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| 2001 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L No Start VIN: WAUEH64B71 this is my third post on this car. my problem is I did timing chains belt. they turn out good. I had cluster repair two years ago and it went bad again. can not be repaired. found rebuilt cluster. needs to be programed. need skc code. closet dealer is 4 hours ... |
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| 2012 Audi Q5 Premium Plus 2.0L valve cover seal leak, water pump leak VIN: WA1LFAFP1C Thanks in advance for your time. I'm not very familiar with this engine. The customer came in for leaks and we found the valve cover leaking and the water pump leaking. I found a repair procedure for the water pump but none for the valve cover repair. I notice... |
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| 2004 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L oil pan VIN: 5UXFA13554 After working my way through the higher and faster leaks on this M54 engine, engine oil dye is now obvious along the RS oil pan gasket line. Specifically, at the RS seal edge, out of the "eye shaped" hole over the RS axle, and past the rear edge of the oil pan... |
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| 2007 BMW 530xi 3.0L VTG fault codes VIN: WBANN73507 Hello, everyone. I have 2007 BMW 530xi with all the warning lights on the dash. CEL, Brake, ABS and 4x4 warning in the info display. I performed and auto scan and found a lot of fault codes. I was wondering if anyone has seen this? I have limited time into thi... |
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| 2000 Buick LeSabre Limited 3.8L Idle VIN: 1G4HR54K7Y When you start this car the first time in the morning it will idle at 1300 RPMs for about ten minutes until it warms up without touching anything, but desired RPM is 1300 RPMs, so when the guy puts it in reverse it tries to rip the motor mount out, if you star... |
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| 1997 Chevrolet Express 1500 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNFG15R8V I starting to pull my hair out !!! I would like to keep what little hair I have. The van first came in with a hard start. Did a fuel pressure test an it failed. Put a new gm fuel pump an fuel filter in truck. We also said that the fuel pressure regulator was l... Trouble codes: P1621, P0507 |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LS 6.0L Abs module Customer stated "service Brake System" would light up on the dash along with abs and brake light. Reprogrammed module because of bulletin for these trucks with a 2in stock body raise. Cleaned grounds under drivers door for module. Still has the same problem in... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet HHR LS 2.2L No Start VIN: 3GNDA13D08 Vehicle towed in no crank, loss of comm. with VTD. Vehicle started after second attempt to crank. Customer says "YEP, that's what it does", on a random basis. Customer service records show multiple tow ins to two different GM dealers. All four times VTD was re... Trouble codes: U2137 |
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| 2008 Chrysler Town & Country Touring 3.8L Mechanical VIN: 2A8HR54P38 Vehicle came in red brake warning light and low brake pedal.found the rear seal on brake master cylinder leaking, dump brake fluid in to power booster, also found rear left rear caliper siezed. Front brakes done 1 mo. Ago. Replace rear brake pads, rotors, flex... |
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| 2002 Dodge Durango SLT Plus 4.7L 4-Hi VIN: 1B4HS58N02 Okay customer has been driving around for the last 6 months through summer in 4-Hi. Due to it being stuck in 4 hi when she bought it. Encoder motor was replaced as there was no activity from dash switch or DRB. After replacement I didnt look and the switch w... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on, P0627 VIN: 1D7HA18D03 Truck came in hard to start,running bad and all cylinders missfiring but not throwing p0300 code, and with a very bad exhaust leak on r/s,carbon fould spark plugs, found code p0627 which indicates a short in fuel pump circuit, i suspect a bad tipm, when fuel p... Trouble codes: P0627 (Fuel pump circuit short to ground) |
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| 2001 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FMYU04151 So this car is making me pull my hair out which is hard since I have none. This car runs rich intermittently, mostly on cold start, but it will also do this warm.Then like turning a switch it runs fine. It has had a new MAF meter, I put a fuel damper on it bec... |
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| 2002 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L Charging VIN: 1FAFP55U82 I have this taurus with a battery light that will turn on and off while driving or idling in the bay. i have replaced alt with a aftermarket and a ford reman. it will set a p1246 code so i followed the flow chart and every alt i have put in fails the ohm check... |
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| 2006 Ford Taurus SEL 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP56U36 thanks upfront for all your help. This car has a misfire at idle or at a stop light P0300 code but not all the time Plugs / wires / coil /fuel filter /iac /air filter have all been replaced/ Fuel injectors are clean /throttle body cleaned And intake ,emission... Trouble codes: P0300 (Misfire) |
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| 2006 Ford Taurus SEL 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP56U36 thanks upfront for all your help. This car has a misfire at idle or at a stop light P0300 code but not all the time Plugs / wires / coil /fuel filter /iac /air filter have all been replaced/ Fuel injectors are clean /throttle body cleaned And intake ,emission... Trouble codes: P0300 (Misfire) |
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| 2003 GMC C4500 Topkick C4V042 6.6L Airbag VIN: 1GDE4F11X3 Vehicle came in with airbag light on, after searching for SDM. Vehicle does not appear to come from factory equipped with airbags. Cannot find wiring diagrams for non-airbag vehicles. Airbag light seems to be multiplexed into data line from instrument cluster.... |
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| 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE 4.8L Safety VIN: 1GTEK19VX4 This truck came in for an air bag light on. Found code B0092 but cant find any diagnostic information on it. Can anyone help me with this? I did see the tips for broken wires. I have checked them and cant find any issue with the wires. Thanks |
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| 2007 GMC Yukon XL 1500 SLT 5.3L #1 Cyl VIN: 1GKFC16067 So I'm lucky enough to get this job that nobody wants. Customer had mobile mechanic try and fix misfire #1 cyl. He gave up after new coils, wires, plugs and injector didnt fix it. Engine runs fine for 20/30 minutes. After that it will misfire on #1 cylinder. O... |
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| 2014 Honda Accord EX 2.4L dip stick VIN: 1HGCT1B72E got a accord here and the customer wants to know how to check their fluid level in the cvt trans. pulled what looked like a dip stick just to find a plug. how do we check the fluid level? on demand has no info as of yet. is there a sst for checking? may be a c... |
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| 2008 Land Rover LR2 SE 3.2L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: SALFS24N48 Hello All, Landrover has faults for too high fuel pressure and too low.Problem is very intermittent.Owner was on a long drive and experienced hesitation under load,passing and going up hills.One time the engine stalled while passing.He then drove 400 miles co... Trouble codes: P0087 (fuel pressure too low), P0088 (fuel pressure too high) |
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| 2009 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged 4.2L camshaft VIN: SALSH23459 Just looking for info into this odd situation. Vehicle came in with misfire codes for cyls on the left bank, ran compression tests, no compression. Pulled the valve cover and see that the intake cam is out of time. I'm curious to see if anyone else has seen th... |
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| 2004 Lexus LS430 4.3L Dropped cam plug down oil hole VIN: JTHBN36FX4 While doing valve covers dropped cam plug( 1/2 moon) down back of cylinder head down oil hole. 3UZFE Engine The 1/2 moon is aluminum can't use magnet DAAAAA blew air in it to move it around now I cant even see where it went. saw it with the bore scope before ... |
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| 2008 Mazda 5 Sport 2.3L engine VIN: JM1CR29308 i got the vehicle and valves were bent no compression looked into it have bent intake valves due to slipping.. got head redone all vavles new.. installed new gaskets and kept old timing parts because they were installed on last motor less then 30k put on them.... |
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| 2002 Nissan Sentra CA 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1CB51D82 This Nissan repeatedly sets p1456. Have run smoke test multiple times for different lengths of time and at different temperatures with no success. Pulled vacuum on system and would not hold. Found when you isolated the canister and vent valve the system would ... Trouble codes: P1456 |
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| 2014 Nissan Altima 2.5L Abs VIN: 1N4AL3APXE Need some help on this one, I have a no communication problem with the ABS module. This car has a salvaged title and comes from a used car lot ands has been damaged in the area of the ABS module. I have tested all powers and grounds, they all tested good. Inst... |
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| 1987 Rolls Royce Silver Spur 6.7L Starter VIN: SCAZN02A3H Sometime power do not come to the starter. 2 starter relay was replace. I have to by pass starter relay to engage starter . The only thing i can think of is neutral safety switch. Has anyone have this experience before ??? |
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| 2011 Toyota RAV4 2.5L Hydraulic System VIN: 2T3BF4DVXB Hi, Thanks in advance for your time. We have a customer with a 2011 RAV 4. The brake pedal has a long travel before the brakes apply. When they do apply they seem to work well. After a quick look on-line this seems to be a fairly common problem but I have ye... |
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| 2005 Volkswagen Touareg 4.2L No Start VIN: WVGCM77LX5 hello, has anybody had problem with lack of gasoline when filling the tank all the way? i didnt beleive the costumer, but we went togehter tu put gas, and the car wouldnt start, we tried for a little while, and it only started when he steped all the way to the... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2001 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L Starting VIN: WAUEH64B71 I sent the cluster back to people that repaired it they say its junk now gave me full refund big help. got another rebult cluster now have to figure out where to get programed |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L J Case Fuse 30 Amp VIN: 1G1ZD5E08C all good info thank you all for your time. wayne from n.c. stated to check fuse type, slow blow required--- it appears that after initial starter and fuse, possible wrong fuse installed. i searched buss fuses online and found # pal 330 bp slow blow 30 am... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L No Start VIN: 3D7KU28643 wow..the proper check for the 6 oz or below is supposed to be run at 1200rpm and 20000 rail pressure...I found the cranking test return specs @ oregonfuelinjection.com...it is as follows 90 ml a minute minumin..mine was 200ml...I caped off each and it fired in... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L No Start, lacks some power VIN: 3D7KU28643 this would always start fast with any injector capped...finaly found a proper cranking test for return 90 ml or less in a minute..ours was 200ml so I went off capping off and writeing down the results,,it started in 5 seconds and all counts were around 17ml ex... |
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| 2005 Ford Mustang 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1ZVFT80N45 Well long of the short is thanks for all the info I went back and loaded the circuits out with a headlight and all checked out good but did find the TAC unit with almost a 0 ohm reading and having already got the new one i compared and it was totally different... Trouble codes: P2104, P2107, P2110. |
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| 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1FTSW21P96 Thanks to all for the advice. I ended up replacing all 8 injectors (OEM), SCT fitting, ipr screen, dummy plugs, end pipes. left the injector cups alone. The engine is studded and looks like all the problem issues have been resolved. The engine idles very smoot... Trouble codes: P0275, P0401 (insufficient egr flow). |
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| 2006 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1ZVHT82H36 thanks to everyone that replied, and yes I did fix the vehicle. and the problem was BAD FUEL. I took a sample of the gasoline, and indeed it smelled funny like rubbing alcohol, so I drained the tank and replaced it with fresh fuel and after a few cranks the en... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 lean), P0174. |
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| 2008 Ford E-350 Super Duty 6.0L power loss VIN: 1FDWE35P98 KISS applies here again. Couldn't feel more foolish. I replaced the air filter and it works absolutely perfect. You might ask why we did not replace it right away - well it was not dirty, or least not dirty enough to require replacing. It was a cheap off-shore... Trouble codes: P2262 (no boost). |
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| 2001 GMC Sierra 2500 SL 6.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 1GTHK29U11 Thanks for those that took the time to respond. We scanned the crank sensor when it wasn't running and when it would run and both were the same. couldn't find anything else so we gambled on a new sensor and its fixed. Would like to know why but I guess not. On... Trouble codes: P0336. |
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| 1986 Jaguar XJ12 5.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: SAJNL5047G thanks everyone for their help. I checked the vacuum hose running back to the computer and has 18" of vacuum. When I supplied vacuum to the computer it would not hold. Getting a used computer sent in and hoping its going to fix the problem. |
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| 2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 4.4L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: SALSF25426 The final problem was in the terminating resistor in the instrument cluster When the car came in when the resistor would go open circuit the car would not crank and all the warning lights and flashers would come on we first replaced the junction box and progr... |
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| 2005 Mazda 6 i 2.3L Charging VIN: 1YVFP80C55 This issue has not been resolved yet but the general consensus was that the shop made the error. I guess I will guide my customer through small claims court to get this resolved. |
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| 1999 Mercury Cougar 2.5L speedometer VIN: 1ZWHT61L1X the car is in the shop still with unrelated repairs. we are holding off further till customer is financially ready.. IATN is requesting me to close the help request. i am going to replace PCM suspecting it is loading down the signal.. if that does not take ca... |
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| 1990 Oldsmobile 98 Regency Brougham 3.8L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1G3CW54C6L Thank you for all of the suggestions. This 90 Olds 98 had problems delivering spark. The ignition module failed melting the coil. The first mechanic replaced the 6 tower coil and the crank sensor behind the balancer pulley. I replaced the ignition module and t... Trouble codes: 27 (2nd gear switch). |
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| 2005 Saturn Vue 3.5L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire VIN: 5GZCZ53405 Thanks to all who responded. I forgot the basics on this one. The vehicle had only 12 in. of vacuum at idle. Did compression and cylinder leakage test and both passed. Customer decided not to proceed with further diagnosis. This vehicle has many other problem... Trouble codes: P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P0305, P0306. |
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| 2011 Toyota Corolla S 1.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T1BU4EE8B After covering all the bases I narrowed down my search to pull the valve cover and inspect the valve train . This is were I noticed a rocker from the #2 intake valve laying in the bottom of the cylender head. Installed the rocker and preformed road test .. veh... Trouble codes: P0302 (cylender 2 misfire). |
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| 2012 Volkswagen Jetta SE 2.5L Horn VIN: 3VWDX7AJ1C This vdub is fixed and gone. A second clockspring from the dealership fixed. A big thanks to again to Brian from California looking up the recall to be. Recall 69L2 PENDING RECALL - REPAIR NOT YET AVAILABLE - Steering Wheel Clock Spring The dealersh... |
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| 2005 Volvo S40 i 2.4L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1MS39015 ok everyone thank you for all the advice this one is fixed..i took Edwards advice and rechecked the coils...when I first checked them I used a light style spark tester but when you check the resistance they were off..replaced coils and all is good now...thanks... Trouble codes: ECM33, ECM33, ECM91, ECMA1, ECM25. |
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