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	2003 Audi A4 1.8L transmission control module VIN: WAUJC68E33 hello everyone this Audi is giving me a head ache. The symptoms are this. Drive the car shifts fine for a while then it will suddenly shift into neutral. sometimes for a second sometimes for a few minutes. At the time it does it I lose communication with trans...	View
	2003 Cadillac CTS 3.2L Oil leak rear main seal VIN: 1G6DM57N03 Had a drip after driving coming from bell housing. It would leak and leave a puddle only after driving. Rear main seal was what I thought it to be. Replaced the rear main seal and still saw a leak, it was smaller but still leaking so I dropped the transmission...	View
	2000 Chevrolet Express 1500 5.7L TCC Stuck on VIN: 1GBFG15R1Y Hello Group,I have a friend with this Chevy van that lost 3rd and 4th gear that I am trying to help out. I do a lot of transmission repair on Euro cars but never touch any domestics so I told him that I would R and R this trans for him and send it to a rebuild...	View
	2006 Chevrolet HHR LT 2.2L Cooling Systems VIN: 3GNDA23D06 OK, guys I am still in the process of getting info (HOPEFULLY) on this thing from the customer but here is what I've got. 2 months ago, came in with a MIL and overheating. Was looked at by another tech here, code was thermostat performance. Tech replaced the t...	View
	1968 Dodge Dart 270 3.7L Poor Idle Quality VIN: LH41B8E154 I have this dodge had not been running in a year or so came to me with no spark so i put a new coil , cond , plugs and wires got it to fire up carb flooding big time. Overhauled carb with a new float now car has bad idle runs great at high speed. I adjust the ...	View
	2009 Dodge Avenger SXT 2.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1B3LC56BX9 Vehicle lacks power and mil flashes on acceleration. Checked cam sensor bank 2 (exhaust side), has good square wave. Tested exhaust cam position solenoid with bi-directional control-does not work. removed and tested with intake cam harness-solenoid works. pcm ... Trouble codes: P0017, P2017	View
	1976 Ford Gran Torino 5.8L compressor A/C freezing up. uses ambient sensor in frt. of Rad. Sensor Bnd so added pressure sensor on Low side, on at 35 lbs.-off at 6 lbs. have Evac & Recharge with 1/2 lb. less, still freezing up lines and suction inlet at comp. Cannot get car to cycle A/C clutch so i...	View
	1988 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L Stall VIN: 1FTEF14N1J 1988 F150 dual tanks, dies and will not restart at random times. Other shop has replaced both pumps to no avail. the truck sputters then dies and will not restart until it cools down. fuel pressure has not been checked while condition is present. 1 Found DFR ...	View
	1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Hesitation VIN: 2FMDA5148T Fellow techs, I am at the point where I need some ideas. It came in with complaint of intermittent hesitation on take-off. The cel was not working and had random misfire codes and imrc codes stored. Plugs took care of the misfire, and 2 imrc pigtails and 1 imr...	View
	2000 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on There may be some grammatical errors if so I apologize, it's very late at night here and I'm exhausted. Now after hours of time on this truck and literately having gone from one end to the other I'm running out of ideas. In a last bit of desperation I pulled... Trouble codes: P0175	View
	2005 Ford Five Hundred Limited 3.0L Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAHP25115 Pulled codes and checked fuel rail pressure sensor vs. Manual gauge and they are with in 5psi. Desired fuel rail pressure is 55psi fuel rail pressure is 14psi and drops when vehicle stalls. Powers and grounds were checked to fuel pump driver mod. And fuel pump... Trouble codes: P0191 (Fuel pressure)	View
	2006 Ford Fusion SEL 3.0L Engine Pull VIN: 3FAHP08186 Good day everyone again, we are pulling a engine on this 2005 ford fusion 3.0 liter. have to ask if anyone knows if it will come out through the top or dropping it out the bottom. seems its coming out the bottom but we wanted to see if anyone knows or has don...	View
	2008 Ford F-150 XLT 4.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRF12288 Hello and thank you in advance for all help givin. I have this truck with said p0340. Syncronizer was making the belt noise along with the check engine light and code. I installed a new Syncronizer and Sensor. Now the noise is gone but the code is not. I rec... Trouble codes: P0340	View
	2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty XLT 6.8L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FDXW46Y68 Hello all. I have an f450 in my fleet that has given me problems for over 6 months now.I changed the pump in January and everything was fine until a week ago. it is giving the same symptoms as it was when the pump was replaced. The fuel pressure is fine until ... Trouble codes: P0191	View
	2009 Honda Pilot EX 3.5L compressor VIN: 5FNYF48419 Hey all I got this pilot and the A/c is not as cold as it should be. I did the pac kit because the pressures were off. The high side pressure is 120 and the low side is 90. the cooling fans appear to be running like they should. After the pac kit was done the...	View
	2006 Hyundai Tiburon GT 2.7L Hesitation, Surge VIN: KMHHN65F66 While driving it feels as though the brake is being applied about every 5 seconds and feels like a lag. There are no codes. I've checked the volts on the tps at idle and full throttle. Checks good. Also checked the maf at idle, 2000rpm and 3000rpm. That too ch...	View
	2006 Jaguar Vanden Plas 4.2L low beam lights VIN: SAJWA82B76 both low beam head lights do not work all other lights work has code b2249 head lamp rely short to battery cant find any information on this code or where the rely is located. any information would help.	View
	2008 Sterling Bullet 55 6.7L Engine VIN: 3F6WK76A68 I am no diesel man, so I hope there is an easy fix that I have overlooked here. This truck will crank and want to start, but will not run on its own at all. I checked the operation of the in-tank pump by pulling the supply line to the CP3 pump and commanding t...	View
	2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca Limited 3.0L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S4WX83C16 2006 subaru tribeca keeps throwing codes 21&11 so far i have flushed/changed oil 4 times with new filters replaced both banjo bolts with filters, tested all four solenoids this vehicle does have a spark knock under hard acceleration it takes 3 drvie cycles for... Trouble codes: P0011, P0021, P0016, P0018	View
	2000 Toyota Corolla VE 1.8L Engine VIN: 1NXBR12E3Y Hello Friend, This 2000 Toyota corolla was towed to my shop for none starting.He says that he was driving it and came to a stop sign and the car quit and wouldn't re start. On my first inspection when I cranked it the engine turned freely like lack of compre...	View
	2002 Toyota Camry SE 3.0L Module Vehicle came into shop, ABS light on solid. Using Snap-on Modis Ultra, followed instructions to short out pins 4 and 13 of OBDII Connector and read codes from ABS light blinking in instrument cluster. Recorded codes 34 and 38 relating to RHR wheel sensor. Remo...	View
	2009 Toyota Corolla XLE 1.8L Cuts out, Stall VIN: JTDBL40E69 This corolla got towed in as an intermitt, start and stall. About 2500 miles ago a shop had installed a junk yard motor because the owner over heated it and took out the head gasket. Once the used motor was installed, everything worked great for the first 2500...	View
	1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on, no power VIN: WVWMA63B5X Car has been worked over by every "cheap Tech" in town. so needless to say a "mechanic" drove it in and wanted me to diag./Reset the Throttle Body. Originally there were over 2 dozen codes. we cleared and attempted a Recal to no Avail. It set a P0300 P03010 30...	View

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	2002 Audi A4 1.8L front wipers VIN: WAULC68E02 Well this one is officially fixed. I wanna thank everyone who took time to reply to my post. All the info were good and useful but I can confirm that on this yr model the hood position had no effect on the wipers. They will work either way. Also I like to add ...	9
	1998 BMW 740iL 4.4L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: WBAGJ8329W Thank you again for all of the great replies we recieved. We have changed the crankshaft position sensor to rule that out, and that did not fix the problem. We also inspected the DWS anti theft system, but were not able to come up with any faults. We are next ...	8
	2011 BMW 535i xDrive 3.0L Key Not Recognized VIN: WBAFU7C59B AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE ONLY CONCLUSION WE CAME UP WITH WAS TO REPLACE THE DIVERSITY ANTENNA MODULE. GAVE IT BACK TO THE CUSTOMER TO VERIFY FIX ONCE WE HAVE SOME HOT DAYS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP.	4
	1992 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire, pinging VIN: 1G1YY23P4N The fix for this problem was a NEW MSD Optispark distributor. There was something wrong with the rebuild process of the AC Delco rebuilt distributors that caused the rotor to drag on the cap and effect the operation of the engine in a unique way though becaus...	29
	2012 Dodge Charger SE 5.7L Fuel gauge inaccurat VIN: 2C3CDXAT6C Finally got the car back to the shop. Its a police car so as soon as I got it running last week they wanted it. Found the left side sending unit float had become disengaged from the pump/sender assembly. Reattached the float and all is well! Thanks! for the ...	7
	2006 Ford F-450 Super Duty XLT 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FDXF46P16 Well this one is fixed. Thank you to all of the people that helped. After replacing all of the components and still having a long crank hot, I just kept driving it. Then suddenly it started to work. I believe I just had air in the rail that had to work its way...	15
	2007 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.0L power steering pump VIN: 1FDWX37PX7 it ended up being the power steering pump. thanks for all the help	5
	1994 Honda Accord LX 2.2L Cuts out VIN: 1HGCD723XR ok here goes I was scared to put a computer in it was a friend of mines car so I sent him to dealer and guess what it does have a bad computer it was just so weird I have power to scan tool check engine light would come on and no power from computer to scan to...	15
	1999 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L shifter VIN: SAJHX1049X This on is finally fixed... I found that when loading one of the power feed wires to body module I would loose voltage. It was a brown and yellow wire pin 104 on the body module. I found a rusted wire under the carpet in the rear. The wire comes from the heel ...	7
	2003 Kia Sorento EX 3.5L No Start VIN: KNDJC73313 Thanks for the help. The battery voltage for the coils is routed through the IFS, just like the schematic indicated. I didn't ( or still don't) understand the logic for dropping the voltage to the coils and had some concern I was overlooking a component. The d...	5
	2004 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L Module VIN: SALMF11404 I've been working on Land Rover over 12 years. I've worked on, at a guess, 1,000 of these cars. Probably 800 of them have that P1614- Electric thermostat circuit open code in the PCM and not one has set the (50)-CAN bus Fault in the RLM... until now! Land Rove...	4
	2000 Lexus RX300 3.0L No Start, Theft VIN: JT6HF10U2Y To replace the engine controller with a used unit on the year/model you must have a matched key and computer as the IMMO key is married for life. I was able to locate a supplier with used key/computer once installed i used the supplied master key to gain secur...	8
	2013 Lincoln MKT 3.7L No Start, Stall VIN: 2LMHJ5NK2D Thank you for taking the time to respond. New Fuel Pump Control Module fixed the issue. Trouble codes: P0627 (Fuel Pump A Control Circuit Open).	3
	1995 Mazda Miata 1.8L engine VIN: JM1NA3534S Turns out that the coil I was sent was a 96. Pretty much the same coil but missing the pin for the tach signal...	6
	2006 Suzuki Verona Luxury 2.5L Ac VIN: KL5VM56L06 Replaced expansion valve problem was solved, evacuated system installed new compressor expansion valve, dryer etc. Thanks for all the help	5

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