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| 2009 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L turbo, cam shift actuator B cylinder 2 VIN: WAULF78K59 Customer complaint of a low boost code setting, retrieved codes found code, p029900 for turbo under boost, also has code for cam shift actuator "b" cylinder 2 range/performance, after repairing the broken connectors, both active, don't know if the under-boost ... |
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| 2000 BMW 323i 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAAM3336Y Service engine soon light is on. No codes in the DME on enhanced side and generic side and no codes in the TCM. Car runs and drives fine. The oil level sensor code and outside temp sensor code are in the instrument cluster. The steering angle codes are in the ... Trouble codes: 11 (thermal oil level sensor), C0E, B04, B06, 1C |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L air conditiong VIN: 1GCHK23174 the ac blows cold for 5 or 10 minutes then the compressor shuts off. Bypassed the switches and it still stays off. There is something the ecm is telling to keep the ac off. no codes stored. If i jumper the relay it will freeze you out of the thing |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 8.1L Engine VIN: 1GBJK39G84 Truck was purchased at an auction,when customer was driving back said it was not running good low power as he drove approx 130 miles unit ran better. A few days later truck started flashing ses light low power and noise in engine. When brought into shop we pul... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCHK23174 This vehicle has fuel pressure regulator issue at idle. the actual fuel pressure is 20 mpa higher than desired. When i run the pressure test it responds and runs normal all the way to 160 mpa. actual and desired at 2000 rpm. Its just at idle its so far off. Ke... Trouble codes: P0089 |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LT 5.3L Cuts out VIN: 1GNEC16Z34 I am ready to give up on this one. The truck runs fine until you drive for a while. It will then act like it is out of time. It runs bad misses and stalls. If you try to start it the engine acts as if it is out of time or if several wires are crossed. If it se... Trouble codes: P0336 |
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| 2001 Chrysler Town & Country Limited 3.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 2C8GP64L21 After sitting(a few hours or overnight) car idles rough and surges and customer complains of black smoke. After idles for a minute or so it smooths out. Started a few weeks after fuel pump and filter were replaced. No codes. Replaced fuel pump again for possib... |
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| 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan ES 3.8L No Start, After warms up VIN: 2B8GP54L82 Put battery charger on dead battery and starts right up. Scan for codes none. 2 spark plugs loose. Tightened up and runs fine. Battery charged up hook up fuel pressure gauge and it's at 60 psi. Battery dies and needs battery. While testing with another battery... |
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| 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 TRX4 5.7L rear lights VIN: 1D7HU18216 Hi everyone thanks in advance for your help. I inherited this truck from another shop with a stalling problem and many lighting issues. I replaced the fuse box and everything operated normally and returned the truck to the customer. Now it has returned a month... |
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| 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4.7L Misfire VIN: 1D7HA18P47 Engine misfires when engine warms up when watching scanner every cylinder is randomly misfiring. We tried to kill one cylinder at a time but didn't help. Injectors have noid flash and are clicking and ohm tested good. Replaced #3 coil and spark plugs with no c... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire), P0204 (Injector circuit fault cyl 4), P0205 (Injector circuit fault cyl 5), P2308 (Ignition coil 3 Secondary circuit fault) |
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| 1996 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L crank no start intermittantly VIN: 1FTHX25F0T Looking for something i have not seen before. Customer brought the truck to me with a basic died in flight and crank no start. no mil light. let set for a while went to try again veh started and drove home. I thing the same cam sensor. perf koeo and koer and b... |
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| 2006 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Unknown VIN: 1FDXE47P36 vehicles ac will operate great until running down the road and it will build pressure and shut ac off until you shut ac off for 5 minutes and turn it back on. leaning towards fan clutch or evaporator core plugged? |
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| 2011 Ford Fusion SEL 3.0L a/c VIN: 3FAHP0JG1B Fusion came in with hose assy from compressor rubbed through from contact with lower rad hose clamp -- replaced compressor hose assy , vacuum down , add oil & charge to spec. - 1.38 lbs -- compressor comes on , a/c gauges low & high side both stay at 100 psi. ... |
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| 1998 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Cuts out VIN: 1HGCG1655W We normally dont work on anything besides german/european cars but, this thing came in with stalling issue, car would stall and would not start back up until cooled. After repairs were made car now stalls while driving but starts right back up every time. Befo... |
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| 2003 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Engine Engine make stranger noise like vo vo noise,for first thing look like burned valve. But if you pinch vacuum hose from PCV valve to intake noise disappear. PCV valve changed,nosing same noise:( Tried to disconnect cylinders,nosing changed,tried vacuum check,rea... |
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| 2007 Hyundai Tucson Limited 2.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: KM8JM72D97 We have a 2007 Tucson 2.7L. Came in with intermittent no start and check engine light on. Showed a P0340 in history but nothing currant. Started fine for us every time, resistance on cam sensor was just at max. spec. Replace cam sensor and all is well. Went ou... |
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| 2010 Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged 5.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SALMF1E44A Being as I haven't found a single dealership that's done this repair I was looking for some advice on here. First of all extreme caution was done when setting up the timing on this vehicle, it seemed very cut and dry. I Used all specialty timing tools, cam/cra... Trouble codes: P0016 (Crankshaft position-Camshaft position correlation-Bank1 sensor1), P0019 |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz B200 Turbo 2.0L Trani Valve Body VIN: WDDFH34X88 Can get valve body loose but seems to be caught on something. Can not find proper procedure on this 722-8 trani |
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| 1986 Nissan 720 Deluxe 2.4L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1N6ND06Y0G Hi there, I have a customer complaint of 10 mpg on this truck. He claims he had a guy that could do something to the Carb and it would get 24mpg for about 500 miles. Then it goes back to 10. Is any one familiar with this issue. |
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| 1994 Nissan D21 2.4L Hesitation VIN: 1N6SD11S1R Customer brought this car on tow truck. The car runs rich and black smoke comes out of the tail pipe. The customer changed two airflow meters on it one used and one rebuilt which I think there junk either way I fell like we have a bad MAF I have checked ground... |
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| 1992 Toyota Previa LE 2.4L No Start, Stall VIN: JT3AC12R5N No fuel pump actuation. Replaced pump (Carter. Some modification required for fitment) and filter. Still no start. Noted that CEL lights only intermittently with KOEO. Checked underhood fusible link block: clean, no corrosion. EFI main relay clicking on and of... |
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| 2008 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L w 4 vwheel drive VIN: 5TBBV54188 hey guys thanks for your help. I have this tundra that needed a radiator. simple job straight forward. Got it done close to quitting time so I put the pressure tester on it all night to check for leaks. unfortunately I left the key on over night and killed the... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8T 1.8L Engine VIN: 9BWDE61J12 This golf is here after 2 failed attempts for smog but only due to visible smoke from exhaust...it will only smoke on initial start up and DEQ's required "2 minute snap throttle test". Runs great otherwise, had P0011 soft code likely due to low oil level but t... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2012 Audi A7 Quattro 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAU2GAFC3C Thank you for all the replies. The only thing I can share with the group is that the solenoid valves that control the vacuum to the intake manifold flaps we just played with them and ever since then the cars been fine and no more further codes or check engine... Trouble codes: P2004 (Intake Manifold tuning valve Stuck Open Bank 1), P2005 (Intake Manifold tuning valve Stuck Open Bank 2). |
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| 1998 BMW 528i 2.8L dash lights VIN: WBADD5324W The code 16 is for auto leveling headlights, which this car does not have. I purchased one of the knock off bmw 1.4 scanners off ebay for $30, then had to take it apart, and solder terminals 7&8 together, because it wasn't communicating. Once that was done, I ... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L Electronic VIN: 2GCEC19T74 Thanks for the replies just as everybody said I removed the top panel and grab handle ,trim panel infront of cluster, removed u type brace, unbolted right side of instrument panel and let it come forward little bit, screws out of vents on right side annd pry... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 Z71 5.3L a/c &heater fans VIN: 1GNFK16Z06 Thanks for all the replies. After re-checking all fuses and relays,I replaced the blower resistor,or blower control and the wire harness. Front blower works fine. The rear blower still isn't working,but the customer needed to use the vehicle. We will check t... |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 5.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNFK23019 I located and removed the PCM, then reinstalled and new PCM Trouble codes: P0452 (EVAP Pressure Sensor/Switch Low). |
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| 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Van 5.2L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 2B6HB11Y7Y Started vehicle this morning with no problems. Looks like the upstream O2 was the culprit. thanks again. |
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| 2007 Dodge Sprinter 3500 3.0L a/c VIN: WDPPF44537 ROBERT, YOU WERE RIGHT, SCANNED TRUCK AND FOUND LOW VOLTAGE CODES IN 3 MODUELS INCLUDING TRANS AND INSTRAMENT CLUSTER. CLEARED ALL CODES, DOUBLE CHECKED VOLTAGE FOR LOW REFERANCE AND BATTERY. ALL GOOD AND A/C WORKING FINE NOW. THANKS |
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| 2004 Ford Ranger Edge 4.0L hydraulic control unit VIN: 1FTZR45E74 Thanks to all the replies,very helpful. We tried to bleed the system with two different scanners,but neither one of them were capable of doing that. So we went through the manual bleeding process, plus the gravel road drive and we finally got a good brake. Thi... |
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| 2004 GMC Envoy SLE 4.2L Cylinder Block VIN: 1GKDS13S54 Found Kentmoore J-42385-300 and J-42385-100 tool on EBAY for proper repair, oredered. Thank You all so very much! |
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| 1994 Honda Accord EX 2.2L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1HGCD555XR Thanks to all who replied. Timothy hit it on the head with still a bad PCM. I went through this thing so much I could check it all in my sleep. I will be staying away from cardone reman pcms. 3 out of the box defects with all the same problem. Ended up gettin... |
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| 1982 Jeep CJ7 4.2L none VIN: 1JCCN87E6C Thanks to everyone for the help. With the aftermarket setup and little technical information about it made it more difficult than it should have been. Long story short, a few electrical items (powers and grounds)from the install previously done has to be cor... |
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| 2007 Kia Sedona LX 3.8L Tailgate Handle VIN: KNDMB23347 We disconnected lock actuator and advised customer to let us know if it happens again. Seems to be a bit of an anomaly. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read and respond. |
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| 2000 Lexus RX300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT6HF10U1Y Thank you to all that replied. Its taken awhile for me to have time to work on this. The solution was two OE sensors using the VIN and production date. I originally ordered the sensors aftermarket and after reading all the problems people were having with th... Trouble codes: P0325 (Knock Sensor Signal), P0330 (Knock Sensor Signal). |
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| 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT2 3.8L front suspension VIN: 2G2WS542X4 I pretty much got replies to recheck parts that I had replaced (some at least twice). I checked the starter drive, it checked good. I have ordered the Steelman Chassis ears and plan on trying them to pinpoint the source of the noise. Thanks to all that replied... |
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| 2008 Saturn Vue XE 3.5L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GSDL43N08 Well, to sum it up the All Wheel Drive caused a no start! The biggest thing I learned from this is that when you have a complete communication failure like this you need to check the integrity on the data lines. This is fairly easy. Test the resistance acros... Trouble codes: U0073 (u0100-), U0100. |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWGK31C64 Apparently Im an idiot. Sorry every one the intake duct came off at the throttle body and I didn't see it. Mukesh [...] did look down the duct while I had it off at the maf. I think the duct popped off after. Bill its 91grams now wot. Whats weird is I have the sam... Trouble codes: P0102 (mass airflow low). |
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| 1998 Volvo C70 2.3L Electronic Climate Control VIN: YV1NK537XW Just to clarify, the problem with the control units showed up after resolving other system issues for which there were codes. With no codes in the unit, upon attempting to calibrate the damper motors, the unit would go into some strange mode and no longer func... |
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