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| 1997 Chevrolet K1500 Suburban LS 5.7L Chassis VIN: 1GNFK16R4V This truck has an intermittent thump noise in the body from the rear that changes with vehicle speed but not with load like a differential would. The customer cannot feel it in the steering wheel but can in the seat. If he stops and goes it sometimes quits but... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L Cooling System VIN: 1G1JC52472 Vehicle came in for overheating. No external coolant leaks found. Engine runs perfectly and does not heat up fast as I would suspect from a combustion leak. Radiator fans comes on but never turns off as the coolant temp in the service bays seems to get to aro... |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Camaro LT 3.6L whine and pulse noise VIN: 2G1FC1EV7A Hello techs, this chev is strange, it has a whine at start up comes from passenger side floor board area im thinking transmission front pump despite the low miles. However there is also a pulsing noise coming from the fuel line at the engine rt rear. this nois... |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT 6.6L injector punp VIN: 1GC1CXC86D I have two questions. First question is there a trick to reinstalling the Injector Pump, The new GM pump binds up and I cannot get it to pull in. The old and the new pumps gears are identical that I can tell. Second question is if the water took out the pump... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L Instrument cluster VIN: 3D3LU396X3 This pickup runs fine and performs normally. Has no codes. It does, however act as though the instrument cluster loses power and then resets as if the key was just turned on. Here's the details. Customer has a tuner installed that also has gauges displayed on ... |
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| 2004 Dodge Sprinter 2500 2.7L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: WD2PD64484 Hello all. I'm sure you are sick of hearing about this Sprinter. Different tech posting here. No crank / No start Sprinter. Engine fan runs KOEO, and it won't come out of park (shifter is CAN operated). Determined by codes and fan running, we have a CAN proble... Trouble codes: P0600 (Bus circuit fault no com with any module), TCM, ABS, 1PC |
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| 2003 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 5.4L ABS unit VIN: 1FTNX20L03 Diagnosed sinking brake pedal due to faulty ABS unit. Does anyone reliably rebuild these? Dealer only part in my area- which I will do if needed |
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| 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.4L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FTWX31R88 I have what seems like an obvious problem, but I'm not that experienced with diesels so I thought I'd run it by you guys. This truck was in to have the turbos removed and rebuilt. After reassemble the truck would not stay running. I checked the low pressure fu... |
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| 2008 Ford Taurus SEL 3.5L PATS System VIN: 1FAHP24W68 Hi We are reposting this car with more info, so we can figure out which direction to go in diag. Car came in with a misfire on # 2 and found that the ECU ignition driver for that cylinder was out. Got a new unit from Ford and ran the programming as instructed,... |
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| 2008 Ford Taurus SEL 3.5L PATS System VIN: 1FAHP24W68 Hi We are reposting this car with more info, so we can figure out which direction to go in diag. Car came in with a misfire on # 2 and found that the ECU ignition driver for that cylinder was out. Got a new unit from Ford and ran the programming as instructed,... |
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| 2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4.0L hard start VIN: 1J4FA44S25 This Jeep came in with a limp in condition, transmission was a no shift at times, others it would be fine - customer drove jeep for several months like this... at 1st repair we scanned it finding 27 faults. We cleared faults and 15 or more would return with di... Trouble codes: P0123 (Throttle position sensor no. 1 high) |
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| 2008 Jeep Liberty Sport 3.7L blend door VIN: 1J8GN28K48 owners complaint is no heat I get a little heat when in center mode but when I change the temp to colder the air flow is much more turn it back to hot the air flow is reduced quite a bit.I've put the scope thru the vents ,defrost, etc. and can't see much.The f... |
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| 2002 Land Rover Freelander S 2.5L Mechanical VIN: SALNM22252 Have whats sounds like a bearging noise comming from front. Have replaced right front bearging and checked left front by removing axle from hub. Left front bearging is good.Have dropped drive shalt and checked hanger beargings by hand. Both are good. The noise... |
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| 2005 Lincoln Navigator 5.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5LMFU28555 Good evening peers. I've got this Navigator with timing codes. Based on information I found here it either points to low oil pressure, or faulty timing components. I'm a bit hesitant to tear it apart to simply just throw parts at it without first getting some ... Trouble codes: P0012 (Intake Camshaft Position Timing Over Retarded Bank 1), P0021 (Intake Camshaft Position Timing Over Advanced Bank 2) |
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| 2011 Mercedes-Benz R350 4Matic 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4JGCB6FE4B Help Mercedes Techs. While looking at the scan tool and driving at 60 mph the Ambient Temp PID will soike to 419*F. The dash continues to read 77*F which is the true ambient today. It will not do this while driving under 60 mph. To be honest I really don't ... Trouble codes: P0073 (Ambient Air Temp Sensor Shorted to Power) |
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| 2000 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi 3.8L interior lights VIN: 1G2HZ5416Y The interior lighting on this vehicle will not turn off even if the vehicle is placed in gear and driven. the only time the system will shut down is after the ten minute rundown protection kicks in. they work as they should from the ext of the car as in the ca... |
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| 2007 Saturn Aura XE 3.5L engine VIN: 1G8ZS57N57 Engine clatters when accel in the shop & when customer accelerates on freeway. We did add Sea foam to gas & one can in oil. Improved a little bit, but still clatters until he lets off on gas. Gentleman who owns the car is a parts guy for my supplier & he has c... |
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| 2006 Scion xA 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTKKT62436 Several months ago, the car arrived with the code for the variable valve timing system, and an illumiated malfunction indicator lamp, and no customer complaints about drivability. They returned two weeks ago to have us perform the work as described by the tech... Trouble codes: P0012 (VVT malfunction) |
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| 2006 Suzuki Reno Convenience 2.0L Trans "Bump" w/DTCs VIN: KL5JD66Z96 I'm addressing an intermittent problem on this 2006 Reno for a nearby shop. The transmission seems to "Bump" intermittently while cruising and will set a P1779 in the TCM & a P0107 in the PCM when that occurs. It doesn't feel like an engine misfire. When it ha... Trouble codes: P1779 (Duty Cycle Out of Range), P0107 (MAP/BAR Pres Circuit Low Input), P0703 (Brake Signal Circuit Malfunction) |
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| 2009 Suzuki SX4 2.0L O2 sensor monitor VIN: JS2YC41249 Vehicle due for calif. Smog in april. Customer has driven since then and taken to other shops to diagnose, to no avail. All monitors ran to completion except oxygen sensor. No codes have set. Fuel trims within 5%. Mode 6 data for b1s2 shows "passed", though ve... |
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| 1998 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1NXBR18E5W This Corolla is being naughty. OK, car comes in with misfire, lean codes and running rough. Replaced plugs and wires and fixed the misfires. Problem is the fuel trims are waayyyy out. It's adding about 39% ltft,19% stft. Searched all over and can't locate a va... Trouble codes: P0171, P0300 |
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| 2013 Toyota Prius Plug-In 1.8L smartkey system VIN: JTDKN3DP6D Tried to Register keys after smart key reset with passcode. Car will not power up and/or register keys. I may have pressed the power button more than 10 times after laptop restarted. Service manual says you can only press the power button 10 times but does not... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1998 Buick Regal LS 3.8L Wrong Temp VIN: 2GAWB52K3W Well, an aftermarket part bit me again! After reading most of the responses, I started over with what I had already done. What I found is; The coolant sensor is a three wire sensor. Two go to the ecm, while one goes to the dash gauge. The one for gauge grounds... |
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| 1998 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1YY22GXW Hello, sorry for the slow response but wanted to make sure car was fixed before closing. Thank you to all who offered suggestions, I really do appreciate you all taking precious time to help out. In the end it was not tune up or distributor related, nor anti ... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet C3500 7.4L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out Thank you to all 10 replies. Both Bill and Michael were correct. Fuel filter fixed this truck. With newer cars and trucks without serviceable fuel filters and my own stupidity I overlooked the fuel filter. Completely plugged up. Replaced and runs great now. Th... |
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| 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L oil/fuel VIN: 1FTNW21F9Y It lives again. Turns out my tech actually had the sleave tool. So went back in, replaced #4 & #8 Brass sleaves/seats/buckets-whatever you want to call them. Also replaced #8 injector-that one been leaking for a while, and injector was rusted & pitted. Changed... |
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| 2004 Ford Explorer NBX 4.0L Pats VIN: 1FMZU73K74 Avinash and Nathan [...] think hit the nail on the head, since we could not clear the code I assumed we had trouble in the pcm. Reflashed the pcm with the tsb and no help, reflashed the pcm as a NEW pcm and all is well now. thanks guys. |
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| 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.4L Transfer cas VIN: 1FTSW21R08 WELL, WHERE TO START? I 'ASSUMED' THAT SINCE THIS CUSTOMER HAS OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW HE WOULD KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT OUT OF 4 WHEEL LOW. STARTED ENGINE , PUT TRANS IN NEUTRAL CAME RIGHT OUT OF 4 LOW, AND ALL RANGES DO WORK PROPERLY ! AS FAR AS THE CODES G... |
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| 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L Cuts out VIN: 1J4GW48SX2 A spark plug. I have more time than you can imagine on this car. Burning the midnite oil Wednesday I decided to start from the beginning. I pulled the coil pack to set the timing. Finger in #1 etc. I set everything back up-it was ok-and started the car. I i... |
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| 2002 Toyota Tacoma DLX 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5TEHN72N62 Good evening.Customer reported back that ck engine lt is fixed.The pin holes in top of the tank around the neck of fuel pump hole and a cracked plastic overfill valve was the problem.This was hard to find there was no gas smell and the smoke machine show nothi... Trouble codes: P0440. |
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| 2012 Toyota Prius V 1.8L a/ system VIN: JTDZN3EU7C ok some said inverter water pump failure I don't see it bad one said compressor dragging and overheating , one says wrong charge it just came from dealership and it works for an hour shuts off for ten minutes and then comes back on when ever it wants too when ... |
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| 2007 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 2.5L Cooling Systems VIN: 3VWEF71K37 Ben from Nevada hit the nail on the head. The heater core was plugged up. Had no reason to think that it would cause an overheating problem. Flushed the heater core out and it fixed the problem. |
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| 2007 Volvo XC90 V8 4.4L Differential VIN: YV4CZ85267 Thanks to all for your replies. We found that the center support on the driveshaft was loose, just enough to through out of alignment! Thnaks to all |
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