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| 2006 BMW 650i 4.8L No Start, Stall, Misfire VIN: WBAEK13436 Customer was coming in for a steering light on. On the way here car just died. When cranking the car will try to start if you give it gas I can keep it running for about 10-20 seconds, heavy misfiring and dies out. I have 50 psi for fuel pressure. Has anyone s... Trouble codes: P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P0305 |
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| 2007 BMW X5 3.0si 3.0L No Start VIN: 5UXFE43577 I'm hoping someone can lead me in the right direction. We got a 2007 BMW X5 E70 that came on the hook. Customer states that engine stalled on highway. I don't know if it sputtered or just cut-out. When we received the vehicle the battery was almost dead, I don... |
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| 1998 Jaguar XK8 4.0L Keyless entry Hi all This XK8 coupe came in with one complaint of the key fobs not working. First thing I did was to fit new batteries to both fobs. Neither one worked at all. I then found that when locking the door with the key only the drivers door worked. I found a blown... |
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| 2004 Volvo XC90 2.5T 2.5L brakes VIN: YV1CN59H64 hi everyone I have one that is confusing me, customer states car wont move I figured it was related to brakes locking up but could not duplicate problem. after road testing brakes I noticed that when backing up the brakes started to grab,when I got out I felt ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 2002 Audi A4 Quattro 3.0L Right Rear Turn Signal VIN: WAULT68E82 Installed new J519 central electrics module, and found trailer wiring not seen before chaffed in one spot grounding the right rear turn signal black/green wire. Repaired harness and cleared codes. All is well. Thanks. |
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| 2008 Audi TT 2.0L Comfort and convenience module VIN: TRUAF38J58 I should have mentioned that it had an aftermarket radio, which I had unplugged. Sorry guys. Anyways, the car is fixed. One of the door modules wasn't coded correctly. Once that was fixed, the parasitic draw went away. |
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| 1996 BMW Z3 Roadster 1.9L no mil lamp VIN: 4USCH7326T So after replacing the knock sensors which come as a pair and verifying the wiring is ok from the sensors to the DME we decided to have the software updated in the DME. The update worked but still had the same problem. We sent the DME out for a rebuild. Rei... Trouble codes: 210 (knock sensor 1), 211 (knock sensor 2), 222 (knock control system test pulse), P1589 (control module self test bank 1), P1386 (unknown). |
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| 2012 BMW 328i 2.0L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBA3A5C51C Unfortunately the customer didn't really want to dig into the problem and he picked the car up. I did check for misfires and vacuum leaks by smoke testing. Nothing showed up in either case. One person mentioned O2 sensor issues. I didn't notice any erratic rea... Trouble codes: P0172, 133E1, 11800. |
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| 2004 Jaguar XJ8 4.2L No Start VIN: SAJWA71CX4 This is a half-fixed.I replaced the MAF under parts warranty and iat now reads 30C which is comparable to the other 4.2 XJ's that I work on.Also intermittent hard starting issue is gone as well as all of the misfire codes.I still have the P0101 and the P0171 c... Trouble codes: P0101 (maf circuit), P0301 ([...]), P0303 (misfire cyl3), P0305 (misfire cyl5), P0307 (misfire cyl 7), P0171 (lean bank1). |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550 5.5L Srs VIN: WDDNG71X97 As all you great people as well as awesome techs suggested: to program weight sensor, and so I did and all is well. Thank you all !!! Trouble codes: 91C0, 91C3. |
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| 2002 Porsche 911 GT2 3.6L passenger window VIN: WP0AA29972 Well,looks like dried window seals were causing issue, after lubing with silicone spray, seems to be ok. |
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