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1999 Acura TL 3.2L smell
Anyone had one of these cars, when the heater is on smell is unbearable, when a-c is on no problems, checked for any small varmits in system with no luck, cant find any reason for this, thought if anyone might have an idea let me know.		 View
2003 Acura MDX 3.5L 4th pressure switch
D5 light flashing while driving up the road I retreived code 27 (P0873)4th gear pressure switch..Identifix says to check for voltage at the switch I have 10 volts on both third & forth gear switches (its only flagging the 4th gear), it doesnt say what voltage ...		 View
1997 BMW 318i 1.9L No Start
Bmw came in on the hook, for a no start. First thing I noticed was the mil wasn't on. I checked all the powers and grounds at the DME. All are there, including the one from the DME relay. I also checked the strength of them with a hollegen bulb. Please help me...		 View
2004 BMW 530i 3.0L sparkplug service
Help I have a 2004 530i and need info on how to reset the sparkplug service reminder in the LCD screen in the center of the dash. I have serched IATN fixed data base and Alldata. All I can find is info on oil life reset. Thanks for your help. Jim		 View
2005 BMW 525i 2.5L Pad wear indicator
Hello to all, This vehicle came in for rear brake pad warning. After inspecting found rear pad sensor hitting rotor. Replaced rear brake components; rotors, pads and new sensor. System will not reset. I found one post regarding same concern. I've used the odom...		 View
1995 Buick Roadmaster 5.7L Mechanical
This thing will boil over at the coolant bottle when the temp get to about 210-220. Have tested the thermostate. And it was working normal. I left it out and retested it. Same thing. The impellor on the water pump are not rusted away. bypassed the heater core ...		 View
2001 Buick Regal 3.8L No Start
hello buick techs-just wanted to know what im up against on this thing- ive never had this code or problem in my shop before-lites on the dash are blinking like i have the hazards on-relays are clicking under the hood-sometimes it will start and run but then i... Trouble codes: U1040 (loss of ebcm communications).		 View
1995 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L ride control
this concours has had regular struts installed in front eliminating the road sensing struts from factory.it keeps turning on the check ride control message on the dlc center.my question is is there a way to turn off or bypass the message.i found the one on the...		 View
2007 Cadillac DTS 4.6L Stall
hi all i have this car that belong to a good fried the complaint is lose of brakes and accelerator action i think the car cut off and the brake pedal gets hard and hence the no acceleration i have been driving the car for about 3 days with no problems we check...		 View
1992 Chevrolet S10 2.8L guages and diplay
hello chevy tech,s, this instrument cluster is digital and only displays the speedo. it started out would loose speedo and others stayed working but the speedo would come back but nothing else. question is , is there a fix , or replace cluster? thanks for any ...		 View
1995 Chevrolet C3500 6.5L Cuts out
hi iam loosing my mind this truck looses fuel pre when under a load, i have put on 3 ac delco frame pumps, under exceleration the fuel presure bettween the filter & the main pump drops to 0 ( filter is clear )& the presure bettween the frame pump & the filter ...		 View
1996 Chevrolet C1500 4.3L 1-2 3-4 shift
got a 4l60e that has only 2 and 3rd.starts off 2nd and good firm shift to 3rd.ran a external 12 v wire to e terminal on connector from b+.have noticed that the indicator for prnd321 doesnt lite up.i can click the a+b solenoids from outside and hear them well.i...		 View
1998 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L ac control
replaced ac rear defrost switch and wiring harness. since then the ac light is always lit but the compressor goes on and off with the switch. all wires are hooked up correctly. i've seen this before on other cavaliers but this is the first one i have been into...		 View
2000 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L prindle
I need help guys this truck has no prindle it only lights on acc. when watching the scan tool it will only see crank position it will not reconize acc or run. i also noticed no abs lamp or sir lamp. things I tried ecm,bcm,ignition switch,cluster,prindle switch...		 View
2000 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 5.3L lifters
Hey guy's I need a little help. A few months back we rebuilt this 5.3l it comes in last week with 6 lifters sacked out but getting oil. We put a set of lifters in it as it warmed up and started making noise again. We ran with the valve covers off and very last...		 View
2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L 4wd
as soon as you clear the service 4wd light , it immediately comes back and checked all the wiring to the encoder and can't get modis to actuate the switch lights or function of the transfer case. the switch lights wont light up at all now. they did the last ti...		 View
2001 Chevrolet S10 4.3L ltft too high
Hello fellow techs, First off I want to state up front that this truck is, um, modified. (ok it's a pos)It has no muffler or tail pipe and a cheesy looking hot air induction air intake that has no oil on it.It has air bags on all four corners with no shocks of... Trouble codes: p0, 449b (evaporative emmisions vent solonoid control circuit).		 View
2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD 6.0L battery
This truck will boil the auxillary battery in about a months time. The customer states that he has replaced both batteries 4 times in a 4 month period. Customer also replaced the alternator with a reman unit from delco and now a new delco. I have checked the c...		 View
2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.8L complete sys
Customer complains that the truck dies randomly under braking or hard turns. He states that there is no rhyme or reason to when it will happen. Sorry about the lack of tests, but he is out of town and wants to bring it in when he gets back next week or so. I t...		 View
2000 Chrysler Cirrus 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire
this car came back on the hook no start, this time the dist cap had a hole burned in it. put a used cap on still no spark check dist with test lite on pin 4 no spark ,bad dist.my question is, are 1996 dist. different ,i had a 96 dist installed it and now it ru... Trouble codes: p0622.		 View
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser 2.4L Cuts out, Misfire
This car was towed in.After running for about 5-7 minutes will start to spit,sputter and die.When trying to restart it sounds like it has lost compression.When you let is sit for 10 minutes it will start fine and do the same thing again after 5 minutes.This ha...		 View
2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser 2.4L No Start, Misfire
WE have this PT Cruiser, it was towed in -complaint is it died in interstate. When you crank it, it will try to fire on 1 cylinder(judging by the way it sounds)once in a while. Acts a lot like a timing belt that has slipped a tooth.we pullled t-belt cover and ...		 View
1996 Dodge Ram 1500 Truck 5.2L abs light on
HI Y'ALL! I have this Dodge Ram 1500 pu with REAR ABS ONLY that the abs light stays on. It flashes code 4 when checking at 16 pin connector. I have 5 v ref to the rear abs valve (below master cyl). I tried to unplug module under dash and could not clear codes....		 View
1997 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L MIL Lamp on
first off thanks in advance for reading this post. vehicle came in with code p0106 barometric pressure out of range. when monitoring the map sensor on scan tool, i get 4.61 volts koeo. intermittenly the voltage will be about .59 volts koeo on the scan tool, wh... Trouble codes: p0106 (barometric pressure out of range).		 View
2001 Dodge Stratus 2.4L Surge
Customer just bought this vehicle but has small problem when you are at an idle and just start letting your foot off or just light braking vehicle will feel like it is chugging there is no data change on scanner engine or trans. does anyone have any ideas or h...		 View
2004 Dodge Ram 2500 Truck 5.9L cruise
two items requiring clarification. first, with cruise engaged and working after driving .5 to 1.5 miles cruise will drop out and not reengage. shutting off vehicle and reengaging has allowed cruise for short time until it drops out again. no codes and switch...		 View
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L abs module
2005 grand caravan, abs light/brake light always on, no comm. on scanner. unplugged and checked pins for hot and ground tested good. replace module with used one same symptom. this vehicle does have traction control. pins at ebcm 1 and 16 good ground, pins 9 a...		 View
2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Truck 5.9L speedo
thank you in advance for your help. customer called while driving and said that his speedo quit working, the abs light and brake light and engine light came on, transmission was shifting funny, and the brakes felt weak,other than that the truck ran fine and fe...		 View
1995 Ford Explorer 4.0L All gears
Customer had no serious complaints with the transmission before service but was educated that transmission services extend life. After the service he took on a trip and occasionally it would make whining noise like slippage. Next day he's towing a trailer and ...		 View
1996 Ford Taurus 3.0L heat
looking for some help from the ford techs out there.i have a 96 taurus that has no heat.blend door is working and flushed out the heater core.this car has been here every fall and we flush out the heater core and heat works.this year flushed core and flowed go...		 View
1997 Ford F-150 4.6L Gem module
Hello I have a 1997 F-150 that doesn't go into 4wd, it has shift on the fly. The 4x4 light on the instrument cluster lights up when the key is turned on. I tapped on the shift motor but nothing. I checked codes and have a P1820 in the GEM module, current hard...		 View
1999 Ford Expedition 5.4L wipers,windows,radio,cluster
Came in with no wipers,windows,radio,and the cluster has no mil or other lamps till engine is cranked, then cluster will light up, still no wipers,windows or radio. Under self test with solus, I get the drivers window will come down 3" by there self,and I get ...		 View
1999 Ford Ranger 4.0L No Start
We have a headache in the shop today. Vehicle stalled on the road and towed into shop, customer concern was a crank, but no start. Vehicle cranks fine and fast. Checked spark and fuel injector pulse. We have no spark and injection pulse only for only two secon...		 View
1999 Ford Windstar 3.8L No Start
Hello all you Ford techs out there. So we have a 99 windstar and the car was towed in for a no start condition. The car has good spark but no fuel. Tested the relay. Removed the pump from the car and gave it direct power and the pump is working fine. The filte...		 View
1999 Ford Contour 2.5L Poor Idle Quality
Ltft1 -25% ltft2 25% at idle come off of idle goes to normal, cleaned maf sensor, PIDs look normal, O2 senors hooked up correctly. Checked for vac. leaks no leaks that i can find new intake gaskets (upper and lower). EGR fine, iac fine, o2 switching correctly,...		 View
2000 Ford Focus 2.0L MIL Lamp on
car came in for smog check, it failed the functinal test due to mil on with the p0171 code present. The emissions are perfect. we are in a basic area so we don't have to check for N0x. we just check the egr functional. at the beginning I thought it was a vaccu... Trouble codes: p0171 (system too lean).		 View
2000 Ford KA 1.3L alternator
Hello everyone , can someone tell me how the alternator is removed on this KA, it looks like the engine needs to come out. Thanks Ron		 View
2003 Ford Ranger 2.3L MIL Lamp on
vehicle came in with check engine light and code po505.checked power to iac and continuity, all good.suspected iac but you can remove iac from intake and it runs normally. there are 2 ports on intake,top one is a blocked hole and bottom is a through hole to in... Trouble codes: p0505 (iac system).		 View
2005 Ford Mustang 4.0L speedometer
This is a new customer, no history of car. It presented with an inoperable speedometer. The odometer works. We checked all fuses and hooked up our mt2500 scan tool. We get a " no communication " message even when we try to use generic setting. Pulled the pcm a...		 View
2005 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L Hesitation
Code will set after car is ran for a few hours. It doesn't always set a code, but usually before it does it will spark knock real bad. Acceleration doesn't seem to be quite as responsive as it should be on take off.Without any other codes or indications of oth... Trouble codes: 171 (lean bank 1), 174 (lean bank 2).		 View
1992 GMC Jimmy 4.3L No Start
help. got an easy one for you gm guys, im trying to dia no spark condition its got an hei looking 6cyl distributor. checked at coil i got no power to coil and no ground signal when cranking. went in to the module and i can see that my scan tool says 200rpm cra...		 View
1995 GMC K2500 6.5L excessive diesel smo
on start up blows excessive white smoke truck is stick shift after running till hot clears up timing in spec reads 14psi boost at idle on scanner actual 2 lbs plugged in another boost sensor not putting it in intake horn still shows 14 pd boost		 View
1999 GMC Yukon Denali 5.7L blogs down
good evenging everyone. truck came in for no power once warm up , check for codes, none found. fuel presure 55 - 60 at sharder valve . clean map air flow sensor. customer had truck at other garages. they did a complete tune up. truck once warm up will not go o...		 View
2004 GMC Savana 2500 4.8L Misfire
Hi guys, hope someone has seen something similar to this. Van came in 6 mo. ago with bad misfire on #6 and other 3 midle plugs both sides. Performed injector drop test and looked ok. Ran through motorvac twice and misfires quit. Still had idle rougher than i w... Trouble codes: p0174, p03000.		 View
1998 Honda Accord 3.0L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on
this car i have been working on for a while the engine when accelerating cuts out at 4000 rpm, acts like a gm product when in neutral would not go past 4000 until put into gear. i have replaced the tps with a good used one, i have replace the v-tech solenoid, ... Trouble codes: 1259 (v-tech system).		 View
1999 Honda Accord 2.3L Stall
i have a 1999 honda accord in my shop and custumer complains in stalls. twice it happened to her on the highway at normal cruising speeds and about 6 time it stalled mybe 20-40 second after she started the car, hot or cold engine. i now had the car for a week ...		 View
2000 Honda Passport 3.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
This Honda was brought to us after multiple shops have had their hands on it. From what we can tell there has been a salvage yard engine installed. The MIL will flash when ever you get over 2000 RPM, but does not always store any codes. I have seen it throw a ... Trouble codes: p0300 (multiple cylinder misfire).		 View
2003 Honda Odyssey 3.5L Cooling Systems
Hello all thanks for taking time to read my request. Have a Honda here that is loosing coolant. I pressure checked no external leaks found. I removed all spark plugs and pressure checked it again (looking for any signs of coolant) none seen. I used a block tes...		 View
2004 Honda Odyssey 3.5L Electronic
Vehicle first came in for a check engine light. PO740, torque converter clutch solenoid circuit. Tested wiring and finally went ahead and replaced solenoids. Vehicle came back in with a smoked trans, fluid looked like mud. Rebuilt trans and two weeks later, li...		 View
2001 Infiniti QX4 3.5L Poor Idle Quality
Hello Fellow Techs. I have here a vehicle that came from another repair shop for a High Idle Speed, and oil leaks. The oil leaks have been repaired, but I am unable to get the idle under control. There is a fault P0505 - IAC VALVE-AUXILIARY AIR CONTROL (IACV-A... Trouble codes: P0505 (iac valve-auxiliary air control iacv-aac valve).		 View
1993 Jaguar XJS 4.0L MIL Lamp on
Hi guys, Got a dumb question. We can't find the OBD2 connector on this vehicle. One source tells us its in the trunk under the battery another tells us its in the center console. We even went to the 92 model (prod. date 11-92) and it tells us its located abov...		 View
1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7L oil pressure
Hello, Was Wondering if anybody Has run across this problem,while the vehicle is running oil pressure is a constant 40 psi at idle,when accelerating the engine, oil pressure will decline at a steady rate untill it reaches 0 psi, did not notice any internal noi...		 View
2002 Jeep Liberty 3.7L speedometer
good evening all i have this 2002 liberty here which came in with a check engine light on and the speedometer not working. i drove it and varified no speedometer and lso noticed the odometer was not changing nor was the trip meter. the customer stated this o...		 View
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7L atc
Set the temp on both sides @ 77 degrees, floor/vent position, fan about 1/4 of the way up.(this is how I verified the problem but can happen at other settings) After a short drive, 1 of the sides will start blowing cool/cold air, the other side will be fine. A...		 View
2003 Land Rover Range Rover 4.4L abs
This vehicle sets codes in just about every ECU all relating to a CAN fault with the ABS system. ABS ECU reports: 1)ABS ECU fault 2)Temporary system deactivation 3) Suspension system CAN fault. Cleared faults and drove car about 20 miles and codes returned. H...		 View
2004 Land Rover Range Rover 4.4L battery
this vehicle has a draw that ranges from 3 to 6 amps.the only tsb i can find on this vehicle is the hvac has a draw at times but pulled the fuse for it and it will not affect the draw.we haved pulled the fuses one at a time and the only fuses that seems to alt...		 View
2004 Land Rover Range Rover 4.4L air spring
My question is how i must presurize manual because i was checking on my tool and i only have height calibration and some actuations but i dont have a presurize mode from the scanner before to down the car from the lift, please help me because i want made the p...		 View
2002 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L No Start, Surge, Cuts out, Stall
Hello: I got kind of a tough one here. So thanks for taking your time to help. The symptom is the car will loose the temp. guage after 20 - 30 min. of driving, then will shift erratically and hesitate or stall. One time it stalled and wouldn't restart for a co... Trouble codes: P0305 (Cyl 5 Missfire), U1073 (ELEC IPC Code Missing ECT Data), U1262 (ABS Code Communication Protocol Bus Fault), U1073 (ELEC IPC Code Missing ECT Data), U1262 (ABS Code Communication Protocol Bus Fault), U1059 (Communication Loss for Transmission).		 View
2002 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L unknown
Customer hears a noise coming from the Engine compartment at light throttle between 20mph-35mph when cold. The noise usually last about 3sec-30sec. I did hear the noise in 2 different test drives and both times the noise lasted 2sec-5sec. To me the noise sound...		 View
1999 Mercedes-Benz E430 4.3L No Start
I have spark and injector pulse. Checked crank sensor on lab scope and it is there. I put carb cleaner in intake and that didn't keep it running. I have 180 psi compression, no codes. If I hold the accelerator to the floor it will say running barely and died a...		 View

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2003 Acura MDX 3.5L Stall
Thanks to all who replied. My next visit with car was for a valve adjustment, which made sense to me since these Acura's have been noted for tight valves. In fact I had one with similar problems a few months ago with random-misfire codes. That problem turned ... Trouble codes: P0172 (rich condition bank 1), P0175 (rich condition bank 2), P2279 (intake air system leak).		 11
1986 BMW 535i 3.4L clutch
thanks to all who answered,we drove the car for a few hundered miles and the problem happened last night.checked bracked had no crackes, so looks like clutch master, this is what we thought, but we needed to see for ourself. we are surprized that a brand new...		 13
2002 BMW 325i 2.5L Air Bag
Thanks for the help, as most replies said the positive cable was blown out at the terminal and someone had just shoved it together. The body shop that brought this here did not go for repair and elected to take to auction as is. I did later find this info in G...		 7
1993 Buick Park Avenue 3.8L Surge
This has turned out to be a "simple" problem!!! A lot of very good suggestions from the 20 replys I received. The list of suggestions include MAP sensor, TCC slip, Coil output, crank sensor, TPS, airflow meter,shorting injectors, ruptured fuel pressure reg...		 22
1994 Buick Skylark 2.3L Stall
I Replaced PCM road tested & stayed in open loop until spprox 165 degrees no stalling..thanks to everyone for you help		 9
1987 Cadillac DeVille 4.1L compressor
Thanks to everyone who replied. Your input is greatly appreciated. The previous time the A/C would not work, it was due to a bad power module. Due to the cost of a new one, the customer opted for a used one. It lasted about 3 months. This time when grounding t...		 7
2000 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L Cooling Systems
Eric you were dead on along with bad thermostat that customer installed from autozone removed bolt / bypass and it was stopped up solid and reinstall with delco thermostat and the car has not run hot since thank to all you guys for your help , but some time yo...		 22
1994 Chevrolet Lumina APV 3.8L speedo
Have been waiting for the customer to give me feed back, after pulling the computer down and back probing the output speed sensor wire we drove for 1.5 weeks monitoring the signal and never could get this to act up. I pulled computer connector and tried tighte...		 4
1995 Chevrolet K1500 5.7L parking lights
Hi guys, Just wanted to let you all know we cleaned all related grounds,found unrelated fuse blown & let cust.have truck back,as he didnt want to spend any more money. So far so good!Thanks to all who replied!		 5
1996 Chevrolet K1500 Suburban 5.7L MIL Lamp on
Several replies said to do a crank/cam relearn, but neither the snap on scanner or the genisis scanner had that option for this vehicle. Both scanners can do it on other vehicles, so I am not sure that is a possible procedure for this vehicle. We did make su... Trouble codes: p0300 (Random Misfire).		 21
2000 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L gauges, windows
I have to close this fix due to time but I do have positive info to post. The cust. travels alot so he will get the car back in after a while but we are very close to a resolution. Thanks to a tip from Richard [...] contacted the cust. and told him to open the dri...		 5
2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 3.4L engine
thnks all for your input...after walking away from the car and coming back to it...i test drove it with my nifty carreader tool (WHAT AN INVESTMENT) i noticed, on my computer when i replayed the test drive, checking evey steep (sec) that everytime the car hesi...		 4
2003 Chevrolet Express 3500 6.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
WELL WE INSTALLED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND THAT FIXED THE CAT CODE THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 1 TO 2 MISS FIRES AT IDLE ONLY IF YOU LET IT IDLE FOR ALONG TIME, WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE INJECTORS ARE GETTING RESTRICTED CUSTOMER WANTS TO WAIT UNTIL IT GET... Trouble codes: p300 (multiple cylinder miss fire), p430 (catalytic converter efficency below threshold).		 8
2001 Chrysler Town & Country (Van) 3.8L MIL Lamp on
Here is my fix: I applied vacuum to the to LDP to see if it would hold and it did, then I applied a ground to the middle wire with a amp meter it read approx. 45 – 50ma, and the vacuum bleed off from the pump which I’m assuming is good since this is the inter... Trouble codes: P0456.		 12
1998 Dodge Intrepid 2.7L water pump
We put the second water pump on from napa and it has been gone for two weeks. We did not do anything special, just picked out the pieces from the block. Thanks for all the help.		 5
1998 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L door locks
well its all fixed and my customers can get out of the car with out timing the door locks so the door will unlock - the bcm cured the problem. I ordered an oem and had them program it for me. we checked everything we possibly could so thanks to all that gave...		 8
2003 Dodge Neon 2.0L Mechanical
The car has extended warrenty, so we are going to send it to the dealer, I think it is something inside the trans, Most everyone said to check the vent, I forgot to say that I had checked that, a few said it was running to hot and that it might have the wrong ...		 14
1999 Ford Expedition 5.4L Transfercase
I found a transfer case out of a Expedition at salvage yard that still had the sensor on. Found on the connector at transfer case,connector number c1019 wire colors on transfer case side are as follows pin 4 Green/blk,8 Gray/red,7 green,2 Blue,3 Green,6 Gray/r...		 3
2000 Ford Mustang 3.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
YUP...THANKS EVERYONE, IV RAN INTO A PROBLEM WITH A ECONOLINE VAN 4.2L WITH PLUGGED EGR PORTS THAT GET DISTRIBUTED TO ALL CYLINDERS. BUT IT GAVE A EGR LOW FLOW CODE NOT A CYL #1 MISSFIRE. ANY WAY YES THE PORTS WERE PLUGGED COMPLETLY EXCEPT CYLINDER #1.REMOVING... Trouble codes: P0301 (cylinder 1 missfire).		 6
2004 Ford F-150 5.4L cruse control
THE CONSSOUL INTERLOCK SOL WAS THE FIX. WITH IATN AND ALL THE GOOD TEC OUT THERE MAKE ARE JOB A LITTLE BETTER THANKS ROBERT		 3
2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty 5.4L Shifting
Thanks for the replies! The thing that was throwing me off, was the description of the code. I was not associating actuator and solenoid as the same thing. Sometimes it just take a little thump on the head to see the light! Thanks for the thump! I did che...		 2
2000 GMC Safari 4.3L MIL Lamp on
Thanks to all that replied that said the valve and for some of the test info. I had tried all the tests but it was hard to catch it in the act. Finally I did and it was an egr valve internal failure. I had plenty of them go bad but this was a first for an inte... Trouble codes: P0, 405 (egr sensor a circuit low), P0404.		 4
1993 Honda Civic 1.5L ingition switch
Hello, lady decided to go back to the honda dealer as the switch was install about 7 months ago hopefully they can help her. many thanks to all those who responded.		 23
1976 Jeep CJ7 4.2L Park brake strut
Got this one rolling...and stopping! Replaced both park brake equalizer bars with new. Fixed rusted adjusters,all shoes and drums shot,stuck park brake cables, master cylinder started leaking fluid out the back while bleeding...just gotta get this one gone! Th...		 7
2004 Mazda 6 3.0L MIL Lamp on
Thanks to all for Replies. This vehicle passd a smoke Test and the .020 leak test. We replaced the purge valve at first bc they do stick usaually. But In this case , Thanks to Paul [...] Indiana, The LDP was intermitanttly Hanging Open, we replaced it and that ... Trouble codes: p0442 (Small Evap Leak).		 5
2001 Mercedes-Benz C240 2.6L rear sun shade
Thanks to all who replied. I ended up bringing it to the dealer to code the rear SAM. All is well now. 		3
1999 Mercury Sable 3.0L Cruise Control
Hey everyone out there that sent suggestions,went to the bone yard and got another cruise unit,that didn't fix it,checked the cruise release switch next to the brake light switch for the 10th time if you got brake pedal just right it wouldn't work new switch e...		 12
2000 Nissan Sentra 2.0L Hesitation
thanks everybody for the help,the problem was a defective aftermarket MAF senor,got a MAF sensor from Nissan car runs great.		 20
2005 Nissan Maxima 3.5L MIL Lamp on, false misfires
Good replies from Eric,Romain,Thanh,and Dane.Thanks for the input. After much thought and the tsb from an 04 Maxima on the air fuel ratio sensor 2 and a po300 random misfire ,i =I looked closely at the a/f ratio sensor thru all temp ranges. the vehicle NEVER m... Trouble codes: p0300.		 4
2001 Oldsmobile Alero 2.4L no start
As most of you said, we did replace the ignition switch assembly. After we replaced it we had to perform relearn and car has started fine since. I don't know how they can charge $150.00 for a part that small but car is fix and tomorrow is another day and anoth...		 10
1995 Pontiac Bonneville 3.8L No Start, module failure
thanks for all the help. the customer has yet to return and allow me to test the coils and wires. i bet they'll be back when that module burns out again.		 15
1996 Pontiac Firebird 3.8L Poor Idle Quality
We Did one fuel injection cleaning procedure. Seemed to help. Have not heard back from custumer. Which is usually good. Thanks every one for the great ideas.		 5
2000 Pontiac montana 3.4L Misfire
we ended up removing cylinder heads for cleaning & new seals. during the process machine shop found 2 bent exhaust valve due to excessive carbon build up on all valves. thamkyou Trouble codes: p0306.		 12
2000 Pontiac Sunfire 2.4L Surge, MIL Lamp on
Thanks guys. I rechecked for running lean at idle,found vacuum leak at intake manifold gskt. Found it strange that when I sprayed some intake cleaner in throttle body, it did not really change the idle, but when I sprayed at the intake I could hear the change ... Trouble codes: p0420 (cat efficiency - freeze frame - occured at idle).		 6
1985 Porsche 928 5.0L Power Steering
Most replies were to check or replace the filter in the resevoir. Last week I pulled the clip off the plate and lifted the plate up. The filter media was just beginning to get brittle and crumble. And I could see something shiny behind it. I removed the resevo...		 5
1990 Subaru Legacy 2.2L overheating underload
I finally got the vehicle at my place of work and was able to check things out more throughly.I tried bleeding the system again before i tore it down. I noticed that the right bank got hot sooner and didn't allow water to circulate to the left bank to open the...		 28
1999 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire
hello. someone told me years ago. always check base engine... with all the electronics it is easy to get looking too deeply into a problem and get sidetracked. thanks to all who replied lots of good ideas. checked every lead as they came in. removed left hand... Trouble codes: p0304 (cylinder 4 misfire).		 10
1996 Toyota Camry 2.2L Engine`
Swap was simple and direct. Only had to change the cover and crank gear as the cam sensor in this one is in the distributor. Thanks for all the help guys.		 13
2000 Toyota Corolla 1.8L MIL Lamp on
WELL THE CAR HAS NOT COME BACK FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SO THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR HAS FIXED THIS ONE I JUST FELT THAT THE FUEL TRIMS WERE TOO HIGH. THANKS FOR THE REPLIES. Trouble codes: P0171 (system lean bank 1).		 12
2006 Toyota Sequoia 4.7L abs vsc
This vehicle is fixed and needed the ECU calibrated. TSB BR007-06 covers the procedure for zero point calibrating the abs/vsc ecu. Thanks		 3
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