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| 2004 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L engine VIN: 5UXFA13584 Should have never let this one in the shop. Car came in with a broken valve spring on #2 cylinder. Pulled head, had a reputable machine shop clean the head up and milled .010" off. Used the properly sized gasket kit from BMW and reassembled per procedure. Ca... |
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| 2004 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L Transportation Mode VIN: SALMF11404 Thus vehicle came to us with inoperative wipers and various othe electrical faulures. I seemed to remember something about a "transportation mode" on these vehicles. It does give info to my Autel MaxiSys that the vehicle is in transportation mode. The scanner ... |
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| 2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 4.4L abs module VIN: SALSF25426 This car came in for normal service the customer said that randomly he would get a message air suspension inactive.We found a code in the ABS ECU C1A96-64 brake light switch circuit-signal plausibility failure I should mention he was also complaining that it w... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall VIN: WDBGA51E2N Greetings fellow Technicians, This Mercedes will run rough and stall out intermittently. The complaint has been present for more than a year.Each time the car comes in on the hook it starts up and runs fine.The customer states if he waits 1/2 hour the car will... |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG Kompressor 5.5L long cranking VIN: WDBNG74J83 Hi to all.I have this car 2003 Mercedes S55 V8 5.5L customer complain intermittent die, restart no problem . With TDC PO335 crank sensor. Try all day no problem .Recommend crank sensor and Updates ECU.After replace new sensor, car took a long times , long cran... Trouble codes: P0335 |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L Mechanical VIN: WVWWH63B74 hello vw gurus,,,got this passat that came in making alot of rattling noises esp on start up...pulled valve covers..and chain tensioners were missing plastic guides and marks on on one cam was off a tooth...i went ahead and replaced the tensioners,seals,v.cove... |
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| 2010 Volkswagen Routan S 3.8L autostick does not activate VIN: 2V4RW4D12A trying to determine why autostick system does not activate when the lever is moved left/right the trans remains in D no manual shifting allowed/activated |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 2001 BMW 320i 2.2L cooling VIN: WBAAZ27201 it apears that this engine does not have a electric thermostate,M42. as the engine runs ok and eng check light does not come on customer happy to drive as is,thanks all |
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| 2003 BMW 530i 3.0L immobilizar Thanks To everybody who took is time to reply. The fix is perform coding in instrument cluster |
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| 2003 BMW 525i 2.5L Radio VIN: WBADT43433 Customer has not returned to have us look at the radio problem. Thanks for all your help, sorry that i dont have any new info. |
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| 2005 BMW 745Li 4.4L No Start, Cuts out VIN: WBAGN63565 i am sorry to say, but this car is going to the dealership. I found that the small e box fan in the control unit box on the passenger front under cabin filter was out. Causing the ecm to overheat and shut down the car. Kinda like how a labtop will shut down if... Trouble codes: 2EFE, 2A58, 2D72, 2F71, 2E95, 2F45. |
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| 2007 BMW X5 3.0si 3.0L no communication VIN: 5UXFE435X7 used bmw battery also BMW stated you have to use the same type of battery that's in there which was a agm type, you could switch to a lead type battery but it would have to be reprogramed, also I found the fuse which was blown replaced that and all is well Th... |
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| 2009 BMW X5 xDrive48i 4.8L no acceleration VIN: 5UXFE83559 Thanks to Gerald, Andy and Vladimir, hit it on the head, there was a harness repair kit for throttle body, when we first called bmw regarding a repair harness they wanted to sell us the whole engine harness, it wasn't till after much questioning that they said... Trouble codes: 11757 (2ded), 11570 (2d32), 2CF8, 2DF9, 2CFA, 5F77. |
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| 2003 Saab 9-3 Arc 2.0L No Start VIN: YS3FD49YX3 Thanks for all the replies. The fix was a new ignition switch assembly. Once I got it out, I found that something had been spilled on it. New switch solved the no crank problem and the stuck in on position problem. Trouble codes: B3981 (PDM missing on bus or not added.), B3700 (Stalk sw. interval not correct). |
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