gauge VIN: 4JGAB54EXX This should be an easy question for someone that is familiar with these vehicles. The outside temp readout in the lower left of the dash isn't backlit so it can't be seen easily. Is it just a matter of replacing a bulb or is the job a lot more complicated and ...	View
	2003 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4A3AA46G13 Sets both P0335 & p0340 while starting, but not every time. I can clear the codes and if the codes do not set while starting, the car can be driven without any codes being reset. The light will come on right after cranking up hot or cold, used the vantage to l... Trouble codes: P0335, P0340	View
	1998 Nissan Quest XE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 4N2XN11T3X I am getting really beat up bad with this 3.3L motor. It was running a bit rough, and had a coolant leak. I replaced the leaking intake gasket, and while doing that installed cap, rotor, plugs and wires. No more coolant leak, starts great, idles great when co...	View
	2000 Nissan Frontier SE 3.3L air bag VIN: 1N6ED27Y3Y now air bag and seat belt lights on no blinking. if I pull fuse for air bag seat belt light goes out but air bag light on steady no change if fuse installed or if battery is disconnected again. unable to get in to diagnositic mode scanner not able to scan this...	View
	2000 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: JN1CA31A8Y hello fellow techs. i have this MAxima california emissions with a bad hesitation under load all the time, when driving normal the car drives and runs good trying to pass somebody the car hessitates and has no power at all, i checked fuel pressure and flow all... Trouble codes: P1320, P0302	View
	2001 Nissan Sentra GXE 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1CB51D41 cleared code numerous times .code comes right back switched front o2s still code po171b [bank one sensor 1 long term fuel trim @ 38% both banks not much info on mitchel on demand any specs. for mass air flow sensor in grams per sec Trouble codes: P0171	View
	2004 Nissan Titan XE 5.6L Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1N6AA07A64 I'm ready 2 throgh in towel anybody got any other ideas.I have a code PO335 that will set in pending codes as soon as it spins over. It will start but @ about 2500-3000 rpm it breaks up. Also at times it will go dead and will not fire coil pacs. When it does t... Trouble codes: P0335	View
	1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 3.1L Stall VIN: 1G3WH12M7T Okay this is a bit of a crazy one. I have a 1996 olds cutlass with a 3.1L. I swaped in a 3.8l s/c engine out of a 1997 buick regal gs. I swaped the harness and computer. The problem is that it will start and run for about 3 seconds and shut off. I know that th...	View
	1992 Pontiac Grand Am SE 3.3L block heater VIN: 1G2NE51N9N so basically this vehicle is blowing block heaters. first one was put in approx a year ago by another shop and i replaced with brand new. a day later the customer was back and the block heater was inop again. i removed it and bench tested, sure enough it was o...	View
	1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 3.8L transnmission VIN: 1G2WP52K4X Car was brought in for no-shifts,high rpm and check engine light ON . Pulled code P0756 2-3 solenoid performance. Read datastream 1-2 shift error 0.03 - 2-3 shift error 0.35 and also whinning noise so, we change filter and replace fuild and erase the code. too...	View
	2005 Pontiac Sunfire 2.2L Stall VIN: 3G2JB12F95 Sorry for the lack of data. The school equipment cannot be up-dated each year. Car idles fine except when the A/C is on or the defrost is on (A/C again). When you come to a stop with A/C on it slowly idles slower and slower until it almost stalls (sometimes do...	View
	2002 Porsche Boxster Roadster 2.7L Clutch VIN: WPOCA29800 Porsche tech specialists-Please help-- We have a customer who is very hard on his clutch-(many SCCA events, etc), and his clutch is worn out for the second time in 63K miles, and now his flywheel needs replacing, or at least resurfacing due to grooves and sli...	View
	1996 Suzuki Sidekick JX 1.6L engine VIN: ST3GU546ST car comes in shop no power cant get out of own way u have to really push on the gas and bogs so badly fuel pressure at 39psi new tune up when advance timing runs great timing on the money	View
	1991 Toyota SOARER 4.0L limp home mode VIN: UZZ31-6606 vechile in limp home mode computer has no codes, fault happened after hard braking to avoid a collision. have tested all ecu signals and all appear o.k, checked power and grounds o.k have tried another ecu still same result. another problem that we have notice...	View
	1993 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L no power VIN: 4TAVN13D7R When driving there is no power above 4000 RPM. In the bay snap open throttle will not rev over 4500, but if you back off the throttle from WOT slowly it gets to a point where it revs to the rev limiter. If you open throttle slowly it revs to the rev limiter. ...	View
	1994 Toyota Pickup DLX 3.0L No Start, Hesitation VIN: 4TAVN13D1R I just want to say thanks in advance for all the help!! This is my Dad's truck and I don't have alot of experience with Toyotas. Last year it started to start hard in the cold and I checked it out and found that the coolant temp sensor was reading incorrectly.... Trouble codes: 14 (IGF signal loss to ECM)	View
	1999 Toyota RAV4 2.0L Timing Belt VIN: JT3GP10V1X Have worked on this vehicle off and on since 37K miles. Customer took to dealer at 100K and had timing belt replaced. Next time we saw vehicle had about 136K and noted a noise behind timing cover. Customer didn't hear, so didn't want to pursue. Noted on severa...	View
	2002 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4.7L traction control VIN: A02S077583 This SUV as soon as you drive it and turn the wheel the "trac off" and "VSV off" lights come on. It sets a code C1231 [malfunction in steering angle sensor]. I checked the sensor with my scanner and its frozen at -2 .. I think it is safe to assume the sensor i...	View
	2003 Toyota Tacoma DLX 2.7L engine knocking VIN: STEWM72N63 customer came in with noise concern, confirmed that when vehicle is started cold you can hear a knocking noise which appears to be from the bottom end. noise goes away after a couple of minutes of running but when let to cool down noise comes back. after decid...	View

Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models

	Fix/Summary	Answers
	1998 Audi A4 2.8L no heat from heater	7
	2000 Audi A4 1.8L Air Bag Light VIN: WAUKC28D2Y With the help of the Ross Tech web site, I changed the Module coding from 00107 that was in the old module to 00106 as derived from vehicle info. Works perfect. Thanks to Chicago Tony, Paul and Wade for their input.	4
	2003 Audi A6 3.0L abs esp VIN: WAULT64B73 this car just drive us crazy for some time. we tried to program the abs module , and for some reason could not get it done, so i took it to my local friendly vw audi dealer, and the two techs and myself fooled with it for about 1 hour, and finally got it to pr...	8
	1989 BMW 535i 3.4L coolant in exhast VIN: WBAHD1317C thanks Dan from Michigan I think you are the only one who replied that new this engine and gave info from expierience. It probably is a bad head as most thought customer decided to go the distance w/ a long block so we'll never know...	17
	1994 BMW 840Ci 4.0L No Start VIN: XXXCC89371 I'll call this one fixed as it has been a few weeks, and there have been no further problems. I hate fixing things by throwing parts at it, but given the age of the car, and knowing that several parts that are known to fail were original, I opted to replace th...	3
	1999 BMW 750iL 5.4L General Module VIN: WBAGJ0341Y Thanks for the replies, the front sunroof drains were detached from the sunroof cassette. The owner is going to park the car until he can come up with the money needed.	8
	1990 Chevrolet Corsica LT 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1G1LT54G7L Hi everyone,I thank you for the many and varied replies to what I thought would be fairly easy to solve. As I said to begin with this car ran good and didn't miss,so after finding a problem with the fuel pump and then watching it maintain pressure at idle and...	20
	1995 Chevrolet Lumina APV 3.8L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1GNDU06L5S As of now still no fix. I have tried another crank sensor(Delco) and ignition switch. Both seemed to fix it at first but after a few days the cutting off came back. I am still leaning toward a pcm due to way it always restarts. Thanks for all the tips.	18
	1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic 5.7L exh. man. glowing VIN: 1G1BL52PXS Thanx to all who offered help and or advice/opinions. I did not fix this one. I got replies suggesting everything from timing (valve and ignition) This is a opti-spk. setup with no provision for adj. and the old motor and new (gmspo) had identical symptom. Bot...	22
	2001 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1JF12T51 Turned out to be presure sensor sorry it toke so long!! but wanted to make sure that was the answer! thanks guys! Trouble codes: P0440 (evap leak).	6
	2002 Chevrolet C3500HD 8.1L No Start VIN: 3GBKC34G52 Gentlemen, Thank You for your insight into our problem. After much diagnosis and pretty much trying to avoid the inevitable we took the oil pan down and found that the reluctor wheel had actually cracked in half causing a huge gap. The reluctor wheels are not ... Trouble codes: P0335.	4
	2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L pinion shaft VIN: 1GCEK19T52 Thanks everyone for the quick responses. I've never done differential rebuilds so it was good to get advice in agreement with what I expected, "cut it out and rebuild"! Mark from Illinois suggestion was what we ended up doing. Cut thru the pinion shaft near th...	10
	2003 Chevrolet Impala 3.4L Cooling Systems VIN: 2G1WF52E63 well first of all thanks to everybody out there for all there help on this one it turned out to be the cooling fan assy afterall thanks to john from arkansas for your help and to all of you out there I also put intake gaskets for a oil leak that was also prese...	15
	1996 Chrysler Cirrus LX 2.5L No Start VIN: 1C3FJ56H1T Thanks for everyones help and input. We tried everything, that you guys mentioned and more, turns out it was a case of shoddy parts. The third crank sensor and second distributor we finally got it running. Two GP crank sensor in a row were bad, replaced with C...	8
	2001 Chrysler Intrepid 2.7L power steering VIN: 2C3HH46RO1 thanks for all the help fix was oring nicked at base of p\steering resivor. We pressurized the res. It took 75psi to get a slight seepage at base. Pulled the tank back off and replaced o-ring all ok now. thanks again	8
	2002 Chrysler Town & Country EX 3.8L pump VIN: 2C8GP74L92 Well, I am pretty sure that its fixed. Only will really know when customer lets me know. Again, this was an intermittent noise and moreso cold. As the majority of you suggested, I replaced the reservoir and flushed and refilled with ATF+4. After repairs, it di...	24
	1996 Dodge Intrepid ES 3.5L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2B3HD56F6T Thankyou one and all. What a wealth of information.Reading these posts will help anyone better understand fuel trim and o2 parameters, lean and rich.My readings were telling me vacumn leak.Found the two piece EGR tube loose.Repaired the leak.Scan readings much... Trouble codes: 300 (Multible misfire).	19
	2000 Dodge Ram 2500 8.0L Truck VIN: 1B7KF23W3Y I guess you can call this one fixed. I gave the customer the diffrent opptions of what it could be and how to investigate it. He opted for a can of leak stop and a trip to the nearest new truck dealer to trade it in. Thanks for the advice.	13
	2001 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3B6MF36771 thanks, a lot you were all correct. the injection pump was toast. got a reman unit from dodge and all is well. did take about 4 hrs (per dennis) i didn't have a small enough puller so i had to modify one, which took some extra time but got me out of a jam. ... Trouble codes: P0216 (p0230-), P0230 (p0251-), P0251, P0252, P1688, P1689.	9
	2001 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.9L No Start VIN: 1B7HF13Z21 Great News! This truck is fixed and running strong on the Jasper engine. The problem was that when we installed the distributor we lined the rotor up exactly with number one on the cap with the engine at TDC which is almost right but not quite. There is an ind...	8
	1993 Ford Ranger STX 4.0L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FTCR15X9P Thank You all for the numorous responses. I checked every thing suggested with no luck. I gambled on a used computer and the truck was a lot better. It idled at 500 RPM after stopping at stop signs instead of stalling or sputtering, so I replaced the IAC an...	13
	1996 Ford F Super Duty XL 7.3L nostart VIN: 1FDLF47F5T To start out I want to thank everyone that responded . Everyone said I had to have 500 lbs. of oil pressure , so I pulled the sensor on the left head installed a pressure gauge and it only had 250 lbs. As I stated orignially, I knew the engine was toast but I ...	11
	2000 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FMYU70E5Y Well, the new intake gasket/O-rings are now installed and she seems to run great on cold start up. I noticed immediatly the MAF voltage was much higher on cold start fast idle than before. 1.6volts compared to the old 1.1volts so I can only imagine how much a... Trouble codes: P0171, P0174.	18
	2001 Ford Escape XLS 3.0L starter VIN: IFP3D2W3U6 bad groung going to pcm and bad key got vehicle started and had a bunch of codes also found that had open at fuse box very strange for a TRUCK THAT WAS RUNNING AND THEN NOW DIDNT START	5
	2006 Ford E-350 Super Duty 5.4L Eating Brakes VIN: 1FDSE35L96 Update on Eating brakes. Ford dealer and I recommended to the Manager of the fleet to replace all rubber brake parts due to unknown contamination!, he decided to take it to another Ford Dealer for a second opinion, He talked to the service manager, I do no...	9
	1994 GMC G3500 Vandura 5.7L Stall, Lack of Power VIN: 1GDHG31K7R Alllllrighty then... Many replies with many suggestions. (Funny how this all plays out) 1) Evceryone kept pointing at fuel pump or voltage (all was fine) Pressure never dropped when stalling occured. 2) MAP sensor shows good signal and ground. Good power s... Trouble codes: 33 (MAP sensor).	15
	2002 GMC Savana 3500 6.5L Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 1GTHG39F12 Thanks to all that took time to read my message. I have 4 replies of help. All gave me the same answer: the diesel injection pump change to fix code p1216c and p0219c. Thanks Lynn from Iowa, Tim from Alabama, David from Alberta and Brian from Ontario. David ga... Trouble codes: P1216, P0219.	5
	1989 Honda CRX HF 1.5L shift light VIN: JHMED8368K DEETERMINED ECU NOT ACTIVATING LIGHT WHEN NEEDED. CUSTOMER DECLINED REPAIR AND DROVE AWAY NOT KNOWING WHEN TO UPSHIFT !	3
	2003 Honda Accord EX 2.4L turn signal/flasher VIN: 1HGCM56653 vehicle came back in to check out problem further. the problem we found was a wiring problem connected to an aftermarket starter system. Now everything is working fine	15
	2000 Lexus RX300 3.0L spark knock VIN: JT6HF10U2Y We found the air fuel ratio sensor a little slow on bank 1 .The easy air fuel ratio sensor on bank 2 had just been replaced by someone and I compared it on the Solus and you could tell it was a little slower . So far no complaint from cutomer so far so good .T...	6
	1995 Lincoln Continental Diamond Anniversary 4.6L ride control VIN: 1LNLM97V7S Well I found out from my supplier in florida for the air bags Arnott Industries that if the pump runs when the relay is jumped that they reccomend replacing the pump and relay to fix this problem so I did and it is fixed.	4
	2001 Lincoln LS 3.9L fading brake pedal VIN: 1LNHM87A61 The customer took the car before we could finish checking it out. if it comes back we will post what we found. thanks again guys	5
	2005 Nissan Altima S 2.5L Stall VIN: 1N4AL11D35 sorry I took so long to report this fix. At the request of the customer I changed the crank sensor and the car has not stalled since. Soon afterward the customer recieved a recall notice in the mail. Go figure. Thanks for all the replies, as they helped us to ...	9
	1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1G2NE12T6T well guys we learn somthing new every day. high compresion still strange to me. but others reported same #,s with no problum. any how. all new ign parts 1 yr ago. tech installed new coils and the rubber boot from coil to housing mushed (that's a techinical te... Trouble codes: P0300 (misfire).	22
	2000 Pontiac Montana 3.4L turn signal indicators VIN: 1GMDX03E1Y Thank you for all of your help. As most of you stated the connector on the left tail lamp circuit board had one of the terminals melted out of the plastic and it had ruined the board. We replaced both parts and all is well again. Thanks again for all your h...	8
	2000 Porsche Boxster Roadster 2.7L hard start VIN: WPOCA2981Y this boxter has not returned. we feel that we did indeed have 2 separate problems. we unplugged the purge solenoid under the intake and this we know has resolved the hard start when fueling up. the other issue we believe is a defective solenoid or valve that h... Trouble codes: 0446 (evap vent control circuit).	4
	1995 Toyota Previa DX 2.4L rear tail/brake lights VIN: JT3AC11R0S Thanks for all the replies. The problem was an 1156 in where an 1157 belongs in 1 of the stop lamp sockets in the hatch. I thought I had replaced all the bulbs. I didn't realize there were bulbs in the hatch. They we're both burnt and there is no access to the...	17
	2000 Toyota Solara SE 2.2L MIL Lamp on Thanks to everyone who gave me some great info. I ended up replacing the speedometer head and it cured all my problems. Thanks again to everyone Trouble codes: P0500 (VSS Failure).	12
	2003 Toyota Camry LE 2.4L MIL Lamp on thank's for all some of the replies was very usefull , it was the ECU ,problem i have replaced it and now car running fine, customer said fuel consumption good also thank's agian, nice help from iatn Trouble codes: P0325.	12
	1997 Volkswagen Jetta GT 2.0L reverse VIN: 3VWVA81H4V Ok, with the info from several gentlemen, we pulled this trans and repaired it. We replaced the reverse gear which had several teeth peeled off of it. Apparently the owner had been trying to get unstuck, and back + forth between 1st and reverse, hadn't gotten...	16

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