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	2003 BMW 325i 2.5L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAEN33413 Got a e46 with an intermittent misfire on cylinder 5. It will miss intermittently usually when first started up but as soon as you shut the car off and restart it, the miss is gone for a while therefore we haven't been able to actually check components / data... Trouble codes: P0305	View
	2007 BMW 335i 3.0L Charging VIN: WBAVB735X7 Hey there. Need some insight from the BMW techs of the world. We have this car in here for an oil change and a leak check. We changed the oil and replaced the waterpump (electric) and radiator for coolant leaks. The battery was weak so we removed it from the c...	View
	2005 Cadillac CTS 3.6L ujoint VIN: 1G6DP56705 Easy help request, I hate to ask such a small question but this is not the first gm vehicle I have where the ujoint is bad but it has a ujoint that is pressed and stamped in. Does anybody know if somebody makes a replacement ujoint for these gm ujoints that ar...	View
	1996 Chevrolet C3500 7.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy Vortec 454, Chassis Cab with 10.5K lb GVWR. Engine starts and runs poorly yet. Bank 1 LTFT has slowly risen to +25% while Bank 2 LTFT cut back to -7%. STFT is B1+13% and B2-3%. IAC is somewhere in the 140 zone. Simple vacuum gauge hooked up to the PCV port pul...	View
	1997 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 4.3L No Start VIN: 2GCEC19W2V This is my fathers truck so Im trying to pin point the issue exactly. Got an intermittent long cranking condition after it sits over night or for an extended period of time. My first thought was fuel pump so I grabbed my pressure guage and hooked it up. 55 PSI...	View
	2000 Chevrolet Blazer LS 4.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNCT18WXY Hello everyone, We have another 'doozy' and would appreciate your feedback; customer came back in to shop after replacing the oxygen sensor, wires and plugs with a intermittent surge, rough idle complaint. Found the oil pressure sending unit to be leaking oi... Trouble codes: P0171 (Fuel system lean), P0420 (Catalytic system efficiency)	View
	2001 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L dricve nice VIN: 3G1JC524X1 Notice continues monitor did not run on this car, I though file was corrupt so I flash pcm. I was able to heater,cat and evap but 02 dodnt run at all. I must drove this car about 50 mph. How can I run 02 monitor on cng/gas engine? Is their 2 computer on this c...	View
	2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.8L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 2GCEC19V93 Hi fellow techs, I come to you again for help, you've been great to me in the past. I have one here that has been messing with me, I think between the interruptions, phones, and all the other vehicles I have here I can't get my head straight. This vehicle came...	View
	2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1GCHK29254 Hi everyone, needing some direction on this LLY dmax. cust complaint of low power and smoke under acceleration. Test drove unloaded and runs fine other than trail cloud of black smoke when accelerating. after conferring with cust. again found only has low powe...	View
	2005 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 4.8L No Start VIN: 1GNEC13V75 Hello again the last time I asked for help you guys really came through and I thank you for that. Now I have another one a 2005 Tahoe and it is a no start, no spark, no injector pulse and has a crank signal to pcm and out of the scanner has all powers and grou...	View
	2006 Chevrolet HHR LT 2.4L Security Light, Power steering msg, hard shifting VIN: 3GNDA23P36 Car came in with intermittent driveability issue, security light will come on as well as power steering msg. When using scanner and start quick test mode, it will cause the security light and power steering msg to appear, I am stumped at this point, any help w...	View
	2006 Chevrolet Corvette 6.0L abs VIN: 1G1YY26U96 67 mph false abs activation of right front wheel while accelerating moderate to heavily but normally no abs activation.	View
	2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer SS 6.0L Tpms VIN: 1GNET13H08 Put vehicle into learn mode with parking brake up and light switch on and off three times. Horn honks after every sensor is woken up. Accessing the liftgate module on the scan tool it says its in learn mode and also indicates each ID on data. After driving dow...	View
	2009 Chevrolet C5500 Kodiak C5V042 6.6L Brake Light On Dash VIN: 1GBG5V1969 This truck has had this problem of a brake light coming on the dash since new everything works great they wante me to ask you guys if you have ever ran accross this before it steers great and brakes great just went you get stuck in a tight spot turning around ...	View
	2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT 6.6L cruise control Cruise control doesnt function--using tech 2-doesnt have any codes-i can enable (turn on/off) cruise control with steering wheel controls. scan data shows momentary contact switches work correctly, both data pids for brake switch shows not applied with no brak...	View
	2005 Chrysler Crossfire 3.2L Stall, vehicle dies afer wa VIN: 1C3AN59L85 customer say vehicle will die after warm up.whether shes just driving[normal driving],sitting someplace just idling vehicle will shut down,after a short wait [10 min.or longer veh.starts and drives fine until the next time it decides to die.cust.stated she had...	View
	2004 Dodge Sprinter 2500 2.7L transmission/ gauges VIN: WD2PD64484 every once and a while the battery light glow plug light and all the warning light come on I bang on top of the cluster and all lights turn off. When that happens it set a list of codes about can communications missing and erroneous.I replace the cluster and g...	View
	1993 Ford Ranger STX 2.3L Transmission VIN: 1FTCR10A9P We rebuilt this a4ld transmission about 3 months ago and it has come back with harsh shifts in every gear, checked vacumn to modulator all is good there replaced valve body and still no change the linkage seems to be on point as well. Has anybody run into this...	View
	1995 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDU34X9S car was brought in with a crank but no start, had a used engine installed.customer had replaced ecm with a used one. had no spark no injector pulse. had no trouble codes good fuel pressure. no crank sensor signal.replaced crank sensor and ignition module. car ...	View
	1998 Ford Escort SE 2.0L Fuel VIN: 1FAFP13P1W Customer complains of not being able to fill vehicle with fuel without gas pump turning off multiple times. Customer states that she fills up at multiple gas stations. We verified concern at local gas station. Pumping only 1/4 tank of gas the pump shut off mu...	View
	2003 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRX18W13 While running both at idle and at 2000 rpm the long term fuel trim reads -25% on B2 and +25% on B1 or just under those numbers. Idle will surge up and down until it stalls from time to time. Other times the idle is low and rough, but it does not seem to have a... Trouble codes: P0175 (Exhaust rich bank 2)	View
	2008 Ford F-150 XLT 4.2L Cuts out VIN: 1FTRF12258 2008 f 150 4.2L stalls sometimes hot or cold and not everyday fuel pressure in spec no mechanical problems with running no vacuum leaks any help would be great has electronic throttle body	View
	1994 GMC Sonoma SL 4.3L Cuts out VIN: 1GTCT14W4R Cuts out after about 30 minutes of driving. Have replaced spider, computer, ignition module, now want to try crank sensor. Got one in, can't find where it is on this engine. Alldata says in front cover, but not there. They show 96 up, not the older ones. Anybo...	View
	2002 GMC Sierra 1500 SL 4.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2GTEC19W22 This truck came in with a complaint of hard starting hot and MIL illuminated. P0172 was retrieved. Fuel trims were -27 and -25 long term. After removing the throttle body, fuel could be seen dripping from the fuel pressure regulator. A new regulator was instal... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 lean), P0174 (Bank 2 lean)	View
	2006 GMC Canyon SLE 2.8L No Start, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GTCS14826 truck died on customer with a no restart at the time, finally got it started and drove it in, had several communication codes in several modules, started it up w no problems , sat over the weekend and yesterday it wouldn't start, The key chime was going off ev... Trouble codes: U1300, U1000, U1088	View
	2001 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L 2-3 shift, 3rd gear, reverse VIN: 2HKRL18691 Im looking for some general info on this transmission operation. This transmission was rebuilt 16,000 miles ago by a large transmission franchise. It recently started slipping when accelerating in D4 after it has shifted up to 4th gear. Also has a large delay ...	View
	2010 Honda CR-V EX 2.4L Hesitation VIN: 5J6RE3H52A Hi Honda Techs, we have a 2010 cr-v here that that has a very noticeable lack of power on initial acell. Fuel trims and maf are good at idle, acell and cruise. If you try to hard acell from a stop there is severe lag that lasts for 1-3 seconds then vehicle sl...	View
	2008 Kia Sportage LX 2.0L mode door actuator VIN: KNDJF72428 Customer complaint is that she heard clicking except when in defrost mode or in Off position. Confirmed this and quickly found noise to be from mode door servo that is near driver's right leg. Easily removed servo and found that the big white plastic cog moves...	View
	2009 Nissan Altima S 2.5L No start VIN: 1N4AL21E89 Car came in for a no start condition. The car lot had installed a momentary switch for the starter solenoid and was using this to crank the car. This car does have the smart key with push button start. The remote doesn't work even after installing a new batter...	View
	2006 Saab 9-5 2.3t 2.3L No OBD-2 Commo VIN: YS3EH49GX6 This car failed the Massachusetts sticker inspection. All OBD-2 monitors have run successfully, but the state testing equipment can't get an engine RPM value out of this thing, When we cable up our SAAB Tech 2, RPM and all other T7 values show up on the screen...	View
	1989 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.0L Low Oil Gauge VIN: JT3FJ62G1K Can not get oil gauge to read proplerly, reads below l all the time, replaced sender and installed used gauge, gauge measured at 24.9 ohms accross pins, has battery voltage at sender, shoule it be	View
	2000 Toyota Tundra Limited 4.7L torue converter VIN: 5TBRT3814Y I suspect the torque converter is locked and asking if there are ways I can verify this avoiding sending to a trans shop until it's verified.	View
	2003 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4.0L A/C system Hello Friends. I need some help with this one. Costumer explain that took the vehicle to an electric shop for an alternator problem, they repair the alternator. Two days before the repair the A/C button blink for a while then stop blinking and the A/C stop coo...	View
	2008 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 2.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRA71K98 Misfire Cylinder 2 and 3 New top end,coils, plugs, injectors, mas. compression good and leakage below 10* all cylinders. fuel pressure 40bar at idle.Cam Timing good no other codes. miss seems to go away above 2000rpm. intake flap good. Trouble codes: P0300, P0302, P0303	View

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	2002 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L door locks VIN: 5UXFA53592 Thank you for all the help. I was able to open the truck by using a unlock rod and putting the key in the ign. Than turning it on. Once it was turned on doors still would not unlock but was able to open a window and crawl in then use the key to reset the alarm...	11
	2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L Abs Module VIN: 1GCEK19T61 TO ALL TECHS: APPRECIATED ALL YOUR HELP, VEHICLE WAS GONE FOR A WEEK, GOT IT BACK TODAY, USED MY SNAP-ON SCANNER & COULDN'T FIND ANY TIRE SIZE CALIBRATION, SO GOT OUT MY OLD MASTER TECH, AND CALIBRATED TIRE SIZE EVERYTHING IS FINE. AGAIN APPRECIATED ALL YOUR H...	15
	2011 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 5.3L Hvac VIN: 1GNSKBE03B Thanks for all the replies. Turns out the circuit for the #55 fuse was for the HVAC actuators. Found the wire harness at the actuator on the drivers side had rubbed the metal dash bracket and shorted out and burnt the harness all the way across the dash to the...	6
	2006 Dodge Charger SXT 3.5L No Start, Stall VIN: 2B3KA43G86 I ended up finding a bad PCM. I pulled it out and scoped the cam, crank and ignition inputs but when I did this it quit acting up. Fortunately, jostling the PCM caused another symptom. It quit sending B+ to the O2 heaters. I used this to comfirm it bad. ...	6
	1965 Ford Thunderbird 6.4L turn signals VIN: 5Y83Z11321 Again incredable response thanks to everyone. I rechecked the turn signal switch outputs and I was checking the wrong wires I finally found a wiring diagram and now have determined that the switch is faulty. The customer is going to get one and bring it back i...	19
	2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FTNX21F7Y Was not able to find a fix and was not able to duplicate problem enough times to see information on scan tool. Replaced shifter tube. Wires could have got disturbed in steering column. Thanks to everyone that responded.	9
	2002 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.4L hard start hot VIN: 1FTNE24LX2 Hi All, I'm sorry I did not get to see all of your posts until late afternoon and you were all very correct, but I did get Jesse [...]'s post before I went to work and he got me pointed in the right direction. Mostly due to component location. ECT and IAT were ... Trouble codes: P0125.	6
	2006 Pontiac G6 2.4L theft light VIN: 1G2ZF55B66 Just spoke with customer yesterday and the vehicle has been fixed. Most replies said bad key and they were correct. Before the final fix, the car began an intermittent no crank with several communication codes in different modules with the exception of the B...	6

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