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| 2001 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L Misfire VIN: WAUEH64B71 misfire on cly. 4,5,6 and cam code po345. all new plugs, wires, coils. has engine noise from same head. left. very good customer don't want to waste money on repair of this engine if its not going to last. sounds like chain noise. did compression test. all cly... Trouble codes: P0300, P0345 |
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| 1992 BMW 325i 2.5L regulator VIN: WBACB4313N Anybody had this problem to repeat many times? I put 2 set of sliders on and they still come out of the channel after days/weeks. we replaced the regulator and it still came apart again today. |
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| 2006 Cadillac STS 3.6L Engine VIN: 1G6DW67726 Replaced timing chains due to camshaft correlation trouble codes and noise in timing cover area. Codes gone and no noises anymore. There is a vibration now. Replaced right motor mount with no change (could lift engine near right mount and vibration would go aw... |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ 2.4L lean codes/ misfire VIN: 2CNFLGEC5B This is a very clean car with a meticulous owner. It came in with p0300, p0171, p0014. Long fuel trim was at 40%. A reset of the fuel trim resulted in a quick ascent back to 40% LT fuel trim. Car doesn't really misfire but has a rough idle in the morning and a... |
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| 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser 2.4L No Start, Misfire VIN: 3C4FY48B64 blowing asd fuse Trouble codes: 2305 (coil b circut) |
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| 1996 Dodge Intrepid 3.3L Cuts out, buck VIN: 2B3HD46T5T vehicle will give a single buck during cold cruise. (never happens after 10 miles of driving). when buck happens check engine light & cruise control will flash on for a second (as if koeo).vehicle never dies. was able to capture buck on scope with both cam & c... |
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| 2005 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT 5.9L No Start, hard to start warm VIN: 3D7MR48C85 No DTCs found in any of the operation systems found when it is warm vehicle will spin over for a very extended period of time about 1 minute and then will fire off the injector pass though nipples have a dampness around them but not leaking out of them visuall... |
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| 2007 Dodge Charger 2.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2B3KA43R77 Customers complaint is check engine light on and on occasion TAC light comes on Found code PO301, found spark plugs worn, left side had been changed once right side never done in 130k, spark test coil with intake off have good spark, tried switching coils and ... Trouble codes: P0301 |
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| 2010 Dodge Charger R/T 5.7L No crank VIN: 2B3AA4CT1A This is a Police car, column shifter. Sometimes the car will not crank and can't get out of park. I have not been able to duplicate problem. Codes U0103 stored in PCM, TCM and TIPM. Also has P170A and U0151 stored in PTIM. Not when car first came in but while ... |
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| 2007 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3L starting VIN: 1GKFK130X7 truck started fine all of sudden truck will not crank over has code U0140 lost connection to body control module |
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| 2004 Isuzu Rodeo S 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Misfire VIN: 4S2CK58Y64 Customer complained of lack of power, running rough and surging. Found that the #2 cat was clogged. Replaced the cat and the plugs and did a BG. Since then I have the power back but at at times it still idles rough and surges. For 2 days it ran great with no c... Trouble codes: P0300 (Multi misfire), P0306 (misfire 6), P0430 |
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| 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 5.7L Tpms VIN: 1J8HR68208 This vehicle came in with a code for no right front TPMS pressure reading. We were able to get our TPMS (Autel MaxiTPMS) reader to read the data out of the sensor, but it showed “Low battery" on the RF sensor. We replaced that sensor and still no reading after... |
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| 2004 Kia Sorento EX 3.5L inj. fuse VIN: KNDJD73324 So car is towed in crank no start. pulled code found p0335 ckp sensor failed. check power ground and signal return. ground and return good. power no good. Did a wave pattern test with no signal. pin 3 green wire no power. diag blown fuse in engine compartment ... |
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| 2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 4.4L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: SALSF25426 This car was towed to shop with a no start complaint when it was unloaded from the tow truck it started up and ran fine after a minute of running all the warning lamps on the dash come on the emergency flashers come on while this is going on there is no commun... |
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| 2007 Lexus GS450h 3.5L Mechanical VIN: JTHBC96S57 Car came in for engine light. Scan found P0300 and P0301-306. Found a loose spark plug so I replaced that plug and coil. Other plugs looked newer. Went on a road test and seemed smooth when engine kicks in and on moderate and wot acceleration. So, I pull it in... |
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| 1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L odometer VIN: WDBBA4805H Any know where i send the instrument cluster to have it repaired? Speedometer is working, but Odometer is not. |
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| 2006 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L Front Struts VIN: WDBSK75F36 Came in with suspension issues in front. Needed both front struts. Replaced front struts, got error code C1126 for error in left front plunger travel. suspected left front defective strut. Re-replaced strut and still same code. can not get to relearn. Left fro... |
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| 2006 Mini Cooper S 1.6L Electronic VIN: WMWRH335X6 This MINI will neutralizes at times when you have been driving for 20 minutes or so on the highway. You might be going 60MPH, let up on the gas for some reason and when you go to accelerate back to 60 it will go into neutral. The ABS is complaining about CAN c... |
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| 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 5.7L master cyl VIN: 3G87H2Z138 customer brought vehicle in for brakes inop, pedal very hard like manual brakes but worse. this guys son had done a front disc conversion kit on the car, car was factory 4 wheel drum. so when we got the car it would stop, but with front brakes only. the booste... |
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| 2005 Subaru Outback VDC Limited 3.0L rear wheels VIN: 4S4BP85CX5 Hello all. I hope we can get a little help on this one. Symptom: Rear binding/thumping happening on sharp turns. Seems to be worse in the morning or after sitting. Less noticeable and sometimes gone completely when warmed up. We've done the fluids multiple ti... |
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| 1998 Toyota Tacoma DLX 2.7L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 4TAWM72N5W Hi This Truck intermittently goes Bad Rich. Will go INj PW 10.2 Air Flow of 36.94 at idle Sort trim -20.0 185 Ect the Volt are Good when this occurs. The Voltage on the Gry Red wire is 2.94 The voltage Drops on the ground Are good If you un plug the Maf and ... Trouble codes: P0125 |
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| 2007 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L Stall VIN: 5TELU42N27 this truck come to me from a dealer and they said when ever they put it in park it would stall. check engine light not on but had codes P0340 & P0705 i've seen post on other sites that said they put cam sensors in these trucks but that didn't take care of the ... Trouble codes: P0340, P0705 |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L speedometer/cruise control VIN: 3VWCK31C34 Have tried new sensor and had no change. Customer complaint is that the car surges when using cruise control and speedometer needle bounces. |
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| 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWAL71KX9 Customer said glow plug light was flashing. The car is running good. Hooked up computer and retrieved code 01348. Looked on all data and had trouble finding information on code. Anyone have any information on this code or fixed this problem. Trouble codes: 01348 (sensor 1 exhaust temperature bank 1 G235 cicuit malfunction P0544 intermittent) |
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| 1999 Volvo S70 2.4L ignition switch VIN: YV1LS55A2X hi everyone I have a question this Volvo's key cylinder is binding when trying to start the car and also the key wont come out at times...I think there is more than 1 problem going on. noticed that the shifter button doesn't pop out all the way when in park an... |
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| 2007 Volvo V50 T5 2.5L Climate Control VIN: YV1MJ682X7 looking for the location of the passenger compartment temperature sensor location.ondemand shows it where the radio volume knob is located.---thanks for any help |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2011 Audi S4 3.0L No Drive VIN: WAUBGAFL1B Thank you Iatn Community for the support, Unfortunately none of the advise was Relevant. Most the replies were; Send it to the Dealer or don't touch it, A few stating that the trans. is a POS, I would not agree with that. Got a few YouTube video links on th... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Z71 5.3L plug fire none VIN: 3GNEK12T04 Thank's for all the help. Repair is complete,found high resistance at the ground 102 and 104 on left rear head. Cleaned head and replaced eyelets on wires. Thank's again! |
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| 1997 Ford Escort LX 2.0L temp.guage VIN: 1FALP13P2V Thanks to everyone who replied. Ran a ground wire to the thermostat housing and temperature gauge worked. |
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| 2002 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L Mechanical VIN: 1FMZU72E92 Thank you all for your inputs. A few read through our request and suggested broken valve springs. We removed the valve covers a second time and took a close look. We didn't see anything obvious. I decided we would replace them anyway. When we took them off we ... |
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| 2008 Ford Mustang 4.0L vibration felt thru steering wheel VIN: 1ZVHT84N48 Installed 2 new engine mounts, vibration is still there at certain rpms, speeds, but much improved |
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| 1986 GMC C7000 C7D042 6.0L Drive-axles VIN: 1GDG7D1BXG Got caught up enough to get back to the big truck, got an actual sledge hammer to try again, have been soaking on and off for a week or so, thanks to all that replied like a lot of things there is no magic just persistence, thanks again David |
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| 1999 Isuzu Trooper S 3.5L speedometer VIN: JACDJ58X0X In short, the VSS appeared to have a good signal (clean and square), the speedo shop said the cluster/speedo bench tested fine after their repair and the odometer worked, but not the speedo (as before). So we threw proper diagnosis to the wind... Replacement... |
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| 2003 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: SALMB11453 Thank you to everyone that help. The problem was last person who worked on the vehicle cross connectors with the solenoid. Now we have a signal. For reference you should have a signal for the solenoid. Thank you everyone. Trouble codes: P0022 (Camshaft over retard bank 2), 034 (Camshaft control bank 2 fault). |
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| 2008 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L Air Suspension VIN: SALMF15488 Fixed. Install Factory Land Rover air compressor. That took care of the C1a36 exhaust valve fault. The C1a13 still had a small leak in the system. Sent vehicle to Range rover specialist to locate leak. Thank You to everyone that help. Hubert |
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| 2004 Mazda 6 S 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, lean Many of you suggested the pcv... Like I origonally said I had plugged off all the vacuum ports, so that included pcv.. and I had rechecked my work several times, As others agreed with my thoughts on the Intake, I quoted out the intake, but the customer and use... Trouble codes: P0303. |
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| 2004 Pontiac Sunfire SE 2.2L Charging VIN: 1G2JB12F14 Three bad voltage regulators in a row. Supplier sent (heavy duty) regulator, all good now. Thanks for the help. |
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| 1992 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out VIN: JT3VN39W6N Ok, so I installed an adjustable spark tester and adjusted it to about 3/4 of an inch which I think was marked to 40KV and it shot a load like when I was in Highschool, good spark. Hooked up my fuel pressure gauge and pulled the cold start out while plugging t... |
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| 2007 Toyota Camry XLE 2.4L Mechanical VIN: 4T1BE46K47 Thanks for the tips.The Cam Gear was stuck, after 10 attempts, it finally went.Thanks again for the inputs. Vince. |
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| 2008 Volvo XC90 3.2 3.2L low speed can? VIN: YV4CM98268 Thanks to all who took the time to help. Unfortunately my boss does not want to spend any more time on this car and has told the body shop to take it to the dealer. Whatever module needs to be replaced will have to be programmed and we don't have that capabili... |
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