iATN Member Asian Auto Repair Tech Exchange for October 13, 2008

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	Help Request	Answers
	2001 Acura MDX 3.5L Suspension Hey Everyone, Got a problem that one of you Acura guys can help me with. This car has a knock/popping noise over slight bumps. You almost can't make it do it. It seems to do it though on hard accelerate and brake. Going over small dips with the wheel turn seem...	View
	2004 Honda CR-V 2.4L MIL Lamp on Hello group. I have a P1077. Imrc actuator was replaced by another shop because of this problem. When I checked after starting engine there was no vacumn to the actuator but after about 5 seconds the solenoid deactivates and there is vacumn at the actuator and... Trouble codes: p1077 (imrc system malfunction low rpm).	View
	2005 Hyundai Sonata 2.7L MIL Lamp on v ehicle came in with check eng. light on and code p0455 large leak detected, smoked the evap system and found evap vent solenoid not closing causing leak replaced with factory solenoidand cleared code. vehicle came back 2 days later with same problem code p04... Trouble codes: p0455 (avap large leak).	View
	1996 Lexus ES 300 3.0L radio /tape player this is my sons car, according to him he hit a fairly big speed bump while playing the tape p[layer and the sound suddenly got much louder with greater bass boost, after shuttint the car off and restarting it was back to normal, anyone heard of this phenomenon...	View
	2006 Lexus RX 400h 3.3L sreering gear Hi. This car is from a body shop. It was hit in the front left and they had to change the inner tie rod, strut, knuckle and subframe. It has no power steering and code C1568 (dc-dc converter malfuntion). Alldata has a diagnostic route for it which I completed ...	View
	1998 Mazda B4000 4.0L No Reverse Hi all Ranger/b4000 5R55E AT 4WD No reverse, all forward normal. Fluid level normal, no metal no friction in fluid Dropped the pan, L/R servo seals OK, servo pin OK, band OK. In the pan found one odd thing. Small metal circle. Made of aluminum, very smal...	View
	2000 Nissan Frontier 3.3L Stall I've got a bad connector at the MAF. The engine will stall and cut off wtih the slightest movement of the connector or harness. I can see the female terminals moving inside the connector when I flex the wiring harness. I'm not sure how to remove the individual... Trouble codes: P0100 (MAF Circuit).	View
	2001 Nissan Pathfinder 3.5L MIL Lamp on clients concern is check engine light always on, test drove, vehicle runs good -tested and found that the long term fuel trim is high on both banks +30% -smoke tested for vacuum leaks, none found -tested for voltage drop from b- to engine with all loads on, .2... Trouble codes: po171 (system too lean bank 1), p1441 (evap very small leak).	View
	1987 Subaru DL 1.8L No Start Unable to obtain trouble shooting information on Hitachi distributor. Have tried replacing distributor with known good unit. Am ready to try replacing ECU. Would like to be able to test and know; if possible to obtain info.	View
	2001 Subaru Impreza 2.2L MIL Lamp on MIL illuminates 30 seconds after startup and sets code 1130. This will always occur on a cold startup, once vehicle has warmed up it will not return if cleared first. After the first startup, vehicle can be run at 1500 RPM and code will not set. After testing... Trouble codes: 1130 (AirFuel Sensor Circuit Open).	View
	1992 Toyota Camry 2.2L Starting Hi all, we have this car in for an intermittent won't start, customer stated that turn but won't run. We drove the car, starter many times during two days, check connections and starter and no luck. After a little chat with the owner we agreed to replaced the ...	View
	1995 Toyota Tacoma 2.4L No Start this truck has a intremittent crank no start that seems to act up after sitting for 10-20 min.after along drive. this has been going on for a year or so. have had it in the shop a number of times with everything you can think of hooked up to the vehicle and st...	View
	2002 Toyota Sequoia 4.7L ecu(vsc) customer came in stating that the trac light, abs light, vsc light were on. another shop replaced either the yaw rate or steering angle sensor, customer could not verify. performed zero point calibraton and did not see customer again for five or six monthes. c...	View
	2003 Toyota Sienna 3.0L driver seat Seat will not move back and forth. The problem is the worm drive inside the tracks has a broken gear. It is cracked. Toyota says this part is not services seperatly and you have to buy the whole sub-frame and at retail it is over $1000.00 So my options are sal...	View

Fixes & Summaries for Asian

	Fix/Summary	Answers
	2003 Acura 3.2TL 3.2L Lighting as strange as it sounds the light bulb was the problem.customer had put aftermarket bulbs from the internet in it because bulbs from dealer are over $100 due to being high intensity.,thanks	7
	2005 Honda Accord 2.4L air bag Most of the replies were correct. The air bag side module was replaced and even thought th seat was not completely disassembled the opds still had to be initialized, so basicly a trip to the dealer. Sorry for the slow response had to wait on insurance being a...	6
	2006 Honda Pilot 3.5L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on Hi, I have decided to close this post as the problem has become even more intermittant. I will re-post a "fix" at a later date. I will exersise all replies when the problem returns. Thank you all for your time. Mike. Trouble codes: p0223 (throttle position sensor B circuit high.).	5
	2000 Lexus RX 300 3.0L Clock Thanks to everyone who replied. Because of no cranking complaints, I didn't even think battery. Load tested OK but gravity testing showed 2 low cells. Replaced battery and all is well. Because of how complicated cars are these days over looked the basics. Than...	10
	2004 Lexus LS 430 4.3L No Start Well the fix to the no starting lexus was to replace the fuel pump. It finally died so we could check for voltage going to the pump.That was aok,next we hot wired the pump and itdidnt hum or even try to work.Even though the factory had replaced one under recal...	6
	2000 Nissan Altima 2.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge Thanks to all that replied. I checked everything that was suggested, vo vacuum leaks present while smoke checking, no oil intrusion in distributor and timed correctly, normal compression on all cylinders, pulled fuel rail again and rechecked new injectors no l...	7
	1989 Toyota Camry 2.0L No Start Thanks for the many replies. Most pointed specifically to the coil - many mentioning that they had a tendency to crack and jump to the distributor shaft. I removed the distributor from the vehicle and removed the coil from the distributor. There were two 'burn...	21

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