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2006 Honda Civic EX 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2HGFA168X6
Vehicle came in with a P0128 cooling syst. performance, found the coolant was contaminated with std. green and thermostat was slightly always open. Easy thermostat and coolant flush fix, checked ECT sensors for corrosion and scan data for proper ECT readings ... Trouble codes: P0128 (Coolant system performance malfunction)
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1976 Nissan 280Z 2.8L Stall VIN: HLS3029972
Problem with this car is it will not idle cold.Drives fine cold other than at idle it will die.Once engine get some heat in it idle fine.The air regulator was a rebuilt one and was only open about a third of the way cold at 80f.Placed the air regulator in the ...
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2001 Nissan Xterra SE 3.3L Excessive Emissions, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 5N1ED28Y21
After fueling, raw fuel leaks out of the evap canister vent valve. Tried not double clicking(topping off)to see if the tank was getting overfilled. Did not make a difference. After it quits leaking, vehicle gets horrible gas milage for the duration of the tank...
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2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8L No Start VIN: 3N1CB51D45
Crank no start. Cranking sounds ok, gives one sputter and will not run. Using noid light on injector, I get one flash when it sputters and then no more. What is strange is I noticed with cam sensor loose, I can move the sensor slightly and the car sputters mor... Trouble codes: P0340
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2011 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4.0L compressor VIN: 5N1AR1N88B
hello this truck came with problem that compressor cutts off when trabsmitsion engaged in reverse , no problem in netural or drive mode . no codes related in the scanner and the ac working properly other than reverse mode ?? ac signal swich become off when tra...
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2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.7L Hesitation VIN: JS3TD54V36
Hello all this vehicle came in due to it being sluggish on acceleration. Visual checking of the timing revealed the left timing chain guide missing. I replaced the guide but the vehicle is still sluggish. I have a code P0340. I have power supply to the cam sen... Trouble codes: P0340 (Camshaft Sensor Circuit)
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2004 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T1BR32E24
Greetings to all customer came in with check engine light on found codes po 441 and po446 smoke tested system found no leaks using scanner i operated the evap vent valve located near cannister also operated the vaccum swithcing valve located near the air filte... Trouble codes: P0441, P0446
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2006 Toyota Solara SLE 3.3L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1FA38P46
Hello everyone, The customer states, check engine light on and has slight vibration from engine at idle. I have verified the customer complaints and found misfire dtc's on cylinders 1, 3 and 5. The vehicle has been at another shop trying to be diagnosed. They ... Trouble codes: P0301 (Misfire cylinder 1), P0303 (Misfire cylinder 3), P0305 (Mifire cylinder 5-PENDING)
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2009 Toyota Corolla XLE 1.8L engine VIN: 1NXBU40E29
Good morning men I have here a toyota corolla customer been driving it with miss fire do now it's hard to start.after cranking it for a bit it turn over runs very poor wen cranking engine crank over like no compression so I check compression cold all 4 cylinde...
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2011 Toyota Camry SE 2.5L passenger floor VIN: 4T4BF3EK2B
2011 toyota camry water leak into passenger side of vehicle. Ac drain was plugged up.cleared drain , 3 days later wet floor again. Rechecked the drain, its clear. Hose down car, no leak found from vent area on upper dash. Cabin filter is dry, fan is also dry w...
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2012 Toyota Highlander Limited 3.5L No Start VIN: 5TDDK3EH1C
I was challenged with this Toyota that went swimming in Hurricane Sandy. This should be a lost cause but the owner of the vehicle has spent thousands on parts and service at dealers and with his own mechanic. There are no immobilizer codes. I have used Techst...
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1999 Honda Accord EX 3.0L belts VIN: 1HGCG1652X
Thanks for the replies. Ive never seen this problem before and no one at the shop had seen this before. I reused the belts that came off of it. I was still using the old search engine when searching this problem. I tried google-ing belt static discharge and di...
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2006 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 2.7L obd monitors VIN: KM8SC73D66
Thank you everybody for your replies. The cts was not an issue, what I did is put a new set of Denso sparkplugs into it, scanned it with a snapon scanner. Passed the evap with the scanner, went on a drive cycle and it passed inspection. Go figure.
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2003 Nissan Altima 2.5L Headlamp, Wipers VIN: 1N4AL11D73
I went back thru my diagnostics.. and concluded the BCM is ok, and replaced the IPDM ( relay Box ). That fixed it. Also to note, the IPDM's have a high fail rate. Thanks for the response guys
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2004 Nissan Pathfinder Armada SE 5.6L Stall VIN: 5N1AA08B34
Customer had a altered throtle body and that is the problem. He declined the replacement of the throtle body. Thanks fo the help
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1992 Toyota Camry LE 3.0L will not idle VIN: JT2VK12E0N
Thanks for all the replies. All good sugestions but didnt fix the vehicle. tracked it down to a probable bad PCM and ordered one Friday. Came in this am and magically the car started and idled fine. I can only attribute this to the recent visit of the Pope to ...
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2002 Toyota Highlander 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTEHF21A32
Hello everyone and thanks for the help on this one. The fix turned out to be two fold but related to the same repair. The spark plugs had been replaced and the upper plenum pulled. The purge valve under the plastic engine cover had been left electrically ...
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2004 Toyota Solara SLE 2.4L clutch VIN: 4T1CE38P04
Customer never returned for the quote. it does seem,by the responses,that by just lowering the subframe the clutch can be replaced.
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2012 Toyota Prius C 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTDKDTB36C
I went back to the customer and asked her if it was possible the cap had been left loose. She stated that it was quite possible. We made sure the cap was tight and advised her to tighten it everytime. So far so good and no further CEL problems. Ron Trouble codes: P0441 (Incorrect purge flow), P0455 (Large leak detected).
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