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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for December 22, 2008 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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2001 Honda Passport EX 3.2L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S6CK58W51 hi all, this car is from my customer who is out of town.she said while driving down the freeway, the car will lose power down to 5mph. took it to a local honda dealer and they told her it needs a computer, which i don't doubt because the check engine light is ... |
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2004 Honda Element EX 2.4L Differential VIN: 5J6YH28544 Good day all I have a customer who brought his 06 Honda Element all wheel drive in for a chatter on tight turns. Upon a road test I am easily able to duplicate the problem. While driving in the tightest circles this vehicle can do at about 1/2 to 1 mile an ho... |
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2002 Hyundai Accent GL 1.6L no start VIN: KMHCG45CXU hi i have 2002 hyndai accent no fuel no spark i have power and ground from pcm timing belt is good engine light comes on but no codes changed crank senser still no start |
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2002 Hyundai Sonata 2.4L above second gear VIN: KMHWF25S12 Hi all, I have a shimmy on this car that is only felt on acceleration when the trans is in any gear above 2nd. The shimmy can mostly be felt in the floorboards. It feels like a bad inner cv axle joint. I have replaced both cv axles and replaced both front tire... |
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1991 Mazda B2200 2.2L Poor Idle Quality VIN: JM2UF3133M Truck has high Idle. Truck was smoking and customer had the engine rebuilt by a friend. After reassembly the engine would not idle down (1500) they adjusted on the carburetor and got the idle down some but the truck would die when it came off fast idle. I have... |
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1998 Mazda Millenia 2.5L Traction Control/Idle VIN: JM1TA2213W It seems as though when the car heats up to a certain range, the "tcs off" and "tcs" light illuminates on the dash and there is an engine rpm surge, it lasts varying amounts of time. If the car is brought to a stop and tries to accelerate during this engine su... |
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2004 Mazda RX-8 1.3L heater VIN: JM1FE17334 Heater blows cold on drivers side and warm on passenger side. Has good air flow on both sides. The problem stays the same on recirc or fresh, panel, dash or floor. We back flushed the heater core but that didn't help. This car doesn't appear to have any sort o... |
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1991 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 3.0L No Start, run on 4 not 6 cyl VIN: JA3XE74C9M Wire Harness was custom made by me, cleaning up direct connection to ECU following electrical schematic. Everything was soldered and shrinkwrapped. Paradox is, everytime the coil is disconnected from the transistor, I have good negative waveform from all 3 sig... Trouble codes: 53 (short/open in ignition cyl 3/6) |
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2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT 3.0L No Start VIN: 4A3AC54HX1 All we did was a simple harmonic balancer, Put it back together to pull it out, and the doggon thing would crank and seem to try to run, the crank speed would get faster like it was Mabe starving for fuel. It has good spark, crank and cam signals show on the s... |
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2008 Mitsubishi Outlander LS 3.0L maintenance indicator VIN: JA4MS31X08 I want some help from Mitsubishi tech i need to now if there is any procedure for maintenance indicator reset. Please let me know if there is any procedure without OEM scan tool. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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1991 Subaru Loyale 1.8L rear window defroster VIN: JF1AC4216M hello and seasons greetings everyone. Would anyone know where to find the rear defroster relay on this car? Alldata says it is in the I/P!! Thanks for your time. |
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2001 Toyota Tundra SR5 4.7L abs module VIN: 5TBRT34171 we replaced the two front bearings and afterwards the abs system keeps kicking in when the brakes are applied |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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2006 Acura RSX 2.0L pulls right and left VIN: JH4DC54896 Thank you so much for all your help and the time you took to respond. It ended up being a bent left strut. I replaced the strut tops and it still did the same pull left and right. When I took the struts back off I saw the one strut did not align. with the spin... |
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1995 Nissan Altima GLE 2.4L spark & fuel pulse VIN: 1N4BU31D5S IT'S OUTA HERE!! THANKS TO ALL THAT REPLIED. I LEARNED A GOOD LESSON WITH THIS ONE. SOME SAID TO CHECK & RECHECK VOLTAGES & GROUNDS, WHICH IS WHAT I DID WITH AN IDENTIFIX HOTLINE CALL. I HAD CHECKED POWER ON THE ORANGE WIRE AT THE DISTRIBITOR WITH A TEST LIGH... |
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1991 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: JT3FJ80W4M Replacement of the #3 injector improved readings enough to pass the emission test, however it was obvious by the readings that a problem still exists. The customer declined further repairs so further diagnosis was not done. Trouble codes: 25 (System Lean), 26 (System Rich). |
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2000 Toyota RAV4 2.0L MIL Lamp on, slight knocking VIN: JT3HP10VXY Thanks to all who replied, several good ideas, and my apologies for not closing this sooner. The customer is unprepared to spend the money for the map sensor at this time especially since we have so little evidence to condemn it and the car runs well otherwise... Trouble codes: P0401. |
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