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| 2005 BMW X3 3.0i 3.0L Starting System VIN: WBXPA93485 Greetings. I have a 2003 BMW X3 that came in with a no crank no start condition. We have replaced the starter motor and transmission position switch no no effect. I have an EGS code 060: Transmission Switch and 145: Torque Reduction CAN. There are no faults in... |
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| 2010 BMW 535i 3.0L Unknown VIN: WBANW1C53A hi guys , i got this bmw , that does not have ac ,unless i press the max ac botton, i check all the sensors, i suspect blend door (cold flap) or the motor, not working in between but in max, it only opens 9 -12 % and when in max goes all the way to 100% ambien... |
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| 1994 Chevrolet K1500 Cheyenne 5.7L Engine stall, rough idle VIN: 1GCEK14K0R Vehicle will run correctly with L wire removed from the alternator(Not charging). Replace alternator with same results. With alternator place on line and charging the vehicle will surge at idle, buck and surge while driving. All instrument panel gauges working... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Malibu LT 3.5L No Start, Stall Customer first came in with concern a week ago, after further questioning says it seemed to come on with cooler weather this fall. Pulled codes nothing found, customer says it will start/stall, what I find is first twist of the key cold it will just keep crank... |
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| 2004 Chrysler 300M 3.5L heater core VIN: 2C3HE66G34 This vehicle keeps coming back in for heater core replacement. It is the top tank that is leaking. It is a plastic tank and it cracks. I have searched for a copper core heater core and am unable to find one. I would like to know some ideas of why this could be... |
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| 2007 Chrysler Town & Country Touring 3.8L Traction Con VIN: 2A4GP54L97 We put a rebuilt transmission for this customer about 18 months ago. He came back today and told me he was on a hill wet with leaves and his traction control would not work. One front wheel would just keep spinning. I scanned it this morning presses the butto... |
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| 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4.7L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall VIN: 1D7HU18N34 Truck was towed in customer said it will start run rough and stall. Scan no codes. Try to get it started it. It feels like it is gong to stall, if you touch the throttle it pops threw the intake and wont rev up. After 2 to 3 min of running and stalling it clea... |
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| 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 TRX4 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1D7HU18246 I have cured the popping noise and metal noise in the engine but this engine has a misfire at idle. It clears up above 800rpm. Customer says it was idling fine before this happened Compression is 125lbs cranking and I have switched coils,injectors,spark plugs ... Trouble codes: P0307 (7 cylinder missfire) |
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| 2009 Dodge Caliber SXT 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1B3HB48AX9 i replaced primary o2 sensor from dodge, i replace exhaust manifold, all ignition coils, no vacuum leaks i smoked it,new spark plugs, clean out the air flow senor, flashed computer,engine runs really good but this dam code wont go...short trim @ 0-15...long on... Trouble codes: P0171 |
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| 2006 Ford Escape XLS 2.3L driver door unlock VIN: 1FMCU02Z16 the driver door will not unlock. ive checked power and grounds at the actuator, dk blu/lt grn & wht/vio are both powered. pnk/blk & red/org are both grounded coming from the sjb. my schematic shows a driver unlock relay, but i believe its incorporated into the... |
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| 2006 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMYU03116 Normally these don't get me stumped but this one has. At idle, hot, this has a misfire on Cylinder 4. It is NOT felt, I can only see it on misfire counters. Swapped #4/5 coils, no change. Swapped plugs, no change. Static compression on all front three cyl... Trouble codes: P0300 (Misfire Detected), P0304 (Cyl. 4 Misfire), P0316 (Misfire on Startup) |
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| 2010 Ford Mustang 4.0L Stop Lamps VIN: 1ZVBP8AN5A Intermittently the stop lamps will illuminate and drain the battery. This can happen while operating the vehicle or when the vehicle is parked. All of the switches appear to be functioning normally and even disconnecting the stop lamp switch while the concern ... |
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| 2013 Ford Transit Connect XLT Premium 2.0L No Start VIN: NM0KS9CN0D Good Afternoon, This vehicle was towed in last night after shutting down while driving. It will runs for 2-3 seconds and shut down. If I induce starting spray thru throttle it will stay running. I cleared the PATS code and have tried to start it a dozen times,... Trouble codes: B1600 (PATS Ignition Key Transponder Signal Not Recieved) |
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| 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 3.5L Misfire VIN: KM8SC13E24 Please help, my question is fairly simple, on the coil and wire ignition, I am mixed up on which plug wire which comes off the coil goes to which plug.Coil 2's wire goes to plug...? , coil 4's wire goes to plug...? coil 6's wire goes to plug...?Thank you , if ... |
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| 2003 Infiniti FX45 4.5L Ivt - VIN: JNRBS08W63 Hello, This infinity came to us with P0021 code the customer replaced the IVT - position bank 2 sensor with no success. I tested all connectors and wires to sensors listed in short test. All sensors were within spec wiring and connectors were ok. I found the... |
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| 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4G268S0X On a recent trip to Lake Tahoe, this vehicle overheated due to failure of the radiator cooling fan to turn on. I was traced to a burned connector for the fan control module. It was during this overheating that the check engine light came on. I was forced to di... |
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| 2006 Land Rover LR3 SE 4.4L Eas VIN: SALAE25486 Hello Group, Vehicle arrived at normal suspension mode but height selector led was stuck on off road.Lowering switch did not work and ecm had faults C1A20-64,pressure increases too slowly and U0416-86,invalid data from VDM.Tested switch panel and found down s... |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L door locks, radio, and many more VIN: WDBSK75F53 I have been the sole service and repair provider on this vehicle since the original warranty expired. So I know the car as well as anyone. But it is back with yet another blue battery symbol and 'electrical consumers offline' message in the cluster display af... |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550 5.5L Srs VIN: WDDNG71X97 Benz techs please help. I have this 02/2007- S550 and the air bag light is on for codes 91C0 and 91C3 for WSS fault. I switched out weight module # [...]#000 30/7/06 under passenger front seat. The weight sensor on this model is the round tube ... Trouble codes: 91C0, 91C3 |
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| 2006 Nissan 350Z Touring 3.5L Misfire VIN: JN1AZ36AZ6 Hey guys really need your help on this one, customer came in with a misfire. Plugged in scanner got p0306, thought to myself simple fix, replaced all spark plugs and #6 ignition coil, vehicle continued to misfire, did compression test on cylinder number 6, goo... Trouble codes: P0306 |
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| 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G3GS64C42 Vehicle was towed to my shop because of drivability issues. Started, idled well and drove down the road fine. I noticed a print-out of various codes from an AutoZone on the front passenger seat. On it were 6 codes including a P0340 for cam sensor. Cleared all ... Trouble codes: U1255 (Class 2 data link malfunction), U1016 (Loss of PCM communication), B1328 (Device power circuit high), U1066 (Loss of RIM communication), P0121 (TPS performance), P1599 (Engine stall or near stall detected) |
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| 2000 Subaru Outback 2.5L No Start VIN: 4S3BH6751Y I have this subaru that is a crank no start, with no injector pulse or spark. Only code is a p0340 scope showed no signals from cam or crank, I am missing voltage for the cam sensor and crank sensor. I have checked at the pcm and have no voltage directly at ... Trouble codes: P0340 |
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| 2007 Volkswagen Beetle 2.5 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRG31Y27 Hello Everyone, I have this VW New Bettle with a 2.5L engine. We have a lean condition. It will set on 2nd start up. We changed the mass air flow meter, it was reading around 2.5 volts at idle now at 2.9 volts. We have check the pcv system and vacuum leaks and... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 lean condition) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2012 Audi Q5 Premium Plus 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WA1LFAFP9C rechecked ltft and stft as well as looked at oxygen sensor voltage and lambda,found lambda reading stuck at .991 with no swing.replaced front oxygen sensor and rechecked trims and found short term dropped to 0 and long term eventually got down to 3 percent.roa... Trouble codes: P2177, P2279, P119A, P2187, P2195. |
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| 2007 BMW 525i 3.0L 6053 RDC aerial VIN: WBANE53567 Hi friend thank you so much for valious, help, antenna was broken, already replace antenna and working ok, thanks. |
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| 2011 BMW X6 xDrive35i 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5UXFG2C53B we explain to the customers and due to the amount of price he decided to live with that code and also the engine shake once in awhile.in idle..but thanks all the technician that share your idea and knowledge to me... since this bmw does not release so much inf... Trouble codes: 2AEA. |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.3L engine VIN: 1GCEC14W32 Dist cap was the problem, thank to all tech for the good info, The dist cap had no sing off damage, it does look like it have been replaced before, thank Dan for the video... |
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| 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser 2.4L door locks, keyless entry VIN: 3C8FY4BB51 Had to take vehicle to Dodge dealer to have RKE module and fobs. Everything works now. |
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| 1988 Ford F-250 XL 5.8L Starter Solenoid VIN: 1FTHF25H7J Thanks for all who time off their busy schedule to help me with this beast!! Hank [...] hit the nail on the head. I as getting a constant 12V from the NDS circuit from the ECM. That circuit is tee'd to the relay starting circuit. The 12V voltage was droppin... |
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| 2004 Ford Explorer NBX 4.0L No reverse VIN: 1FMZU73E04 Thanks for all the replies! I replaced the transmission with a low mileage used one and the truck shifts great. It through me off with neutral as a forward gear(never seen that). Thanks again guys for all the insight. |
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| 2006 Ford E-350 Super Duty 6.0L Misfire, smoke on acceleratio VIN: 1FDSE34P66 Thank You for all your help. We did a compression test and we only have 100psi. Did a leak down test on that particular cylinder and we can feel and hear air coming from the intake. We are going to tear down the motor. Believe it's an valve issue. Thank you fo... Trouble codes: P0281 (Cylinder 7 contribution). |
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| 2012 Ford Fiesta SE 1.6L steering VIN: 3FADP4BJ8C Hi everyone. Finally I fixed this car. I had to replace the steering colunm assembly. I got one from LQK and there is no programming, just install and turn lock to lock and stop in the center to reset steering angle sensor. Thats all. I am still trying to find... |
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| 2004 Jaguar XJ8 4.2L No Start VIN: SAJWA71CX4 I am closing this request because I accidentally duplicated it.Sorry.Replies are to check cats and pursue intake air temp sensor .I am getting another MAF because I believe replacement one is defective.Thanks. Trouble codes: P0101 (maf circuit), P0301 ([...]), P0303 (misfire cyl3), P0305 (misfire cyl5), P0307 (misfire cyl 7), P0171 (lean bank1). |
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| 1995 Mercedes-Benz S320 LWB 3.2L 2-3 shift VIN: WDBGA32E9S Thank You for all your help. Yes your were all right. The vehicle only delays shift when it is cold. After it warms up Transmission shifts properly. Thank you for all your help. |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz ML500 5.0L teleaid control module VIN: 4JGAB75E12 Thank you all techs who replied my question, you are so great. just put an used teleaid module on it, and it looks already solved the battery drain problem. But radio needs to be recode. |
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| 2006 Mercedes-Benz ML350 4Matic 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4JGBB86E66 thanks for all your information,checking the timing was the next step although the customer declined any further repairs. thanks again mike |
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| 2012 Volvo S60 T5 2.5L srs VIN: YV1622FS8C First off thanks for all the help. It is not done yet as it is a favor for the body shop and a learning project for us. We did replace the SAS as it was only $47 list. We have VIDA and a DICE but have not done any downloads as of yet and from reading postings... |
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