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| 2008 Audi TT 2.0L Hood Latches VIN: TRUAF38J28 Hello all, 1st time asking for help. 08 Audi tt cannot get the hood open. Customer states that he had the hood open twice this morning but thinks he may have left a pair of pliers under the hood. The release lever cable is not returning all the way like it sho... |
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| 1990 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L blower motor VIN: 1G4HP54CXL Hi guys. I have this buick in the shop with a "no blower fan function" in the cab. The wiring schematic that i'm using shows a brown wire from behind the blower speed switch gets power from a "heater fuse". Where is this fuse? i've looked and checked fuses in ... |
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| 1992 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, sluggish VIN: 1G1YY33PXN noticed when replacing rotor that where it mounts to has alot of wiggle room is this normal or are the bearings gone in this distributor. note this is a opti-spark distributor. not real famillular with this system |
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| 1998 Chevrolet C3500 Silverado 5.7L Hesitation, Surge, MIL Lamp on I have received a 1998 c3500 pick up 5.7 vortec. Codes from vech were po171 po174 freeze frame was at around 30 mph light load. I tested fuel pressure at idle 55 psi, wot 61 psi, and koeo 60 psi. I have smoked the intake and found no leaks , i have also spraye... Trouble codes: P0171, P0174 |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Cruze LT 1.4L cams VIN: 1G1PF5S92B when installing tool no# en-952 where exactly does it lock the piston down?? |
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| 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 ST 6.7L No Start VIN: 3D7MX38A77 Vehicle came in by wrecker in a no start condition. The customer stated as coming to a stop while pulling his trailer, the engine stalled. Just like you turned the key off. It has not restarted since. The engine will crank but not start. The engine oil is full... |
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| 2007 Dodge Dakota SLT 4.7L Misfire VIN: 1D3HE48P77 Customer complaint was for a misfire/ severe chugging intermittently when warm. Test drive went well for 5 miles then started to miss and chug pretty bad. Returned to shop and watched for misfiring cylinders on Modis. All were counting some misfires but cylind... Trouble codes: P0124, P0300 |
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| 2002 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L Surge VIN: 1FAFP55U62 Hey guy's this one has me stump tested the fuel pressure has 35 psi. Then tested with a lab scope and low amp probe test flat line replace fuel pump retested flat line again with new pump. Bench tested old fuel pump with lab scope and low amp probe shows perfe... |
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| 2005 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L Fuel gauge VIN: 1FTRF12215 Need to know if ecm is bad or is there other known wiring issues that we are missing. |
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| 2005 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FDXW47P65 After warming it up today I immediately removed both valve covers and installed a special tool to put shop air into the high pressure oil manifolds/system. I have air coming from the crank case up into the valve train area. Is this normal. Also there is still ... |
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| 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 5.4L Mechanical VIN: 1FTNX20576 hot at idle turn steering wheel to stop engine starts shaking and knocking . sets codes po345 po349 bank 2 cam sensor. using a machanical oil pressure gauge the readings are at idle 18 psi to 26 psi on gauge oil...I have tried 4 different gauges to make sure t... |
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| 2006 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L Lighting Dims Idle Surge VIN: 1FMYU93196 The car was brought into our shop after cust had an alternator replaced at another shop. The lights will dim and idle will surge, lights on dash look like they are flickering sometimes, the cust took it back to the other shop they replaced the alternator again... |
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| 2008 Jeep Wrangler X 3.8L coolent fan VIN: 1J4FZ241X8 no codes tipm has two relays in it high speed you can remove and low speed built in fan runs on low speed with jeep off and key out. Cant find fan control wire that goes from ecm to tipm to run fan any help would be great thanks. PS you can disconnect ecm and ... |
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| 2013 Kia Forte EX 2.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: KNAFU4A20D Hello all, Thank you for taking the time to read this. We have this Kia Forte here thats being a bit of a bratty child. It has developed a misfire that only seems to occur at part throttle when the engine is warm. We are using a Snap on Solus and a Pico scop... Trouble codes: P0301 (Catayst damaging misfire) |
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| 1989 Land Rover Range Rover 3.9L Hesitation VIN: SALHV1240K Thanks for reading. this rover ran a little better before all the above stuff was done. snap the throttle and there is poor response and occasional backfire in intake. distributor is good and timing set to factory spec 6 degrees btdc. if you advance it some it... |
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| 2007 Mazda 3 i 2.0L No 4th gear VIN: JM1BK32F07 this customer came in w/ no OD , trans light on. had these codes. cleared and came right back. also had harsh reverse! left car , we got to it today. my tech read codes, cleared & hasn't acted up yet?? what does shift solenoid D have to do with t stat??? somet... |
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| 2014 Mazda 5 GS 2.5L Cruise Control VIN: JM1CW2CL4E Changed the steering wheel controls to cruise buttons,attempted to program using Mazda tool,won't work. I have done the older conversions on the 3's & 5's. Fairly straight forward. 2 Questions-1- Can it be done? 2-If so, what else do I need? The Mazda dealer h... |
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| 2000 Mercedes-Benz S430 4.3L Condenser Fan VIN: WDBNG70J9Y We have a 2000 S430 that has a condenser fan that appears to run the wrong way. It pushes air from the inside to the outside instead of sucking the air in. AC pressures very high and poor performance. When the connector is jumped to run the fan correctly all i... |
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| 1999 Pontiac Sunfire SE 2.2L theft light My customer is partially disabled and has difficulty talking so I am posting this to find out what I should tell the shop I can find to work on this. The car is in very good condition and she takes good care of it. She was a mechanic before becoming disabled. ... |
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| 2006 Pontiac GTO 6.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 6G2VX12U46 Hey guys. I have this GTO with no square wave from CMP. it stays fixed at 12v when cranking and running.Will also set tps code p0122 and goes into limp mode. Sometimes an injector code p0206 pops up too. I replaced the CMP and inspected reluctor. SAme issue. e... Trouble codes: P0122, P0340, P0206 |
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| 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid 3.3L brake pedal, ABS moduel VIN: JTEEW21A86 The brake pedal has a slight pulsation at a stop or in park, do not have to take foot off pedal just slight up and down motion, the ABS module goes on and off at the same time, can feel and here the module in sync with brake pulsation. No codes, no variation w... |
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| 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... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L No Start VIN: WVWAC63B71 hello all - have this passat that i would like some feedback help. it came in as a no start - no injector pulse, no spark. have voltage to injectors while cranking. no signal trigger - have voltage to coil while cranking - no fire signal. i do have cranking rp... |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Touareg V8 4.2L timing chain VIN: WVGEM67L04 Thanks for Your time. This truck came in with an engine noise I found that the left head has a loose cam timing chain my question is how do I tell if it is a bad tensioner or a worn chain? At this point the right side is not making any noise only the drivers s... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1996 Acura TL 3.2L Blower Motor, A/C Compressor VIN: JH4UA3655T After verifying that all circuits were working properly, the only conclusion was that I had a signal problem. I replaced the HVAC control head with one from a yard and everything started working again. The blower motor however was bad. the customer declined to... |
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| 1995 Chevrolet Lumina LS 3.1L Intermittent no start VIN: 2G1WN52M7S Moving the harness sometimes affects it and all readings go normal for a few minutes. The owner does not want to put any more money into the car so I am done with it. Thanks for your help. |
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| 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L Unknown VIN: 1GCEK19T0X Thanks everyone for your input. 8 put in wet and 5 put in dry. You can't put to much fluid on frictions. If put in dry,car must be started on lift and shifted back and forth before taking out on road test. |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Express 1500 4.3L Steering system VIN: 1GCFG15X36 Thanks for all the replies folks. After going through all the applicable responses, we couldn't pinpoint it. We began to suspect the booster. We were sure we were getting air in the system, and since it's the highest component aside from the reservoir, we t... |
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| 2006 Chrysler Pacifica 3.5L transmission Alternator Checked good by local parts house, so I load tested it 2 days later checked good, check yesterday 12.3volts unpluged field wires all problems went away. So bad alternator |
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| 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 3B7KF23Z61 Thanks guys, A new upstream oxygen sensor fixed this one. Truck runs good now. |
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| 1998 Ford E-250 Econoline XL 5.4L Starting VIN: 1FTPS24LXW Joe from Texas hit the nail on the head. I took the shift tube out & installed the lock cylinder which turned to lock immediately. Since originally I had the cylinder in the on position the shift tube was off slightly & would not allow the pin to lock in the s... |
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| 2004 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L Lifters? VIN: 1FAFP53284 Thanks for all of the responses. It does have 2 problems. First the front converter is making all 3 front cylinders miss. I removed the front O2 sensor and checked back pressure and then left the sensor out. The miss in 4 & 5 went away. The internal noise... |
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| 2005 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L No Start VIN: 1FTPX12585 I was not able to finish the vehicle for several reasons. First the owner (a retail customer) decided to purchase a different vehicle from a wholesale customer (used car dealer we did work for). The used car dealer had a difficult time deciding whether to fi... Trouble codes: P0304. |
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| 2007 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Interior VIN: 1HGCM66567 thank you all you guys for the help end up been the blower resistor the heater blower resistor that controls ac operation as well |
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| 1986 Jaguar XJ6 4.2L Stars but quits VIN: SAJAV1343G member s advice was rapid and correct thanks to all |
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| 2006 Nissan Maxima SL 3.5L Clutch VIN: 1N4BA41E66 Thanks for all of the helpful replies. I got some clarification from the customer when he dropped the vehicle off again. Apparently, the issue where the clutch pedal would fall to the floor overnight stopped after I replaced the master and slave cylinders. ... |
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| 2001 Pontiac Grand Am GT 3.4L bcm programming VIN: 1G2NW12E21 Hi Everyone, Well I got this one fixed and down the road with a new bcm which I had to take the car to the dealer and have programmed which resolved the problem. Funny how when you do things right it tends to work out. Thanks to Crag Mclain, Kim [...]... |
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| 2006 Pontiac Torrent 3.4L steering shaft VIN: 2CKD173F46 THANKS TO ALL THAT REPLIED,, we found pinch bolt loose where lower shaft was splined to upper column, we tightend pinch bolt and road tested and it made a big difference, however still rattled some, ended up replacing lower steering shaft, now ok |
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| 1990 Toyota Pickup DLX 3.0L No Start VIN: JT4VN13D2L Well after a second brand new distributor this truck runs, thanks to Gus & Steve for the informative replies. You guys gave explanations instead of check this check that. After scoping the 8 wires to ecu & finding all good I decided to start all over again che... Trouble codes: 71 (egr fault). |
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