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| 2001 Acura RL Premium 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JH4A96571C As stated in Repair History,have 2001 Acura 35RL 3.5 V6 with PO 401.Have cleaned Ports and Checked EGR Lift sensor and MAP sensor against Volt charts in Alldata.Both Pass.Have Monitored Opperation whill driving and EGR Lift Voltage varies from 1.5v-2.97.Though... Trouble codes: P00, 401 (Insuff. EGR Flow) |
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| 2001 Audi TT 1.8L traction control VIN: TRUTX28N81 Hi Audi Gurus , We can't find the G200 lateral acc. sensor. We did removed both front seat's carpet,center console... Call dealer & they fax ETKA Illustration No. 927-00 the Part-30 on picture AudiPN- 1J0 907 651 A Part should locate on rear right axle area. W... |
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| 1992 BMW 535i 3.5L stuck in 3rd gear VIN: WBAHD6319N hi everyone, its a friends car and intermittently mostly when cold the message center on the vehicle will display trans. program. and then it will not shift. if veh. is being driven the trans will begin to slip then if the light goes out which it usually does ... |
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| 1996 BMW 318ti 1.9L Engine Cooling VIN: WBACG732XT HEELLPP! This little Beemer came in over heating. We immediately checked flow of the radiator and saw none so we replaced the water pump. (the old one looked fine, plastic impeller but not broken or spinning) We noticed that the expansion tank (overflow bottle... |
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| 1997 BMW M3 3.2L Cylinder Head VIN: WBSCD0326V Pulled head for leaking coolant into #4 overnight. Found crack in head between intake and exhaust valve seats on #4 cylinder. the crankcase and engine are in good condition. The head is not worped and all looks normal. The engine was overheated due to a failed... |
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| 1997 BMW 318i 1.9L cooling system VIN: WBACC9328V Two days after replacing broken coolant tubes, customer came back with car overheating.I put new antifreeze by vacuum method (and vacuum held steady), pressure tested cooling system OK, tested for the presence of combustion gases in coolant OK, started the eng... |
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| 2004 BMW 525i 2.5L compressor VIN: WBANA53584 Hello european techs,have 2004 525I that has a delayed cooling issue. A couple issues with this car are,after sitting overnite,it takes about 5-10 minutes before compressor begins to work. After short duration shutdowns,it only takes a minute or so before ac s... |
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| 1994 Buick Regal Gran Sport 3.8L Stall VIN: 2G4WF15L6R hello,this is intermittant,car will stall on decel from about 25mph down to 10mph.it happens so smoothly,or quietly that you are not aware of it until you notice steering is heavy and tach is on zero.while still rolling you can put trans.into neutral and engin... |
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| 2004 Buick Regal GS 3.8L Starting VIN: 2G4WB52K84 So lucky me got the project installed a remnan bcm from a1 cardone sent it to the dealer to be reprogramed all was well. cusomer came back today with the same complaint no start no crank prndl indicator lights up but no crank have checked the terminals in the ... |
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| 1991 Chevrolet Lumina 3.1L No Start VIN: 2G1WL54T6M scan tool data seems ok but the rpms they read 9999 koeo even with crank sesor disconnected and module disconnected please help i am lost |
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| 1996 Chevrolet Blazer LS 4.3L rev,2,4 VIN: 1GNCS13WOT Thuis should be an easy one for you trans guys. just want to know if the trans is junk or easy to repair. this is my personal vehicle. I got boxed into parking space. while trying to get out I attempted to climb the curbin reverse. the was a loud bang from the... |
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| 1997 Chevrolet Blazer LS 4.3L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1GNCS13W9V I have a97 blazer 4.3l vortec and when the truck first came in it had no gas gauge reading and code p0462 was a hard code i traced the wires and found that it has power going into the sending unit but none coming out so i figured that it was the usual sending ... Trouble codes: P0462 |
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| 1997 Chevrolet K1500 Suburban 5.7L Misfire VIN: 3GNEC16R6V thanks in advance . if ya'll can help me fix his one i think i'll sell my tools and get a job at wallmart as a greater...should be alot less stress!!! vehl came in with miss on4,5,6,7,8, & p0300 replacedcap and rotor for possible crossfire on cap , misschanged... Trouble codes: P0300 (ran cynl miss fire) |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Camaro 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2G1FP22K1Y Thanks for any help. The engine backfires through the intake manifold on snap throttle. Little rough on cold start but clears up when warm, about 160 degrees. Coils all fire but computer shows misfires on all cylinders, but #4, 3, and 5 are the worst. Injector... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Blazer LS 4.3L ignition lock cylinder VIN: 1GNCT18X74 customer cannot turn key back all the way to remove key. we have inspected lock cylinder and related components and cannot find any problems. is there a gm tech/repair shop tech that has seen this condition? any help is greatly appreciated. cheers, john |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Malibu LS 3.5L Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GMJHG5678 fought this problem with this car before. first look at it 6 months ago. car came not running kept tring and finlly started. misfire heavy on 1 3 and 5 cylinder. then after a while just miss on 5 cylinder constant . had spark injection pulse and compression th... Trouble codes: P0300, P0429 |
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| 2006 Chevrolet HHR LT 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GNDA23P06 Hello, This HHR has an intermittent P0010 and and even more intermittent p0013. This pertains to intake cam actuator circuit malfuction and intake cam angle performance (not suprisingly) respectively. Solenoid continuity checks fine and engine oil is clean. ... Trouble codes: P0010 |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Impala LT 3.5L Excessive Emissions, VIN: 2GIWT58K76 need some help on this one,has anyone seen this? when u go to start this car it has spark knock and then its gone.real loud all of a sudden. i cleaned the injectors,carbon cleaning and added octane booster to the fuel steel their.has any one seen this? |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 5.3L abs VIN: 1GNFC13J28 Thanks for reading, vehicle came in after being in a wreck front end damage ABS light Traction light Brake light all on codes are u0140 u0151 u0159 u0164 u0168 u0214 u0109 any help will be greatly appreciated thank you in advance |
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| 1995 Chrysler Cirrus LX 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1C3EJ56H2S Car is been service by other garage.It takes 5-6 days for the cod to set.Rear o2 is working.The signal(0.2-0.4v) is present at pcm (idle ,close loop)The scanner data shows rear o2 no activity(0.45v)The grounds and powers are ok(voltage drop 0.1v)The front o2 n... Trouble codes: 140 (bank1 sensor2 rear o2) |
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| 2001 Chrysler Sebring LXi 2.7L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1C3AL56U51 hey everyone; my problem this time around is a eaccuing code p0601. replaced the pcm in early july for same code. after returning to customer code returned in two days. have had the pcm sent back with warrenty and have another to replace it. i was told bad b... Trouble codes: P0601 |
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| 2005 Chrysler Pacifica Touring 3.5L vent temp VIN: 2C4GM68445 customer has complained of the a/c not working before, however we were not able to verify. customer stopped by when the a/c was blowing warm. we checked gauges with pressures of 34 and 255. warm air from vents. while testing, monitoring etc. the a/c started bl... |
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| 2000 Dodge Dakota 3.9L oil pressure VIN: 1B7GL2AX7Y WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK after hearing it run,oil pressure was OK, after it ran a few minutes the pressure went to zero and the lifters started to rattle, quickly shut it off. decided to tow it home and noticed it had oil pressure for a few seconds when first star... |
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| 2001 Dodge Caravan SE 3.3L bcm/pcm VIN: 1B4GP25361 Ok I have a 2001 Caravan I am working on. It burned up all electronic modules and motors in the car. Perhaps it was a voltage surge? Anyway I replaced the battery, instrument cluster, the IPM&fuse holder+Front control module. This allowed me to start the van, ... |
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| 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport 3.3L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2B4GP44371 van will intermittently show mifires on #1,2,4,5 cylinders but you don't feel any miss. we have checked compression and it is ok,valvesprings are not broken, connection at the coil is good, any suggetions ? thanks in advance. Trouble codes: P0301, P0304 |
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| 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 Van 5.2L ignition VIN: 2B6HB11Y92 Hey guys, tried everything on this dodge. Started as a stalling problem the turned into a no start. we replaced the ignition switch and it started . we then turned to the stalling, traced it to the iac, put a new one on and drove it around. all good . letting ... |
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| 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT 5.9L evaporator VIN: 3D7ML48C36 Vehicle came to us a week ago with complaint of passenger side not cold, test found low charge with leaking evaporator being cause, replaced with oem along with accumulator. Vehicle returned stating that at highway speeds that the passenger side starts to blow... |
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| 1988 Ford F-250 Custom 7.5L No Start VIN: 1FTHX26ZXJ This truck will start only if you advance timing 6-10deg. The previously mentioned parts were installed by another shop. When the truck doesnt start we have spark and injector pulse. Timing chain seems tight. I'm wondering if for some reason the computer is me... |
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| 1994 Ford F-150 XLT 5.0L Powers out VIN: 1FTEX15N9R I have a '94 F150 that powers out when the oxygen goes into closed loop. When the problem occurs the O2 sensor reads 1.15v, the fuel pressure is ok,MAF is in spec. I have tried other O2 sensors with no change, as well as a computer with no change. I have check... |
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| 1996 Ford F-150 XL 5.0L dpfe hoses blow off VIN: 1FTEF15N6T Truck was towed in and would not start. We replaced the coil, coil wire and dist. cap & rotor to get truck to start. We also noticed both DPFE hoses were disconnected from DPFE sensor reconnected hoses and on test drive truck had no power (restricted exhaust) ... Trouble codes: P0401 (insuficient egr flow) |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Unknown VIN: 2FMZA5146W Help Ford Techs!! This Windstar has a squeak from the engine that sounds like it is related to something rotating and seems to be coming from the belt area and goes away as the engine warms up. We have removed crank pully and inspected all rotating componants-... |
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| 2002 Ford Focus SE 2.0L air bag VIN: 1FAHP34P92 I bought this focus and it has a lamp flash code 33 the car has had some rear body damage and a very small light hit in the front but it does not look like any of the air bags have deployed every thing is hooked up and cant find any info on the code 33 any hel... |
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| 2003 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP55S03 This car keeps setting p0172,p0175 codes over the past 18 months.we have replaced the maf,fuel pump and most recently the fuel rail pressure sensor(all ford oe dealer parts) in attempt to repair.The problem only appears to occur at an extended idle-the fuel tr... Trouble codes: P0172 (fuel trim rich), P0175 (fuel trim rich) |
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| 2003 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L rear of vehicle VIN: 1FMZU73K63 We verified concern, customer wanted us to check and see if the brakes were done correctly-we inspected and found the rear brake pads on the wrong sides, and the new rotors both front and rear slightly warped-we did a full service machining, honing and washing... |
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| 2005 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L No Start VIN: 1FTPW14555 Hi, This truck was towed in no start, no fuel pressure, we installed new oem fuel pump and fuel pump module (controller) that sits above spare. still no pressure, we hear pump running very soft with key on cycle. This car has good injector pulse, If I jump pow... |
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| 2008 Ford E-450 Super Duty 5.4L brake swith out of range VIN: 1FDXE45PO8 Really dont know what to check, check engine light comes on and the code is P1703 which says that the brake switch is out of range. Brake lights work and our Ford dealer says that they never sold a switch so I was going to guess and throw one in. Any help woul... |
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| 2000 GMC Jimmy Envoy 4.3L blend door VIN: 1GKDT13W3Y i hope someone out there has seen this before . removed blend door motor . installed a test one and got same result . installed used hvac controll head & no change , this trucks blend door motor just has a mind of its own , theres no telling what its going to ... |
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| 1989 Honda Accord LX 2.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire vehicle runs fine and pulls well normally, then will lose power and die like fuel starvation. Have tried many parts to no avail. Anybody seen this on one of these vacuumed to death pos's ?? |
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| 1994 Honda Accord DX 2.2L No Start VIN: JHMCD5533R Car was towed in as a no start, had no spark. Tested output from 3 distributor sensors, crank sensor signal was missing. Installed customer supplied distributor, engine started and ran. Had a bad coolant leak, customer took car and fixed leak himself, wouldn't... |
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| 2003 Honda Accord LX 3.0L No Start VIN: 1HGCM665X3 see above |
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| 2000 Hyundai Tiburon 2.0L battery VIN: KMHJG35F7Y vehicle would not start battery was discharged, charged battery and tsted ok. let vehicle sit for a day , was discharged again? performed drain test shows 12.9 volts as a draw started pulling fuses once the ecu fuse was removed the draw went away. .07 volts. w... |
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| 2005 Lexus LS430 4.3L Mechanical VIN: JTHBN36F05 Hello, members I have a ls 430 insurance job (drove thru a flash flood) ruined the engine . Alldata says remove the engine with the trans also rack and I think the sub frame. Do you all know of any short cuts time savors? What is the easiest way ? Thanks in ad... |
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| 1998 Lincoln Navigator 5.4L hydraulics VIN: 5LMRU27L3W this truck has been to 4 other shops. When we got it, both front wheels were locked up. Releasing pressure from the calipers frees the wheels. The wheels will lock again after first pedal stroke. Opening the line at the master cylinder will not release pressur... |
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| 2004 Lincoln Aviator 4.6L No Start VIN: 5LMEU88H54 04 aviator came in on wrecker ffor no start no crank batt checks good . no energising voltage to starter. check for codes. has 11 codes .u1262 c1805 b2900 u1073 u1123 u1059 u1041 u1950 b1318 c1897 u1026 .the codes i can find annything on suggest commnunication... Trouble codes: U1262 (c1805-), C1805 (b2900-), B2900 (u1073-), U1073 (u1123-), U1123 (u1059-), U1059 (testing and results) |
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| 2004 Lincoln Navigator 5.4L Unknown VIN: 5LMFU28RX4 We are trying to track down the origin of a vibration (ie bearing whine??) that can be heard and felt through both the steering wheel and front floorboards. Sounds like a wheel bearing and we tried the LF with an OEM unit. Also removed and replaced front drive... |
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| 1978 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC 4.5L No Start VIN: 1070241202 Help all Mercedes Techs! This 450 slc will start and die after a hot soak 30- 60 minutes. With extended cranking and no throttle application it will start and idle low/ rough for the first minute or so.the system pressure is 5+ bar. Cold pressure is in range a... |
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| 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300E 3.0L No Start, Start and Stall VIN: WDBEA30D2G At first cranks no start, installed new over voltage protection relay, now starts at first try, without hesitation, then engine dies in about 10-15 seconds. Immediatley try to start and will not. Let sit for an hour, same thing will occur. This time when start... |
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| 1987 Mercedes-Benz 300SDL 3.0L thermostat VIN: WDBCB25D9H this vehicle was brought in for a overheating issue, another shop did all prevous work to it when i got it it acted like the thermostat was stuck cause it had exstream pressure on top hose but the thremostat was replaced, i removed it to inspect and it looks l... |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Surge VIN: WDBEA32E1R Hi guys, We have a 1994 E320 that originally came in with a bad transmission which we repalced without incident. However, the customer also had a severe surging issue at start up idle that persisted until the vehicle warmed up. It only went away under load or ... |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L power windows and door locks, turn signals, power VIN: WDBJF65J72 Hi all, Vehicle had the right rear window regulator go out and the customer opted to have someone else manually raise the window and disconnect the regulator. I am only mentioning this as I suspect it has something to do with the current issue. Everything work... |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz C320 3.2L Battery/Alternator VIN: WDBRF64J73 Checked on history and found the alternator voltage regulator has problably been defected. |
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| 1997 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on, trans VIN: 4M27V1112W Vehicle is the same as a Nissan Quest. The vehicle came in with a high tps voltage constant. After searching forever, I finally found a loose ground on the intake from someone trying to install spark plugs. I was wrong problem is not fixed, now after the engin... Trouble codes: P0120, P1705 |
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| 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 2.4L compressor VIN: 4A3AC44G61 Hello fellow techs, The air conditioner works great out on the road. When you come to a stop after a few seconds the a/c compressor will turn off. There is power to the relay, if you bypass the relay the compressor will run. There is power to the control side ... |
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| 1997 Nissan Quest GXE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4N2DN1119V replaced o2 without diag due to age (have been serviceing this car for years) recheck with diagnoistics from alldata , fournd no problem circuit test good to eccs no shorts no opens, no problems ... any body seen this one? |
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| 2000 Nissan Frontier XE 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N6DD2156Y Yes, we have a P0420, and NO, it's not the catalytic converter. Brand new cat. What this thing does is it always has 300mV for the rear H02. It doesn't matter if it's cold or hot, it doesn't switch at all. Thus, we put a new front AND rear H02 on it, and it do... Trouble codes: P0420 (Catalyst efficiency) |
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| 2004 Nissan Pathfinder SE 3.5L MIL Lamp on Hey guys! Well this is my first time posting a problem. I went through the search and found no matches. I did figure this one out and I figured someone would run into a similar problem and would need the help. This vehicle came to us from anouther shop with a ... Trouble codes: P1456 |
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| 1994 Oldsmobile Achieva S 3.1L fuel in canister VIN: 1G3NL53M7R the canister under the coolant bottle fills up with gas. only 2 lines coming off of it, and they are routed properly.we replaced the gas cap thinking it's not venting properly but one week later the customer came back with the same problem. any thoughts or hel... |
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| 1995 Oldsmobile 88 Royale LSS 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1G3H45216S I have no injector pulse on #6.He has been having trouble with misfire on occassion. when it does the key chime dings once.He has had this problem for about 6mo.About 2 weeks ago he had a trans issue and they installed a new computer.Does anyone know how or if... |
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| 2002 Oldsmobile Alero GL 3.4L wont crank VIN: 1G3NL52E52 Well of course its 10 after 6 on friday and she calls and the cashless clunker wont start. It wont crank and the security light flashes. All the wrecker drivers are quit and home drinkin. So I clear all the junk off my trailer since shes parked in a PAY lot an... |
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| 1989 Porsche 928 S4 5.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: WP0JB0925K Numbers before the cat at 15mph with Air injection off are: HC-234 NO-1351ppm CO-.13% CO2-15.2% O2-2.9% Vehicle is failing CA Emissions Test with Excessive NOx and high HC. O2 sensor fixed lean but will respond to propane, No Vacuum leaks, Injector on time 3... |
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| 1996 Acura TL 3.2L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: JH4UA3654T first of all thanks to all those who replied to my request for help. found out the vuccum line te the map was restricted allowing some vaccum but only half as much as the manifold. So i tried to free the restriction whith no sucess so i teed into the vommum ho... |
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| 1995 Audi 90 2.8L Electronic VIN: WAUBA88CXS so i ohmed all wires to and from the tcm. all ok. replaced the 2 trans speed sensors, and the neutral safety switch. the display on the dash has all numbers but D and 1. it starts in 3rd. if i manually put the shifter in 1 i will have first. if i shift out of ... |
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| 2000 Audi A4 Quattro 2.8L engine VIN: WAUDH28D9Y Thanks for all of your replies, but i have this one fixed. after market cat converters for the win. the exhuast mount for the left side converter is welded in the wrong place so who ever replaced it decieded to not hook it up. watch out for after market fit... |
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| 1998 BMW 328i 2.8L blower motor VIN: WBACD4329W Thanks to all who responded. The fix was in fact right on with the replies we received. The power stage or resistor assembly was the fix. We did not have any good wiring diagrams from our on-line information site and could not access the blower motor easily fo... |
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| 2007 BMW M6 5.0L multiple VIN: WBSEK93537 Customer and I are both out of time, money, patience, and resources, and vehicle will be sent to the auction. One reply questioned water saturation (intrusion). Yes, the engine was replaced due to hydro-lock, but the vehicle nosed-in and sucked water. A g... |
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| 2003 Buick Regal LS 3.8L ABS Module VIN: 2G4WB52KX3 Thanks to those that replied. Well this vehicle had a few problems and when I talked to the customer again some of them surfaced. Come to find out the owner replaced the battery about a year ago and since then has had these intermittent problems. Rob sent me i... |
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| 2007 Cadillac Escalade EXT 6.2L strut VIN: 3GYFK628X7 Thanks for all the replies. I replaced the strut and was very carefull not to turn the shaft . With this in mind the repair went very smoothly. After the repair I cleared the codes and bingo , no hard code! Thanks in advance for your time. Iatn rocks!!! |
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| 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L No Start Very big thanks to all that took their time to help.After rechecking with the added help all checks out.Powers and grounds are good.Replaced ecm and all is well.Thanks again.K.W. |
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| 1999 Chevrolet Astro LS 4.3L Interior Courtesy Lights VIN: 1GNDM19W9X Well, again iATN comes to the rescue. After pulling many things apart with no luck, we pulled the wiring from under the sill plate of the driver's door and found a short. Sill plate had been pushed down over the years and wiring had rubbed through. We also ... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.3L Clutch, throwoutbearing VIN: 1GTEC14W02 Thanks to all that replied. Apparently, the NV3500 transmission, despite being installed in a V6 1500 truck, is a Medium Duty transmission, and we all know there are no bells & whistles when it comes to MD equipment. Many people have replied that they had si... |
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| 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport 3.3L Speedo/Tach VIN: 2B4GP44381 Pulled guage cluster and inspected and cleaned connection,also lubed with diaelectric grease.Still has issue,also cleaned and lubed main body computer connections.Havent heard back from customer,so maybe we got it.Thanks for all the help!Rick |
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| 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 ST 5.9L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3D7LX39C06 Thanks everyone for the help on this one. We installed a new SKIM/SKREEM module that recognizes the key, programmed both keys sucessfully, trucks starts and runs ok, no codes. Everything back to normal now. Was a learning experience Thanks Evan Trouble codes: P0513 (Skim code key identification). |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L compressor VIN: 1FALP52UOT customer has decided not to repair unit at this time..we narrowed problem down to the p.c.m. by installing one from a identical car his son owns and system worked...thanks for all the replies they were very helpfull in diagnosing. |
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| 1996 Ford F-250 Special 7.3L Hesitation, Stall VIN: 1FTHF25F4T I would like to thank Carl, Ken, Tony and Charles for their help. The stratagy for the PCM only checks the mil lamp at key on for only a second. This was confusing as others stay on. thanks again for the great help. sincerely Don |
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| 1996 Ford F-150 Special 4.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTEF15Y5T The customer that owns this 96 ford has not returned so I can finish diagoseing the problem I think Ive pin pointed the problem. It probably will turn out to be a fuel pump. Because I did not have a chance to check fuel pressure while driving. I only checked i... Trouble codes: P0174, P0171. |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus SHO 3.4L Misfire We checked all eight injectors and this is the only one that shuts down at all. Each injector is controlled by a seperate driver at the ECM. The owner is deciding wether to buy another ECM or to send this one out to be rebuilt. If he makes up his mind and w... Trouble codes: P0304 (Cylinder 4 misfire). |
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| 2002 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 7.3L No Start, VIN: 1FTSX31FX2 first thanks for all the replies. most were very helpfull...after drilling customer about what actually happend.he admitted that he had chip turned all the way up and had engine at red line when it died.after pulling engine to double check low oil pres. pump a... |
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| 2003 Ford Expedition XLT 5.4L interior lights ,chime VIN: 1FMFU15L73 Cleaned lock assembly at door post with EPC then lightly lubed with PB blaster,called customer and asked how it was going and said has had no issue.Looks like it took care of problem thanks for all the help.Rick |
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| 2005 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Misfire VIN: 1FTPW14585 First of all thanks for all the help replies, the finall fix was multiple coil failures. It took 3 coils to totally corredct the prioblem. the last one we changed was #7 which showed a missfire only once out of a dozen times that we checked it. The missfire co... Trouble codes: P0304 (missfire 4 cylinder). |
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| 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 4.8L No Start VIN: 1GTEC19VX4 after removing each module and still having no communication-we went back to the basics. checking the diagnostic connector under the dash we found no 12v power feed. rechecking all the fuses again, we found the lighter fuse missing. installed fuse and now the ... |
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| 2007 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6L Cooling Systems VIN: 1GKER33737 The problem was the antifreeze soaked foam between the timing chain cover and a steel plate. It took a long time to dry out. I sure would like to know why GM put the steel plate down there and had to put foam underneath it. It doesn't attach to anything. I... |
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| 2004 Honda Accord LX 3.0L camshaft VIN: 1HGCM66574 think that the passage from block to head was blocked by debris and caused the loss of pressure to back head causing the cam to seize in head. rather than take chance with tis happing again decided to put another 40,000 mile eng in car. |
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| 2006 Honda Civic EX 1.8L Compressor engagement VIN: 1HGFA16806 First of all, thanks to everyone that replied. I'm going to shoot an educated guess at this one since it is so intermittent. I'm going to take the vehicle to Honda and let them reflash the ECM (since it is under 8yr/80k miles) then drive it for a week to see i... |
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| 2005 Jaguar XKR 4.2L alt. VIN: SAJDA42BX5 after finding proper wiring found white and blue wire at alt connector should have battery voltage as well as white and red.Traced wire back to fuse #2 at under hood pdc.fuse good flipped panel over to inspect,found wire corroded off. |
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| 1998 Jeep Wrangler SE 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4FY29P8W due to some descrepancy in the camshaft and distributor setup there is a sight error in to the exact No #1 spark tower and rotor location, it seems that they are not exactly dead on and no adjustment is allowed with the current setup. the cure is to grind off ... Trouble codes: P1391. |
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| 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.7L Misfire VIN: 1J4GW58ND1 Hello and thanks for the replies to this problem. On a hunch i ordered another new coil pack because of the way the vehicle acted. It had good compression on that cylinder too by the way, i forgot to add that. anyway, the thing runs like new now. I had origina... Trouble codes: P0304 (Cylinder 4 misfire). |
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| 2004 Land Rover Discovery SE 4.6L compression VIN: SALTW1943A Thanks to those that replied, but I did end up digging deeper and continuing with disassembly untill I found the problem. My theory: Cam bearings #3, #4 spun and "walked" out of position, blocking the oil feed holes. Without lube, the rear half of the cam seiz... |
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| 2007 Lexus IS250 2.5L Steering VIN: JTHBK26297 Hello,thanks for all the replies,the vehicle went to a shop that have a oem lexus scanner they reprogrammed the computer and everything started to work again,and has been working for a few days but the cutomer has called me and stated that it dod stop working ... |
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| 1994 Lincoln Town Car Executive 4.6L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1LNLM81WXR After all the tip we got. we unpluged the mass air and the problem did not go away. so we checked everthing else and nothing was fixing the problem. and the we got about 14 out of 17 repies that said check mas air . so we just replaced it and fixed the problem... |
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| 1994 Lincoln Town Car Signature 4.6L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1LNLM82W8R Fixed it. Got very excellent responses from Tom, Fred, Ian, Steve [twice], Joe, Brian, Guy, and Leslie. I was as sure as I could be that it was starving for fuel but Steve mentioned a TSB about intake manifold problems I thought I would look at. I wasn't able ... Trouble codes: 181 (System lean bank 1), 168 (Inj. pulse width higher than expected), 169 (System lean bank 2). |
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| 2000 Mazda 626 LX 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YBGF22D9Y Thank you for all your replies. The EGR passages had been cleaned and this is what actually had caused the problem. A pcv hose was found flattened under the intake manifold. It had been disconnected and was causing the egr flow code due to the large vacuum lea... Trouble codes: P0400. |
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| 1995 Mercedes-Benz SL600 6.0L ride control VIN: WDBFA76E5S thank you for the replies. for all who run into this problem. the seals are replacable on the valve. my friend new a parts guy at mercedes that was willing to do some extra searching. i removed the valve from the assembly and sent it to the dealer where they f... |
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| 2001 Mercedes-Benz C240 2.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDC2030452 Ok guys sorry i took so long with this one. I replaced the harness and so far so good that customer is happy, guess the oil got into the harness and wes causing issues as the motor warmed up. Trouble codes: P2031 (032- G3/2 before CAT O2 sensor at off sensor signal error P0130). |
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| 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 4.6L cat monitor VIN: 2MELM74W3V It ended up being bad injectors on bank one. They were not leaking or sticking. The injectors were cleaned with a motorvac but still did not work correctly. There were slight misfires on bank one that you could see in the o2 sensor waveforms. Four new Ford ... Trouble codes: P0420 (cat efficency bank one). |
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| 1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 2.4L Charging system only VIN: 4A3AJ46G4T Hey everyone thanks for all your help, the main lesson here is NOT to use a cheap aftermarket rebuilt alternator they don't work. I know they cost a little more but buy a OEM- Denso unit you'll only have to change it once NOT 3 times again thanks Dean Smi... |
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| 2003 Pontiac Grand Am SE 3.4L signals, wipers, security VIN: 162NF52E53 The customer has not yet returned for this one, but most of the replies I've recieved did lean toward a multiple problem. Ign. switch and wiper module were the most popular responses. One person suggested the hazard switch which is linked to the ignition, can ... |
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| 2007 Pontiac Torrent 3.4L steering angle sensor VIN: 2CKDL63F27 thanks to all who replied. the steering angle sensor and the motor are one unit. and its replacement fixed the problem. just bought a tech2 tried to do the repair with just the modis with 9.2 got the power steering working but the traction control lamp wou... |
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| 1999 Subaru Legacy L 2.5L Stall VIN: 4S38G6853X I drove this car for over 100 miles and nothing happened. I am thinking an ignition switch but not sure. Customer wanted car back and came and got it, haven't heard anything yet. Trouble codes: P1100. |
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| 2003 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on, VIN: JF1GD29693 turns out the first sensor was ok. i removed the opposite sensor to see which way the the actual valve was facing, left side was 90deg different from the right side. removed the actuator on the left valve, rotated it 90deg and reinstalled sensor and actuator, ... Trouble codes: P1086 (TGV Sensor 2 Circuit Low). |
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| 1999 Toyota Solara SE 3.0L alternator? VIN: 2TICF28P4X We installed a larger reserve capacity battery to alleviate this situation. Also, I have taken a smaller diameter pulley from a ford alternator and ground out the center to prepare for his return, if he does. This will increase the speed of the alt about 30% i... |
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