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| 2000 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L Oil Temp Sensor VIN: WAUEH4B7YN The customer brought the vehicle in and the oil temp gauge will not move from the 150 degree mark. When the ignition is turned of the needle will go to the neutral position, when the ignition is turn on the needle goes to 150 degrees and stays there no matter ... |
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| 2004 Audi A4 3.0L driver air bag circuit VIN: WAUJT68E44 this audi has an 00588 srs code ( drivers side air bag circuit fault). It appears that the dignostic info on this system is essentially propritary, alldata and mitchell have virtually nothing useful and the erwin, the audi site suggests that the factory audi s... |
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| 1983 BMW 533i 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: WDADB7400D Need some help old school BMW techs out there. This 533i is running extremely rich (dumping lots of fuel and making the idle rough) for aprox.a minute after startups. hot or cold restarts. after a while it clears off and runs fine. and it is intermittent. Here... |
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| 1991 BMW 525i 2.5L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAHD5314M 91 bmw 525i surging at idle and running rich.ecm was replaced with a used one.old one had two coil drivers burn.the problem is that ecm doesn"t ground o2 sensor relay,therefore o2 is not working signal stay at .70volts and o2 heater is not working.all wiring h... Trouble codes: 026 (f0und no description), 070, 210 (o2 control) |
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| 1998 BMW 328i 2.8L Unknown VIN: WBACD4326W Hey there, i have a 98' 328i that will not start after car sits overnight. Check parasitic drain and found 800mA. Went through and found aftermarket alarm pulled fuses and dropped to 300mA. let it sit overnight and still the battery is dead in the morning. Rec... |
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| 2000 BMW 540i 4.4L speedo/abs VIN: WBADN6348Y mornin fellow techs.hopfully an easy one for the beemer techs.she comes in with trans and engine failsafe message in the cluster and codes for vehicle speed sensor and engine temp sensor.piece of cake right?temp problem is no biggie,etc is leaking and stat is ... |
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| 2001 BMW 325i 2.5L engine VIN: WBAAN37401 Car started using oil alot about 10K ago. 2 quarts in less than 750 miles. We have replace a leaking valve cover gasket and replace PCV parts and hoses under intake. Still 2 quarts in 750 miles. No smoke , no drivability problems. I have looked into history ca... |
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| 2002 BMW 745i 4.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGL63442 this car came in run fine no check engine , the other tech did vavle cover gasket some how he mess up something now the car running rough have code missfire 1,2,3,4 and 27bb(po014) funtion camshaft exhaust bank 1 ... i did relearn motor encentric shaft .. smok... Trouble codes: 27BB |
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| 2001 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L Misfire VIN: 1G4HP54K91 I have a mis-fire on number 6 cylinder only at idle. It will set a code in about 5 minutes. I have swaped plug, ign. wire, ign. coil and fuel injector from oposite bank with no change. Have cleaned EGR valve and replaced intake manifold gaskets and plenium gas... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2004 Buick Century Limited 3.1L No Start VIN: 2G4WS55J74 Hello Group, This Century came in from a collision shop with a complaint of intermittent no start. When the key is turned to position 2, security and check engine lights illuminate properly and fuel pump runs for about two seconds which seems correct. Turn to... Trouble codes: P0336 (CKP circuit fault history code), P0650 (MIL Control Circuit history code), B2957 (Security sensor data circuit low) |
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| 1998 Cadillac Catera 3.0L Accessories VIN: W06VR52R0W New instrument cluster installed at another shop, before and after cluster installation operation of many aspects were erratic at best. No mil, no speedo, no tach etc etc. checked simple stuff, any common problems to look for? |
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| 2000 Cadillac DeVille DTS 4.6L gearshift VIN: 1G6KF5799Y Well after successfully replacing the AC mode door actuator, we now have a problem with getting the gearshift physically moving from neutral into reverse with the engine running. You can take it out of park into reverse the first time but after putting the veh... |
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| 2005 Cadillac DeVille DHS 4.6L electric window & locks VIN: 1G6KE57Y55 This Cadillac has the left rear window and lock not working. When you put the right rear window up or down, the left rear also goes up and down from the left front and the right rear switch. The left and right rear both act as the right rear. There is NO commu... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Blazer LT 4.3L No Start VIN: 1GNDT13W0Y Okay guys my head is sore from beating it against the wall. This blazer was towed in it cranks but does not start. It has good spark and teh fuel pressure is 65 koeo. if i spray carb cleaner in the intake it will run until it burns off and then it dies again. ... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCHK23111 I am working on an 01 chevy 2500hd with the 6.6. Customer had brought this truck to me for general service work, trans service, l.o.f, and a fuel filter. After repairs customer brought the truck back with a p0093 stored and says that it acts like it flairs bet... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1YY32G72 Hi, and thanks in advance. This is my daughter and son in laws car. It is garaged and not driven in the winter. Light came on shortly before car was put away for the winter. P0410 is the only code. They have replaced both check valves, secondary air solenoid,a... Trouble codes: P0410 (Secondary air system) |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Venture Warner Bros. 3.4L hvac control head VIN: 1GNDX13E6Y Ive got this venture van in here, that has an issue with the recirc and fresh air buttons, at random it will go from recirc. to fresh air or go back and forth, when it does this it will not let put it back to recirc. I have searched for tsb's none found, and e... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Z71 5.3L Heat VIN: 3GNEK13T33 Hey guys need help with this one. Got this one from another shop. Vehicle has dual zone automatic heating/ac system and customer complaint is that if you turn both knobs to full heat (90 degrees)everthing is great...verified by putting temp gauge into vent and... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LS 6.6L driver information in dash VIN: 1GCHK29183 Vehicle information system in the dash is changing language from English to French, to Spanish randomly. May stay on one language for a short time but may not. Language default has been changed to English according to the manual instructions. This vehicle does... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet HHR LT 2.2L steering wheel VIN: 3GNDA23D76 First off let say thanks for taking the time to read this. This HHR is in for the steering column replacement. The problem I am having is the steering wheel will not come off. The puller I have used dozens of times has stripped its threads and this seems abno... |
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| 2004 Chrysler Crossfire 3.2L maint. light VIN: 1C3AN69LX4 help please.we need to reset maint.light.mitchell was no help.tech tip was to step on gas pedal 4 times.this did not work.thanks in advance russell dixon |
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| 1995 Dodge Ram 3500 8.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3B7KF23W0S this truck will run good when first started but as soon as the rpm is increast 4 injectors will be shut down by the pcm. If i cut the alt. Field wire to pcm term. #20 the truck will run good untill the batt. Goes dead. If i manually ground that field wire the ... Trouble codes: 43 (Ignition coil 4 primary circuit) |
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| 2001 Dodge Neon 2.0L Battery VIN: 1B3ES46CX1 OK We got a dodge neon call approx. 12day ago no-start, tested the battery.. battery was not holding Charge so we replaced it. Today customer called saying its not starting, brought it to the shop.. recharged the battery with vehicle alternator(running), did l... |
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| 2005 Dodge Stratus SXT 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1B3EL46J55 car came in with check engine light on. scanned and found po491. printed up flow chart from alldata and tested the maf sensor mounted on top of the air pump. it checked out bad so i replaced it with a new one from the dealer. cleared the code road tested it an... Trouble codes: P0491 |
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| 2006 Dodge Caravan 3.3L MIL Lamp on This should be a easy one but has me stumped. Vehicle came in about 4 months ago w/ a p0032 code(htr circuit voltage B1S1). Another tech replaced the O2 sensor(OEM) but didnt do a PCM disconnect so vehicle came back within 2 days with the same code. I performe... Trouble codes: P0032 |
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| 1996 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP6539T Today's headache is a 96 contour 2.0 5 speed. It came in with a complaint if intermittent stall or hesitation when taking off from a stop, intermittent idle surge, and a p0171 lean code. It already had a new Bosch oxygen sensor and a reman MAF. It's a Ford, so... Trouble codes: P0171 |
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| 2003 Ford E-450 Super Duty Stripped Chassis Custom 5.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 1FDXE45M13 Recently we had a Motorcraft coil fail on one of our 2003 5.4 CNG Ford E450s. Not bad enough to set a code, but rough idle, poor performance. The coil was only four months old. I have read through the help requests here on 5.4 coils and found a lot of issues w... |
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| 2004 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L No Start, Hesitation VIN: U04G128601 feels vehicle is out timing, when cranking to start. its takes longer to start. it happens everytime you go to crank the vehicle over. but the vehicle does start and runs fine.just rough time starting |
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| 1998 GMC School Bus Chassis B7T042 6.5L No Start, Stall VIN: 1GBHG31F9W Bus was going down the road and quit. Towed in and saw the injector driver module melted in one spot. Put in new one and relocated with a heat sink. Still no start. It is driving the injector solenoid on and off at about 10 amps. Lift pump tests out ok. What a... |
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| 2001 GMC Safari SLE 4.3L starts and dies VIN: 1GKDM19W51 van was running when parked, sat for 2 months, starts okay , but as soon as key goes back to run position engine quits. |
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| 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 Classic SL 4.8L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1GTEC19V97 Help just had a customer drop off his truck, wont idle and stalls,has misfire on scan tool cyl 1,3 and [...] or 8 but mainly 1&3 assumed cat was plugged pulled 02 was quick and easy ,not the problem, plugs baddly fouled plugs had replaced them first, same... Trouble codes: P0300 (multiple misfire) |
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| 2002 Honda Civic Si 2.0L clutch VIN: SHHEP33502 Customer replaced leaking slave cylinder a couple of months ago. After that he had trouble shifting. The car sat for awhile so he could save up money for a clutch. He towed it in to us about a month ago and we charged the battery and tightened up everything th... |
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| 2004 Infiniti I35 3.5L pump attempting to change power steering belt, have loosened adjuster top and bottom bolt, and the one bolt on the back thats reachable with a 14" extension and swivel, belt tension persists, have about a 1/4 gap by tensioner bolt (due to tension) where in gods nam... |
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| 2002 Lexus GS300 3.0L timing belt installation VIN: JT8BD69S32 Vehicle came into shop for replacement of the timing belt, intake sprocket, camshaft seals,crankshaft seal, water pump, belt tensioner, spark plugs, fuel filter, and ignition wires. I can get the vehicle started but it runs like the timing belt is off a tooth,... |
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| 1994 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1LNLM81W8R This car acts crazy. KOEO shows no codes. KOER comes up with 172. This thing runs fine for a while but every once and while the check engine light comes on the transmission downshifts to second and stays there and the car starts running horrible. During this t... |
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| 1995 Mercedes-Benz S500 5.0L Left-Rear VIN: WDBGA51E7S Hello everyone, I could really use some help here. I have been working on this Benz for quite some time now and I am so frustrated and worn out from crawling all over it; I may have lost some common sense over this. Customer came in with a complaint of a loud ... |
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| 2000 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Windows,Mirrors And Trunk Release VIN: WDBJF65J81 Hey guys, car came to shop with inop windows and mirrors. Customer states just had alternator replaced at another shop, was fine before it was replaced. The verus has no accessabilty to body, i have carman but never bought the connectors (tried throught obd ii... |
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| 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport LS 3.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: JA4MT31H6Y Got a strange one here. I'm not really familiar with Mitsubishi. What is happening is only when vehicle is hot, it wants to stall either at idle, or on a decel making a turn or coming to a stop. It is intermittent, but happens frequently. Acts as if it is a fu... |
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| 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5L Mechanical VIN: 1N4AL11D62 car runs great but is using 1 quart of oil aprox every 350 miles. no leaks. no smoke. i have seen this before on other customer cars but never got an answer. any help apreciated. |
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| 2004 Nissan Altima S 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N4AL11D04 Hello to all. I have a P1111 that will set key on engine off and key on engine running. Code will reset right after clearing. Solenoid shows 7.9 ohms. When checking the control wire at the ECU (green,pin#11)I have 13.98v at idle. Raising the idle above 2000 RP... Trouble codes: P1111 (Intake Valve Timing Control Solenoid Low Voltage) |
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| 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme International 3.1L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G3WR14T5K This is an oldy, but goody. This car will set code 13 with almost every trip on the road. Its been that way for years. I tried 2 new oxygen sensors. As long as it is idling the oxygen sensor switches well. About 2 or 3 miles into a test drive it will switch le... Trouble codes: 13 (02 sensor bad open short) |
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| 1997 Porsche Boxster 2.5L Clutch VIN: WPOCA2987V Car came in with the clutch pedal on the floor. The problem is the 2 6mm bolts that secure the clutch master cylinder are broken off in the sheet steel structure that the cylinder attaches to. Access is very poor, and the bolt remnants are tight in the threads... |
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| 2001 Saturn SL 1.9L Fuel gauge VIN: 1G8JW54R01 Fuel gauge, tach and lighting inop. Mileage reset to 000,000 Suspect BCM malfunction, with no codes, any help will be appreciated. |
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| 2002 Saturn L100 2.2L fuel gauge VIN: 1G8JU54F22 vehicle arrived with complaint of fuel gauge always reads full. attached known good sending unit to wire harness and gauge on dash had full range of movement from e to f. removed tank and checked sender and it did not move off full. replaced fuel sender with o... |
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| 2003 Saturn Vue 2.2L Converter Lock-Up VIN: 5GZC43D53S Transmission was not engaging and loud noise from transmission like a bad p/s pump. Transmission was rebuild and cvt fluid and additive were used, transmission burnt clutches after road test, was removed and filter was replaced and new clutches were put in new... |
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| 2006 Saturn Vue 3.5L Mechanical VIN: 5GZCZ53476 Hey everyone, dumb question here and didnt know where to ask. We have a 2006 saturn vue with a 3.5l V6. Our snap on dealer order us in the timing belt tool kit but it will not work on the 06 3.5L. Checked the procedures out on line and the tools needed seems l... |
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| 1997 Subaru Impreza L 2.2L Diff VIN: JF1GC8KP5V Vehicle was bought in because of a notable clunking noise while cornering. This noise was not there before The transmission was replaced. It is not a CV noise it sounds to becoming from the front diff as if one of the side gears were binding up. It is an open ... |
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| 2000 Toyota Tundra 3.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5TBJN3217Y Trk came back this am with misfires in all cyl.@ idle or on decel in park and sitting in shop.drivaibility is fine on streets or freeway. Trouble codes: P0300, P0302, P0304 |
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| 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L Hesitation, Surge, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 5TEMU52N95 This Tacoma suffers from what I would describe as severe lack of power and very high fuel consumption, when compared to similar model and year of Tacoma. The front cat converters were replaced because there was signs of disintegration, though no DTC's were tri... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Cabrio 2.0L No Start VIN: 3VWBB81E9X when warms up it dies and no spark replaced ign.module and coil do not have a good diagram on it. It will start back up when cools down thinking maybe a relay thanks!!! |
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| 1985 Volvo 244 DL 2.3L Hesitation VIN: YV1AX8851F Please note this car has almost 400K and I've been servicing it for around its last 200K. Weird problem. Customer is old so uses the car to go down his driveway,get his mail and then come back up his steep driveway. It's when he comes up that the driveway whe... |
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| 1998 Volvo V70 2.4L speedo tach-odo VIN: YV1LW5536W About half of the instrument panel in this car works. Fuel gauge, temp gauge, trip odo, and warning lights all work. Tach, speedo, odo, and trip computer/clock are inoperative. The other odd thing is the service light flashes constantly. I presume that means s... |
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| 2004 Volvo XC90 2.5T 2.5L gauges VIN: YV1CN59H44 Hello Volvo Techs! Customer states the only after driving an hour the instrument cluster goes out and the car starts to run really bad. If you restart the car again, everything is fine. I used Vida and pulled codes. They all had the same code E003 (configurat... |
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| 2004 Volvo XC90 T6 2.9L Cooling System VIN: YV1CZ91H14 Customer complaint of low coolant light on,refilled 3 times in 2 weeks,pressure check 2 times,no sign of coolant leak, pressure drops from 15 psi to 13 psi after about 1 hour,stays at 13 psi,no signs of coolant in oil or tranny oil,hydrocarbon test,no signs of... |
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| 2005 Volvo XC90 2.5T 2.5L No Start VIN: YV1CZ59215 This vehicle was towed in, customer drove about 1 block from house, died while driving. Has no fuel pressure before fuel filter, or at fuel rail. Has spark at coil and inj. pulse. We can hear the fuel pump run, but no/zero pressure. We understand that this veh... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire), P0301 (Misfire 1), P0302 (Misfire 2), P0336 (Ckp a circuit range / perf) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1995 BMW 325i 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 20SFM24982 HI SORRY I TOOK SO LONG FINALLY GOT AROUND TO LOOKING AT IT YESTERDAY. IT WAS THE GOOSENECK VACUUM LINE UNDER THE INTAKE. SOME HOW IT GOT POPPED OFF. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP. |
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| 2001 BMW 330Ci 3.0L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBABN534X1 FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR THE REPLIES. FOUND THE CRANKCASE BREATHER VALVE TO BE THE PROBLEM. SOMEONE HAD REPLACE THE HOSE FROM THE VALVE TO THE VALVE COVER AND CRACKED THE VALVE IN THE PROCESS. PURCHASED A SLACK TUBE MANOMETER. SHOWED 5 " OF WAT... Trouble codes: P0174 (System too lean), P0171 (System too lean). |
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| 2000 Cadillac DeVille DTS 4.6L mode selection VIN: 1G6KF5799Y Thanks to Juan from California, he hit the nail on the head. We had to get back into the mode door actuator and found that one of the mode doors had slipped out of the white plate that held all the doors in sequence. After getting the doors back in there tra... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Malibu 3.1L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1ND52J21 Thank you for all the input and put a oe cat on it but not before i did another over haul of the system.Took it on the road with scanner in tow and fuel pressure gauge on.Everything is looking good and does not have any problems outside of the milage. Thank yo... Trouble codes: P0420. |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Z71 5.3L Noise VIN: 3GNNEK12TX Thanks to all that responded but the customer decided to take the vehicle.He will bring it back when it gets real bad. I will defenedly update when i find the problem. |
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| 1996 Chrysler Cirrus LX 2.5L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 1C3EJ56H5T Thank you very much for the assistance on this problem. I replaced this distributor, cap and rotor, and repaired a vacuum leak in the tube that runs from the egr valve to the intake. Seems who ever worked opn it last didn't tighten the bolts enough. Engine run... |
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| 2001 Chrysler Voyager 2.4L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1C4GJ25B71 well, i looked up the description and operation on alldata and this is what i learned, the egr trandoser is normally open which allows vacuum to pass untill the pcm shuts it off when the car is started, i was thinking in reverse, (that the transducer would b... |
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| 2004 Chrysler Crossfire 3.2L Body elec. VIN: 1C3AN69L54 Well I chalk this one up to "going to school". A friend of mine suggested to drive it, he said Toyota's with stability control require a "re-learn drive to clear any codes. I drove it less than a half mile and made two turns and just happed to notice light was... |
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| 2005 Chrysler Town & Country LX 3.8L CAB Feed VIN: 2C4GP54L75 Thanks for the replies and sorry for the delay.The customer finally let me have the van back. It ended up being the CAB module. Thanks for the heads up on a repair place to get this fixed instead of having to use a dealer. |
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| 1995 Dodge Ram 3500 8.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3B7KF23W0S It was suggested to rerout ign. wires as per tsb #18-16-98. Allso verify wireing,connecters and resistance of injectors. as of now these have not resulted in a repair, I have dicovered if I cut the alternator field wire to term. #20 to pcm the truck will ... Trouble codes: 43 (Ignition coil 4 primary cirtcuit). |
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| 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.0L top panel VIN: 2B4P2436YR sorry for the unintended delay in closing, i got two replies within minutes of my post & closed the request after walking into the shop & poping off the panel. somthig gliched somewhere. (probably me) as to the repair, alldatas diagram to me seemed to indicate... |
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| 1993 Ford Mustang GT 5.0L master cylinder VIN: 1FACP42E0P After following my own instincts, and the suggestions of all the guys that replied, and lastly, replacing the rear flex line, it was determined that the culprit is the proportioning valve, which is unique to this car, and which Ford says is NO LONGER AVAILABLE... |
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| 1995 Ford Escort 1.9L Electronic VIN: 1FA5P14J4S This one was wierd. I got fustrated and tried different things. I tries replacing the WOT relay that was aftermarket black (oem is gray) with a green one from the fuel pump. It liked that ant the WOT singal went away. I ordered a grey aftermarket relay and... |
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| 2004 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L MIL Lamp on, No power and rattle VIN: 1FTPW12574 First off, thank you for all of the good responses. There were three I beleive, who suspected the catalytic converters. Which is where our problem was. Both front converts self-destructed and dumped the substrate back into the rear converters. We suspected th... Trouble codes: P0171 (B1 lean). |
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| 2005 Ford E-350 Super Duty 5.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FBNE31L25 We had already cleared all the codes as and road tested vehicle as recommended. The only codes that came back were for the DPFE and evap small leak. We were unable to find any issues with either and decided to replace the DPFE as well as the hoses. It has been... |
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| 2005 Ford E-350 Club Wagon XL 5.4L Door Lock VIN: 1FBSS31L95 THANK YOU to all who helped on this one! There was a broken wire in the harness in the cieling of the van. I had printed diagrams from identifix and felt they were incomplete. ALLDATA diagrams were awesome! |
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| 2008 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Limited 4.0L Safety VIN: 1FMEU31E78 module needed as built data put in it. didn't have time sent to dealer. have to figure out how to get as built data myself for next time thanks to all those who replied. |
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| 2006 GMC Canyon SLE 3.5L Cmp Actuator VIN: 1GTDT19656 Thanks to those who replied. Simple valve replacement and an oil change fixed this one up nicely. For posterity and anyone who searches: The vehicle came in with P0017 and could barely idle. Apparently P0014 is also a possibility and the symptoms can var... |
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| 2002 Honda Odyssey LX 3.5L Springs VIN: HJT05H5554 Ed from Wisconsin was correct about the front "boing" noise. The spring was rubbing against the curled up edge of the strut causing the noise. I took the R/F strut apart and put the plastic wrapping on the spring at the bottom where it made contact. Someone... |
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| 1999 Isuzu Amigo S 3.2L shift indicator and shift points VIN: 4S2CM57W5X well... I didnt get a lot of help on this one but thanks alot to the three who gave me some input. I went back to a 98 amigo wiring diagrahm and found that the automatic transmission shift indicator position module is also called the alarm and relay module and... |
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| 2003 Jaguar X-Type 2.5L No Start VIN: SAJEA51D43 Thanks guys testing this car is a lot easier to test than Mitchel makes it out to be. give power and ground to the pump and see if you have fuel pressure. The pump was bad, and was caused by the bad gas in the tank. More like varnish than gas. We replaced the ... |
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| 2004 Jaguar XJ8 4.2L Locks VIN: SAJWA71C04 Thanks to everyone that replied. I tried to reprogram the remote as suggested. I couldn't get the proper chirps when flashing the headlight stalk 5 times after holding it to flash and inserting the key to position #1. Tried several different ways and everytime... |
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| 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7L Hesitation, Hard to Start VIN: 1J4GW58N91 Thank you for all the replies. Unfortunately the customer has not brought the jeep back for me to run any further test. I did forget to add in my original post that I had seen the TSB for the O ring in the fuel pump being an issue but that is why I had went an... Trouble codes: P0750 (Shift Solenoid A). |
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| 2000 Lincoln LS 3.9L Driver's air bag VIN: 1LNHM87A3Y Many thanks to Craig, Gene, Duane, Kenny, Chris and Ronnie who all mentioned the likelyhood of a bad clock spring but it was Bob who also mentioned the presence of "shorting bars" in the connector on the circuit in which we were testing. After removing the sho... |
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| 2004 Mercedes-Benz C320 4Matic 3.2L burning smell VIN: WDBUH82J64 I feel like an idiot! the first time the car came in we actually repaired the car; we just replaced the wrong relay. My tech replaced the relay according to the tech buletin in Aldata & put it in the wrong place with out verifying that the relay actually cont... |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK550 5.5L rotors VIN: WDBTK72F87 well thanks for all replies i agree with you about OE brakes but that was not a problem.. after replacing rt front Wl bearing some of the noise gone . real problem were - summer TIRES !!he got them used but told me that "WO_WO_WO" was before i replace tires... |
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| 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L body leak VIN: 2MELM75W7S First off a big Thanks to those of you that responded. Using your suggestions what we did was remove the hood for clearance, removed the wiper tray and right inner fender panel. We found 2 items contributing to the leak. 1st the upper screen cover for the fres... |
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| 1998 Oldsmobile 88 Royale LS 3.8L Temp Gauge VIN: 1G3HN52K8W Hi Y'all! Thanks for the help. A new coolant sensor fixed this car. This car doesn't have 2 coolant sensors, it has 1, 3 wire sensor. The wiring diagram shows the signal to pcm is seperate from the signal to the gauge in the dash. The signal in the dash goes ... |
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| 1994 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 5.7L no up shift VIN: 2G2FV22P4R WE WENT BACK TO DISCONNECTING MODULES AND OTHER OUTPUT DEVICES. AND FOUND THAT THE PRESSURE SWITCH INSIDE THE TRANS WAS ALSO SHORTED..WHICH TOOK CARE OF OUR COMMUNICATION PROBLEM, THE CAR STILL NEEDS TO HAVE THE TRANS GONE THROUGH FOR MANULE UPSHIFT ONLY.. POS... |
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| 1998 Subaru Legacy L 2.2L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 4S3BD4359X i cleaned the mass air flow sensor and cleaned the crank sensor and took the vehicle for a drive it worked perfectly. we have been driving this vehicle for the past week and a half and have not had any problems. the problem was very intermittent so i am hoping... |
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| 1989 Toyota Cressida 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: JT2MX83E8K Thanks to all who replied. I had allready tried most if not all the recommendations, and finally decided to go back to what started this whole mess. I removed the rebuilt water pump and replaced it with a new one and the problem is solved. Apparently what wa... |
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| 2006 Toyota Corolla LE 1.8L SLT solenoid VIN: 1NXBR32E76 Thank you very much for your very early help guys, I will import a new ECM for this corolla using the ECM update part number (thank you very much Mr. [...] for give me the new updated ECM part number)Now I can be be sure! Thank you very much again! |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Beetle GL 1.9L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 3VWCP21C92 Thanks everybody for send me your help, The car finally was fixed, the problem was the fuel inyectors clogged, I put another ones and the engine recover his power,Thanks again. This system really works. |
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