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1999 Honda Civic EX 1.6L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1HGEJ82414
have a 99 civic coupe that has a very low idle. sitting at light idle will drop to about 200 rpm. on rare occasions vehicle will stall, but will start back up. any help would be appreciated. no cel light. thanx
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2000 Honda Accord EX 3.0L lights VIN: 9984567890
Car presents with normal lighting until it sits overnight in the cold. Then after startup, ALL lights pulsate until the vehicle warms up. Alternator has been replaced... Help! If only it was a vette!
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2000 Hyundai Accent L 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: KMHCF35G4Y
hey guys, customer brought her car to us with the mil lamp on. the code was p1128. the car has no running issue. i cleared the code, and drove the car, and the light came right back on. the car runs fine. cant find anything that is not out of range or not nor... Trouble codes: P1128 (air fuel controll system)
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1995 Infiniti G20 2.0L engine compression VIN: JNKCP01D7S
looking for some help here, this infiniti g20 came into us as a no start condition. the lady said the day before it ran fine, she went home and parked it. the very next day when she went to start the car it would not start. so we checked it out, it has fuel an...
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2002 Infiniti Q45 4.5L abs VIN: JNKBF01A82
Mixed information. abs and slip warning lights on. scan with solis shows code 15- r/f abs solonoid open. alldata shows code 15 to be brake light switch.. dealer does not stock anything and I have no other info. code will not clear. thanks for any help. Jim.
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2008 Infiniti FX35 3.5L Maint. reminder VIN: JNRAS08W28
Greetings all, I had this 2008 Infinity FX35 in for service on Saturday and am trying to reset the maintenance indicator, which is part of the navigation system. Mitchell only goes to 2005 and while the screens look the same, this system is not responding to t...
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2002 Kia Sedona EX 3.5L Stall VIN: KNDUP13102
Customer complaint is stall when stopping at the signal. The check engine sign does not come on yet. Idle condition is not so bad. Idle drops to 670rpm. However the idle specification is 600-800 rpm. What should I approach first to save time? I hope to meet th...
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1996 Lexus LS400 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8BH22F8T
vehicle also has had injectors rebuilt,radiator replaced,speed cam and crank sensors ok,cam timing on the money reluctor good, installed properly, no scratches and sometimes engine runs perfect...??? fuel pressures ok so please help, keeps setting all 8 miss... Trouble codes: P0100, P0110, P0120, P0300, P3013
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1996 Mazda Millenia S 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1TA2224T
This is my first time posting for help. Thanks in advance. This vehicle's history starts out with the customer purchasing it with known head gasket problems. They payed a "shade tree" mechanic to repair it. After the "repair" the vehicle has had the following ...
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2001 Mazda Millenia 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1TA22181
Hello, I am in need of some help with this Mazda Millenia. The problem with this car only occurs when it gets hot. The original complaint was, after driving 15-20 miles the engine would stumble when you accelerated during a curise. Customer stated that problem...
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2002 Nissan Quest GLE 3.3L vcr/radio VIN: 4N2ZN17T52
vcr/radio will not power on. had vcr looked at. no problem found. had radio looked at and no problem found. when installing movie inside vcr, radio does not switch over to vcr, stays in radio mode.
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1995 Toyota Previa LE 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT3AC24S5S
The O2 heater codes set with the 2nd ignition cycle. I can monitor the circuit, there is voltage there. THe computer momentarily grounds the wires out. Then the codes set. The dealer said he needs a computer, but a used computer sets the same codes. The heater... Trouble codes: P0141, P0135, P0773
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1996 Toyota Camry DX 2.2L cruise control VIN: 4T1BG12K9T
my relatives cruise guit.it has a code 12 for actuator or magnet short or open.testing info is very limited.all tested ok so i traded the actuator and the cruise module with known working pieces from my car.still doesnt work.all fuses and brake switch are also...
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2003 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4.7L solar sensor VIN: JTEBT14R83
Vehicle came in because A/C light was flashing. Ran the self diag and found code 21; solar sensor circuit(passenger side). This vehicle is not equipped with a pass. side sensor. All info I find shows 1 sensor for the "SR5" and 2 for the "Limited". It even has ...
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2005 Toyota Prius 1.5L cannot fill gas tank VIN: JTDKB20U05
This car must be filled very slowly. I currently have the filler neck off the car and all 4 lines are clear. I also have the fuel tank out and all vent lines are clear and the vent valves are open. I removed the vent line from the tank so the tank is open to t...
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2006 Honda Pilot LX 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5FNYF18186
FRED FROM MARYLAND GOT ME GOING IT THE RIGHT DIRECTION, HE SAID HE HAD ONE WITH A TPMS AND A FUSE WAS BLOWN, SURE ENOUGH BLOWN FUSE. THAT FIXED ONE LIGHT. WHILE I WAS CHECKING FUSES ANY WAY I CHECKED THEM ALL, FOUND ANOTHER FUSE BLOWN IN LEFT KICK PANEL FUSE B... Trouble codes: P2770, P0974, P0966, P2649, P0443.
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2002 Lexus ES300 3.0L dynometer VIN: 2288444003
havent had another vehicle with drive by wire come in yet.Will try light pressure on brake pedal next time to see if that helps.thanx again to all those who replied
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2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT 3.0L No Start, Misfire VIN: 4A3AC84H33
This was a tough one, might be the toughest I ever faced. I did get some good advise, but forgot who gave it to me, sorry. It turns out the alignment pin on the cam sheared off and the cam and cam gear went out syn, about 5 degrees. This expalins why the car h... Trouble codes: P0300.
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1997 Nissan Altima GLE 2.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N4BU31D3V
Thanks for all the help, I was sure of an EGR problem, which I had too correct after the intake gasket was replaced. The gasket was the main cause of the misfire, the EGR ports were also clogged and started setting a P0400 after the p0304 was taken care of. T... Trouble codes: P0304 (Cyl 4 Misfire).
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2003 Nissan Altima S 2.5L heating VIN: 1N4AL11E53
Thank you for all that applied. WE vacuumed the cooling system down, lifted the front of the car up in the air about 2ft and ran car for 1 hour and the heat was good. customer left the car for 2 days and we drove it all around and heat was good at idle and dri...
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1999 Subaru Legacy L 2.5L loss of power, idle bad VIN: 453BD6754X
thanks to everyone as all the answers i received as i learn alot of new things from everybody, the final fix was the neutral switch, thank you to everyone, and any time i can help any of you out i will. chris
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1999 Subaru Legacy Limited 30th Anniversary 2.5L temp gauge VIN: 4S3BG6858X
Thank you for all the replies, customer decide [...] be the cylinder block problem. We will post a repair if custom...
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2000 Subaru Forester L 2.5L left front wheel VIN: JF1SF6353X
Well I have this one fixed, very strange though. I had a lot of replies telling me there may have been fix-a-flat or water in a tire, worn suspension components, and power steering rack problems. I experienced water in a tire before I felt it was not that, th...
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2000 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Misfire VIN: HJC10R4587
Thank you to everyone who read and answered. The overwhelming answer was that the -11 denotes a 1.1mm gap. If I understand correctly, since my plugs dont have the -11, they came gapped at .030, which these were gapped to. I opened them to .043, which is 1.1mm,...
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2001 Toyota RAV4 2.0L 1-2 shift & 2-3 shift VIN: JTEGH20V01
Thank you to everyone that helped with these vehicle. A fellow member, had gone trough the same experience & recommended going to Toyota, so I did, they where very helpful & after a few hours of waiting they provided me with an internal TSB # TC002-06. This TS...
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