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2004 Buick Rainier 4.2L ABS, BRAKE, and PASSENGER SEATBELT warning lights
Intermittant chimes and dash warning lights. Charging system guage will intermittanly also drop from 14 volts to 9 volts for about 1-2 seconds after ABS/BRAKE/Passenger Seat Belt warning lights come on. The lights will only come on for a few seconds, normally ...		 View
1995 Chevrolet S10 Pickup 2.2L fuel or block
i have worked on this car before about several months ago and had an ignition problem with and fixed the issue. But not the same vehicle came back to me. now the problem with this car is that it runs good when it wants to but really rough most of the time. it ...		 View
2003 Chevrolet TrailBlazer 4.2L Hesitation, Surge, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on
The problem with this vehicle started out as a intermittent stall when backing out of a driveway or when turning a corner at idle. Since then it has started to surge when driving at around 40 mph and also will cut out or surge and sometimes stalls when sitting...		 View
1993 Ford Pickup 7.3L No Start
This is a 7.3 IDI with a banks turbo. Oil changed and full. Cooling system checked and good. Installed two new batteries. Wait to start light stsys on about 15/20 seconds when cold. Stays on about 3/4 seconds when hot. I don't think it is the injection pump be...		 View
2000 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L Stall
cust. says died on road towed to shop. but before he towed he pulled all fuses and checked. after getting to my shop will start, idles good. low range selector flashes when first start. if you road test or sit still in park or going down road when you get to a...		 View
2000 Mercedes-Benz C230 2.3L kompressor
while checking oil level in engine compressor , it is LOW .there is a special fluid required by MB , [ in WIS , and manual ], my 2 local part supplier dont have it , my local MB dealer [ after cheking the part number ]have never sold any or used any !!! .the p...		 View
1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager 3.3L shifting
Reverse is engaged in the transmission constantly. I can shift it to park and it holds Ok. Thought it was internally slipping the manual valve and pin but upon removal of the valve body I see no problems. I would like to avoid pulling the trans if there is a s...		 View
2002 Saturn Vue 3.0L No Start
towed in with a no start but cranks ok. checked pcm for dtc's - none. check pcm data tps,ckp,cmp,ect all look to be ok. engine acts like it might start occasionally,like it is flooded but never starts. battery was weak due to being cranked so much . disconnect...		 View
1996 Toyota Corolla 1.8L MIL Lamp on
customer came in with PO401 insufficent flow egr. I replaced the egr valve, tested the egr solenoid (ok)and the ground from the computer is good to the solenoid. Catalytic convertor is good (no back pressure). I looked at the passages on the egr side of the in... Trouble codes: po401 (insufficient flow EGR).		 View
2004 Toyota Matrix 1.8L 1-2 shift
now vehicle came back customer said she feels a hard shifting from 1-2 only. She bought this vehicle since brand new. Verified only shift hard from first to second. I drained fluid it came out dirty but no signs of any metal debry at all just vey dark fluid. w...		 View
1993 Volvo 850 2.4L No Start, Stall
we bought this volvo when the customer blew the engine and decided not to fix it.we replaced motor and have been driving it for 3 years now. intermittently it will not fire, has no injector pulse or spark. the problem existed before engine swap, and the custom...		 View

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2003 Audi A4 3.0L Electronic
we installed new torque converter and problem was fixed, thanks to all replied		 5
1993 Chevrolet Lumina 3.1L No Start
SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY, HAD TO FIX SOME OTHERS. WORKED ON AT NIGHT AFTER WORKING HOURS.AFTER READING ALL REPLIES RE-CHECKED MODULE AND CRANK SENSOR, REPLACED AFTERMARKET CRANK SENSOR WITH GM. STILL SAME PROBLEM JUST FIRES AT TIMES, IN REQUEST TOLD YOU CRANK SEN...		 25
1996 Chevrolet Pickup 6.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on
patience is the key to proper injection pump timing of these engines, but i also found that the stepper motor that advances and retards injection pump timing was stuck on a brand new gm pump out of the box. slight love tap to "wake it up" worked wonders. thank... Trouble codes: p1214 (tdc offset).		 11
1997 Chevrolet Pickup 6.5L Cuts out, Stall
First I want to thank everyone who replied. The majority of the replies pointed to the PMD (pump mounted driver) on the side of the injection pump, "Bingo". I fabricated a bracket, lengthened the ground wire for the PMD harness and rerouted the harness to the ...		 10
1994 Ford Ranger 2.3L Cuts out, Stall
Thank you to all that replied. Replacing the crank sensor took care of the problem. Removing the sensor connector was necessary. Make sure the 4 wires go back to their proper slots on the connector. Crank sensor positioning tool was also used. OTC part #64...		 8
2004 Honda CR-V 2.4L MIL Lamp on
Thanks to all who replied. There is a service bulletin # 05-052 which addresses an issue with the imrc solenoid sticking causing this code. So I let the car go since I just replaced it already. Trouble codes: p1077 (imrc system malfunction low rpm).		 4
2001 Nissan Pathfinder 3.5L MIL Lamp on
Hey guys, I finally got all of the problems ironed out,Thanks to iatn members like Yevgeniv and Steven from N.Y.,Chad from Minnesota,Joe, Tom, and Michael from N.C. and, Wayne from FLA. It took some time, as I could only have the truck for short periods after ... Trouble codes: po1491 (vent cut sol..... EVAP), po420 (cat efficiency), po430 (cat efficiency).		 8
2005 Nissan X-Trail 2.5L abs
Well guys, I guess I'll have to take my lumps and pass this one back to the dealer, due to the lack of information needed to diagnose and repair properly. I know Nissan should be covering this under warranty but according to customer, so far have declined and ...		 3
1995 Pontiac Grand Am 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy
thx for all your help...found the head to be cracked...I never would have thought of that due to the compression being so even...thanks again		 7
1996 Pontiac Sunfire 2.2L Stall
Sorry about the late reply, customer was too busy and did not come back until this week, before we let him go since last visit, we take Edward, Jim and Rick's advices to unplug the TCC connector. He stated that vehicle did not stall again after,so we end up re... Trouble codes: P0171 (Fuel trim too lean), P0172 (fuel trim too rich), P1133 (O2 sensor bank 1 sensor 1 not switching).		 8
2000 Volkswagen Passat 1.8L Cuts out
Thank you for the replies, we finally remove relay one by one and find out after remove steering control relay. all communication back [...] normal. replace relay, road test for 2 days, so far so good.		 3
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