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| 2004 Acura TL 3.2L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 19UUA66264 Need some help on this TL. Got towed in with a no start over the weekend. started up for us, pulled it in, found no coolant. filled it up and tried to start it, blew the coolant right out of the rad. obvios head gasket. pulled mult misfire coeds, coolant temp ... Trouble codes: P2279 |
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| 1997 Audi A4 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUBB88D3V This car sets the p1136 on the 2nd drive cycle after resetting. The freeze frome shows that it sets after warmed up. The long term trim in the freeze frame is -.8. Watch the fuel trims while driving, they stay under 10%, usually 1-2% positive and negative. Th... Trouble codes: P1136 (Long term average too lean) |
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| 2002 BMW 540i 4.4L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBADN63442 On this used engine I have pulled front covers and replaced all three chains,all rails and tensioner.On subsequent efforts I have swapped cam position sensors and solenoids.Also I installed another used actuator on bank two.I have all proper tools and feel I a... Trouble codes: P0022 |
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| 1997 Cadillac Catera 3.0L Cooling Systems VIN: W06VR52R8V HEY GM techs,i have a 3.0L caddy with a oil milkshake!i seen the tsb about the oil cooler problem.have coolant in the oil but no oil in the cooling system.i disassembled it down to the oil cooler and pressure tested it with air under water to see if it leaks a... |
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| 1999 Chevrolet C3500 5.7L MIL Lamp on, Broken catalytic con VIN: 4KLB4B1R0X This is a Isuzu NPR with a GM 5.7L vortec engine. The truck came in 6k miles ago with the OEM catalytic converters broken and making noise. Replaced Catalytic converters no other problems at that time. Truck came back in 2000 miles with the converters broken a... |
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| 2009 Chrysler Town & Country Touring 3.8L lift gate VIN: 2A8HR541X9 the vehicles Rear lift gate doesn't open when using any of the buttons inside or when using the remote you get two beeps from rear of vehicle, but lift gate still in-op. Also you cannot open the rear lift gate manually. |
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| 2006 Dodge Durango Adventurer 4.7L Valve seat VIN: 1D4HB48N26 My question is does this cause piston damage? I do not see anything with the scope. Would I be okay to replace just the heads and not the engine? |
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| 2010 Dodge Journey SE 2.4L starter & power windows VIN: 3D4PG4FB3A Got this Journey thats giving me fits. Intermittent no crank and inop power windows.It gets towed in with problem present. Go to move it into the shop problem gone.We originally had a p0615. This has been an ongoing problem so talked with customer and installe... |
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| 2010 Dodge Journey SXT 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3D4PG5FVXA Vehicle came in with check engine light on and code PO660 set for Manifold tuning valve control circuit.When I activate it with scanner it does not move.I unplugged PCM connectors and MTV connector and put power to each wire with a headlamp connected in series... Trouble codes: P0660 |
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| 1983 Ford F-150 XL 5.8L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FTDF15G3D ECA under front seat pulses the ignition module on the fender, the module pulses the coil, the distributor is empty except for rotor. Tried to change distributor but the single and dual advanced type with pick ups inside do not have the correct length shaft to... |
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| 1995 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDU34X8S Car has failed to start intermittently over the last month. It now cranks but will not start. There is a 214 code, which is cam position sensor. Not sure if this can cause a no start. Been a while since i worked on something this old. Also there is no tach sig... Trouble codes: 214 (Cylinder id lost - cam sensor) |
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| 1996 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 4.9L Poor Idle Quality, rough running VIN: 1FTEF15Y1T Ok, thanks in advance. Have this truck here customer states it runs bad intermittently. I have had it running or driving around the last 2 days and in that time it has acted up for a told of roughly 20 seconds. I don't completely trust the data because it has ... Trouble codes: P0133, P0171, P0174, P0153, P1151, P1131 |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Transfer Case VIN: 1FTDX18W5V I opened request before. I have codes P1891 & P1867. I did the diagnostic per Mitchell. First code led me to change the GEM which was wrong... NO CHANGE ... SAME CODES ... Next flow chart lead me to change the fuse box ... No Change ... All thought the 4x4 lig... |
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| 2001 Ford F-150 King Ranch 5.4L Starting VIN: 1FTRW07L81 Truck came into the shop with no start, no codes, good fuel pressure... at times will start and other times will crank but no start... it will crank but no injector pulse no fire... no history code's no active ones, does any one have any ideas? |
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| 2003 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L Misfire VIN: 1FAFP45X33 car sets P0304 every once in a while while driving, have swapped coil and plug to different cylinders. have swapped injector to different cylinder. will start to misfire sporadically about 2-3 miles into a drive. will clear up on its own. eventually turning on... Trouble codes: P0304, P0307 |
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| 2005 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L MIL Lamp on, no acceleration VIN: 1ZVFT82HX5 Ford techs thanks for any and all help in advance. Customer had vehicle towed to us with forced idle fault. Prior to vehicles arrival, customer changed tps and idle actuator on side of throttle body. Technician checked for voltage at actuator motor and found 3... Trouble codes: P2112, P2104, P1397, P0121, P2107 |
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| 2006 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L spark plug VIN: 1FTPW14536 I hope someone has heard of this one. Customer attempted his own tune up due to p0304 p0305 p0306. Test drove & confirmed secondary ignition miss under load. Now he started this tune & got #1 plug out ok. He gave up when he ran into a problem with #2 plug. He ... |
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| 2010 Ford F-450 Super Duty XL 6.8L MIL Lamp on, Lacks Power VIN: 1FDXF4GY0A Customer complaint is a lack of power. Found that the spark plugs were severely worn and fuel filter was clogged. Test drove vehicle and power returned. Vehicle came back in about a week with similar problem but not as bad. Found that fuel pressure was lower t... Trouble codes: P0191 (Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor A Circuit Range Performance) |
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| 2010 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L climate control VIN: 1FTFW1EV8A This truck has touch screen controls along with button controls below for the climate control. Nothing works. I scanned for codes and found a U3003-17 in the HVAC module. Description is battery voltage lower than 9 volts to Input power A. I tested for 12 volts... |
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| 2010 GMC Terrain SLE 3.0L Tpms VIN: 2CTFLEEY5A This vehicle is setting c0755 symtom 29 to few pulses. Test failed since dtc clear, history dtc,current dtc since power up. I have searched for information on this code and can not find much. The tires have been trained and will display the pressures correctly... |
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| 2007 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L Tpms VIN: 5FNRL384X7 Looking for help with TPMS programming. Vehicle came in with the TPMS light on and a code for sensor. I started with a position learn to determine which sensor was bad. L/F and L/R programmed instantly R/R not at all and R/F started to but wouldn't complete. I... |
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| 2004 Lexus IS300 3.0L Red brake light VIN: JTHBD19224 Vehicle came in with no power boost.(Did not test drive due to no brakes)Replaced booster and brakes are good. Vehicle came back in with a red dash light (Brake)on intermittently. When it does come on, when you brake moderately, the abs motor will run and you ... |
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| 2004 Lexus IS300 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JTHBD19244 Not sure where to go with this one. Customer states: car had a slight misfire for a couple of weeks, only when backing out of parking spaces but cruised fine and no cel. Problem started to get worse, eventually it threw a cel, and missed at a cruise, and under... Trouble codes: P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304 |
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| 2006 Mercedes-Benz ML350 4Matic 3.5L Intake valve VIN: 4JGBB86E16 Vehicle came in from another shop at customers request for a second opinion.Other shop diagnosed failed intake manifold and they replaced intake with new assembly,Shortly after repair while vehicle was still in other shops care made a noise and started missing... |
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| 2002 Mini Cooper 1.6L Mechanical VIN: WMWRC33452 Has anyone swapped a 6 speed manual in place of the 5 speed manual? |
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| 2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.5L low power VIN: JN8DR07Y01 this Nissan has low power under load.there are no codes. the maf sensor was replaced and both upper o2 sensors. it had a bad cat on right side or bank 1 and we replaced it. fuel pressure stays up and volume is good. back pressure on both banks are at the most ... |
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| 1993 Subaru Legacy L 2.2L Stall, dies won't restart VIN: 4S3BJ6334P Gentlemen, This is the first time I've seen this car, it's the grandson's car of a regular. The first thing that has me confused is that my mitchell says this should have 2 black and 2 green diagnostic connectors. There is only green connectors on this car. An... Trouble codes: 23 (testing and results) |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Golf GLS 2.0L No Start VIN: WVWGA21J4Y This is a new customer, don't have much previous history on vehicle. It was brought to us with an intermittent long crank time. During our initial inspection we could hear the fuel pump kind of cycling on and off. Did a quick visual of relay and upon wiggling ... |
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| 2007 Volvo XC90 3.2 3.2L 02 sensor VIN: YV4CZ98247 vehicle has oxygen sensor bank 2 sensor 2 low voltage code. checked all wiring and compared to opposite side at rear 02 connectors. all signals when compared are accurate. we replaced bank 2 sensor 2 and keep receiving a re-occurring low voltage code. any help... |
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| 2007 Volvo XC90 V8 4.4L Differential VIN: YV4CZ85267 This one is elusive, The noise is hard to describe, but we will try. Its not very loud, sounds like a deep ratcheting, close to the same sound a outer CV joint makes on turns when going bad. This happens on acceleration and on turns, both ways. It just does no... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 Audi A4 Cabriolet 1.8L solenoid 1 N88 VIN: WAUAC48H76 The TCM was bad and the company I used to repair the TCM for code 17090 (trans range sensor) repaired it for free, even paid the shipping. BBA said it could be contaminated fluid, wiring or TCM. I did try a drain and fill trans first, but on test drive the das... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Blazer LS 4.3L No Start VIN: 1GNDT13WGY SORRY I TOOK SO LONG,REMOVED O2 SENSOR DRIVER`S SIDE INSTALLED BACK PRESSURE GAUGE,FOUND 4 PSI READING WHEN CRANKING,DROPPED EXHAUST HELD PEDAL TO FLOOR AND PIECE OF S$#T STARTED . THANX FOR THE HELP GUYS,IT`S GOOD SEE YOU STILL GET VALID REPLIES ON THIS SITE. Trouble codes: P0463. |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1GCHK29254 First of all I would like to thank the 3 members who took the time to reply. As far as the truck is concerned, I have not actually fixed it yet, due to more serious repairs needed on another truck in their fleet. I discovered after thinking the truck was not... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Equinox LT 3.4L Clutch VIN: 2CNDL73FX7 Thanks to everyone who replied, you all are the best. I took the advice given and raised all wheels of the ground, when I did this only the rear wheels were turning. I don't know how they drove this to me because although the rear wheel turned, with all four o... |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD LT 6.0L will not go over 70m VIN: 1GC2CZCG3D it did have a 9b9 rpo and this is why it would not go faster. we programmed the ecm to a 2011 2500 with a 6.0 litre and 6 speed trans. truck will go as fast as the customer wants. |
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| 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring 2.4L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3A4FY58B46 After much head scratching, and testing with the information provided by those who took time to reply...thank you! I replaced a 40 amp box fuse & wiggled wiring harness and now have power to the fuel pump #2 circuit. (not calling that a fix!)At the very start ... Trouble codes: P0522 (Oil pressure sensor circuit open), P0127. |
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| 2002 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Alarm VIN: 1FMZU64KX2 OK everyone no fix as of yet. They had disconnected the battery when they dropped it off on the 11th of this month. I kept it for a week and could not get the alarm to go off by itself for me. I am sure it will do it again and hopefully this time they will not... |
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| 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 5.4L Engine Surge VIN: 1FTSX20598 After checking all grounds, removing wiper arms with no change. drove vehicle with scanner attached noticed the throttle desired and throttle actual would jump 30degs when wipers would swing. Came in this morning pulled wiper cowl to inspect motor and wiper wi... |
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| 2004 Mazda RX-8 1.3L Reflash required VIN: JM1FE17354 Sorry about the loooong delay Y'all! I ended up replacing the PCM, it just took forever to get it done due to OEM website availability, car is running like a champ now! |
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| 1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L odometer VIN: WDBBA4805H gears were damaged, got parts from : he has a good write up on how to repair. |
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| 2001 Mercedes-Benz S600 5.8L engine VIN: WDB2201761 Well this one is finally fixed.check fuse and relay box,a fuse is poor.turn ignition switch to start position,OK.thanks. |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz S550 5.5L Eadio VIN: WDDNG71X88 I appreciate all the replies that help me avoid getting into a big mess we send the vehicle to the dealer to find out it needed a radio and it cost $1500, customer decline the repair. Thanks everyone for your help |
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| 2002 Mini Cooper 1.6L side airbag VIN: WMWRC33462 Thank you for all the replies. We checked and clean connector under seat with electrical grease and replaced the battery, it was not holding a good charge. Air bag light is now off, John |
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| 1999 Porsche Boxster 2.5L No Start, Misfire, Backfired busted int VIN: WP0CA2984X Thanks to all who replied and Andrew you were a great help thanks for emailing with me, i checked cam timing and was dead on, Tom one of my first thoughts was to check vacuum and compression but when i found busted intake that went out the window, most everyon... Trouble codes: 115 (Mass air sensor hot film mass air sensor), 112 (Hall effect sensor 1), 113 (Hall effect sensor 2). |
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| 2004 Saab 9-5 Arc 2.3L A/C compressor VIN: YS3ED49A24 This one is fixed, sorta. After reading Justin & Anders replies I did what I should have in the first place, checked the part # in EPC. The DICE in this car is #5263116 which is what I put back in. This Dice is from an early 03 9.5 or older. It appears it has ... |
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| 2001 Toyota Prius 1.5L No Start VIN: JT2BK12U61 thanks guys for the input am ordering new battery only question is that you keep refering to relearn battery state . not sure how if any more info please . thanks Trouble codes: P3000. |
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| 2001 Volvo S60 2.4L Head lights VIN: YV1RS61N91 Thank you, all the replies were very helpful. First we checked fuses 1. 2. and 3 in side fuse panel. They were ok. Then we removed cem per Peter instructions, very helpful. Shunt was ok. After that we swap relay for low beams w/ marker light relay which we kne... |
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