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| 2012 Chevrolet Express 4500 6.6L No Start, Stall VIN: 1GB6G5BL2C Vehicle towed in no start, cranked and monitored hp fuel found 500 psi cranking and 261 Koeo, frp sensor reading .51v. Replaced bias frp sensor and collected fuel sample to inspect for metal contamination found nothing, Koeo pressure stabilized at 29 psi and 2... Trouble codes: 0087 (low hp fuel) |
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| 2001 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L No Start, Filter Cap Blows Off VIN: 1B7MF33691 Thanks Cummins techs in advance. The problem I have is high lift pump pressure that blows off the fuel filter cap. I have verified clear flow from the lift pump to the IP, and the return line to the tank. The lift pump comes on quickly with Key On for 1/4th of... |
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| 2003 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L Gauge cluster Ok guys here we go and thank you for all the help in advance. Ghost electrical is always fun! the symptom is simply this, at odd times with the engine running or not the gauge cluster will zero out as in all the gauges will spike and then come to rest. at thi... |
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| 2005 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Unknown VIN: 1FTPW14585 help, this ford is kicking my butt. It has a very hard/harsh engagement when putting into drive or reverse, speedometer reads twice as fast as it actually is going and thus it upshifts very hard and quick--not sure if speedometer is symptom or the problem. It ... |
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| 2007 Ford Edge SEL 3.5L rear hatch VIN: 2FMDK49C67 Thanks to all in advance! I have a Ford Edge that the rear hatch button is dead! I manually opened the hatch and if I power the latch it works! I'd like to know if there's a module or relay that powers the latch? Does the switch send a ground signal? I scanned... |
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| 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.4L No Start VIN: 1FTWW31R98 Truck came in for blown head gaskets, repaired head gaskets, test drove and vehicle wouldnt start when hot. Customer decided to replace High pressure fuel pump and all injectors, vehicle still starts great when cold, still no start when hot, I have bled the fu... Trouble codes: P2291 (Icp too low while engine cranking) |
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| 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT 5.3L Transfer Case VIN: 2GTEK13T46 We are a European repair shop, so I really need some GM guru to help. This is a good costumers work truck that we reluctantly agreed to work on. When vehicle came in had no gears, forward or reverse, 2x2 or 4x4. There was no issue changing between 2x2 or 4x4 w... |
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| 2006 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: SALME15496 Thanks for any insight I can get. I believe this is going to be a bad PCM. The codes listed are the codes I got after clearing the codes. There were many more including 4 misfire codes P0302,304,306,308, a temp code P0128, a lean code P0171 and a knock sensor ... Trouble codes: P0352 (Ignition Coil B Primary/Secondary Circut), P0353 (Igniton Coil C Primary/Secondary Circut), P0355 (Ignition Coil E Primary/Secondary Circut), P0358 (Ignition Coil H Primary/Secondary Circut), P1368 (Ignition Spare Monitoring Circut Shorted to ground or power), P0134 (Bank 1 Sensor 1 O2 No activity detected) |
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| 2006 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L park lights VIN: SALMF15486 Vehicle came in with complaint of battery draw. Park lights randomly came on(all though, they havent done this in a month). Shift indicator light (park) stays on all the time. When the key is out of the car, the turn signal will light up outside front and back... |
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| 2004 Lexus LS430 4.3L cooling in car VIN: JTHBN36F64 we could only duplicate one time of not cooling isndie vehicle reset codes and same codes return but issue is car is cooling fine we drove it for a week still good returned to customer 3 days later it acted up and we have it back today no issues for us |
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| 2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.5L Surge, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: JN8DR07Y21 this truck wont rev more then 3000 rpm and got a p1320 code .it will idle fine and accellerate fine until the rpm it 3000 rpm after that it miss on all cylinder like if it as no gas ,but the fuel pressure stay stable at 38 lbs i have cleaned the mass air flow ... Trouble codes: P1320 |
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| 2002 Nissan Maxima SE 3.5L No Start VIN: JN1DA31A32 Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone could offer a little insight into this issue. Kid blew the motor in this maxima. We swapped it out with a nice known good replacement, put a new clutch and flywheel in it, and back together it went. Will not fire up no... |
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| 2002 Nissan Pathfinder SE 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JN8DR09Y62 Got this pathfinder in with a very high idle p0507. Surging around 1500 all the time. Attempted to clean throttle body and iac and then perform idle air volume learn with fully updated verus. It says its completed after 10 seconds but the idle problem remains.... Trouble codes: P0507, P0506 |
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| 2005 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4.0L abs VIN: 5N1AR18W45 We found no communication to passenger side front abs. replaced abs sensor. No change. Other technition took over, found abs tone ring bad, replacd bearing still no communication. checked for codes c1163 and c1103. Wired directly from abs module to the sensor ... |
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| 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5GZCZ33Z87 Ok this ones a little trickey. This vehicle has been here several times, it will come in with about a total of 21 codes in the different modules. Most of the codes are communication codes. the ones that stand out are P1A6F and "Starter generator no crank at re... Trouble codes: P1A6F, U1886, U0111, U0073, P0700, P0556 (Brake Booster performance) |
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| 2007 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 2.5L timing, cylinder heads VIN: 4S4BPG2C77 Customer went out of town and car quit, it had snapped the tensioner bolt and the belt then jumped and it bent all valves. My tech is unsure why this would have happened outside of the new tensioner comes with a new bolt and we should have replaced it (which I... |
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| 2001 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L Hesitation, Stall, Huge lack of power VIN: 1NXBR12EX1 Hi Techs I got this car from the customer that said it belonged to her dad that just past away. So I have very little to go on. History that I know is it has new o2 sensor, spark plugs and knock sensor. The symptom is form cold it starts right up, runs smooth... Trouble codes: P0130 (b1 s1 slow responce), P0133 (b1 s1 slow responce) |
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| 2009 Toyota Corolla XLE 1.8L engine VIN: JTDBL40E69 This corolla has been kicking my ass for 2 months and i really need some help on this one. About 6 months ago a junk yard engine was installed because customer over heated the original engine. Prior to this the vehicle had no issues. A month after the engine w... |
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| 2011 Toyota Tundra 4.6L Hesitation, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5TFDM5F16B I wanted to put this one in here for others as I didn't find anything in the arkives. Truck came in with very little power on acceleration and a check engine light on. Cleared code and it came right back. Testing is tricky at best and involves testing at the P... Trouble codes: P033D |
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| 2008 Volkswagen Beetle S 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRG31C98 This is a used car lot beauty. Possibly hit in the rear as when I took the fender liner out, there was bubble wrap around the filler pipes. A week later same code. First new dealer purge valve is leaking vacuum though not like the old one, but enough to set a ... Trouble codes: P0441 |
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| 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan SE 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVGBV75N79 This VW Tiguan came in without any symptoms other than a CEL. I checked fault codes and found P0299 in the system, Underboost condtion, Boost pressure not met. I smoke tested the system under light pressure. I did not find any leaks in the system. I added dye ... |
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| 2007 Volvo XC90 3.2 3.2L Charging VIN: YV4CY98217 I need some help please! I have a 2007 Volvo XC90 3.2 6 cyl engine, Alternator won't charge. The car came in with someone else had been working on it. They replaced the battery with one from Volvo already. Code P062001 is the only code stored. I am using the a... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1989 Buick Century Custom 3.3L Starting VIN: 1G4AH11NXK hello people. I had a shorted injector in cylinder #3. a first for me. thank you all sooooo much. best of luck to you all. have a very good day. |
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| 1996 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L Pwm Solenoid VIN: 1GNDT13W2T Good morning and thank you all for your help on this one. A reminder to me and all that work in this automotive field, new does not always mean good! after chasing code 1860 and pulling the pan for the third time while touching each solenoid when activating th... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L Daytime running lights VIN: 1GCEC19T5Y Well a huge thank you to all who replied and a giant thank you to Jeffrey who hit the nail on the head. Seems My Chevy dealer was selling me the wrong part. They sent me a sun load sensor Part #[...] and the vehicle requires an ambient light sensor Part #12... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD LTZ 6.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GBJC34638 I need to correct some info...it was a p154b code originally sorry. I checked the yellow wire for voltage,because in the wiring diagram the yellow wire was intake air heater #2 comm I assumed that meant #2 command. Any how I replaced the heater with a known go... Trouble codes: P0640 (Intake air heater). |
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| 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4.7L Misfire VIN: 1D7HA18P47 Thanks for all the good information. I opened this post about a week after receiving this vehicle but the customer pick up the truck a day after opening the post and is supposed to bring it back I will save your info and repost when he brings it back. Thanks M... 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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| 1989 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L No Start VIN: 2FDLF47M2K Thank You to everyone for you help. Turn out to be the Injection pump like most of you said. What we did was when we got it to not start when hit the pump near the fuel shut off solenoid and then it started. Thank you once again. |
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| 1996 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L crank no start intermittantly VIN: 1FTHX25F0T Well, I have sort of figured it out.So far I have put in the hpop. and new ipr, and now a new icp and connector. What I have found is that when I run koer i get a p1211. Icp above or below spec. When i run the truck and monitor icp pressure at 900rpm it has on... |
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| 2011 Ford Fusion SEL 3.0L a/c VIN: 3FAHP0JG1B THANKS FOR THE REPLIES.CUSTOMER RETURNED TO BODY SHOP FOR INSURANCE TO REPLACE COMPRESSOR. |
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| 1994 GMC C1500 Sierra SL 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 2GTEC19K5R haven't been able to recreate problem at this time seamed to clear up for now if anything changes thanks for all the reply's vacuum did check out along with distributor and timing |
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| 1996 Honda crv 2.0L valves intake Thank you all so much for you're input and advise. So I pulled the head, looking down at the piston in the block I could see no damage, the cylinder sleeves look in good order. So I sourced a used head had it resurfaced, put in new stem seals and lapped the va... |
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| 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L Stall VIN: 1J4GZ48S5W i tried several things to try and get security system to reset but no luck.i removed drivers side door panel to check the switch on the lock cylinder that was good ieven tried the tailgate door with no luck.customer took the truck to dealer about 10 days ago h... |
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| 1989 Land Rover Range Rover 3.9L Engine VIN: SALHV1247K Screw on throttle position sensor had loosened just enough to cause sensor to move. Used thread lock on screws, vehicle running fine now with no hesitation. |
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| 2005 Lincoln LS Luxury 3.0L Misfire VIN: 1LNHM86S55 Tested compression and found #5 cyl had 0 psi, Removed valve cover for inspection found one of the valves on #5 cyl was open, removed intake and found a body clip behind one valve on #5 cyl . Removed body clip and retested, all working properly now. Body clip... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire), P0304 (Cyl 4 misfire), P0305 (Cyl 5 misfire), P0306 (Cly 6 misfire), P0316 (Misfire at start up). |
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| 1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 2.3L No Start VIN: WDBDA24C7F Thanks Again everyone who replied. It's the first thing I looked at and the last thing I replaced...The Rotor. Black Cheapo rotor with a pin hole and slight Black carbon tracking. New Bosch Cap and Rotor. Car runs like a top. Thanks Bill |
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| 2008 Saturn Outlook XR 3.6L Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5GZER33778 Thanks for all the feedback. The problem turned out to be at the connector for the fuse box. The wire had started to pull apart from the connector. Trouble codes: P0300, P0202, P0204, P0206. |
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| 2008 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L w 4 vwheel drive VIN: 5TBBV54188 o,k guys thanks for your help. I replace the abs module with a used one. had to reset the steering calibration runs fine. now I have a 2443 code for the air pump, the dealer said it is under warranty. thanks again everyone |
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| 2008 Toyota RAV4 3.5L cylinder head VIN: JTMZK33V48 Thanks for the feedback. I had a feeling there was no way around it. I'm new at a new dealership so I have to deal with corporate policies. Thanks again |
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| 2011 Toyota Tundra 5.7L ac pressures VIN: 5TFUY5F17B Thanks for all the replies. #1 expansion valve can be removed from under dash above gas pedal remove with small line set no dash or case R/R needed. We removed the plug on the bottom of condenser and found small amount of debris on screen and NO desiccant bag.... |
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| 2004 Volvo XC90 T6 2.9L oil leak, pcv press. VIN: YV1CZ91H14 After double checking all of my work, I spoke with another local Volvo shop. The one thing he told me was that if I couldn't find anything causing it, it was most likely plugged oil pan ports since I hadn't actually pulled the pan. he stated that air checking ... |
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