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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for December 21, 2015 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1993 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 4.3L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall, Surge at idle VIN: 1GCDC14Z2P After normal warm-up vehicle begins to surge at idle. Important details to know: -This is a V6 VIN code, but it no longer has V6 -Swapped with a 94 V8 -Computer and harness also 94 -Customer bought truck like this 3 years ago and has run fine until now -Afte... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L No Start VIN: 1GCHK23173 Truck came in as no start. Found O-rings in the primer to be bad, so we replaced them. Did the fuel filter at same time sense it was apart. Still no start after replacement of filter and O-rings. Scan data for fuel shows 6Mpa for actual and 43Mpa for desired. ... |
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| 2005 Chevrolet W3500 Tiltmaster W3S042 5.2L Cuts out, Limp Mode VIN: J8DB4B1625 This is my first request I have ever had to place so thank you for anyone that responds.I am a diesel repair shop and work on all types of vehicles. Vehicle has had an intermittent limp mode issue where vehicle will just lose accel and drop to just a few mph u... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 5.3L Instrument Message VIN: 1GNSKBE08C Hello IATN, I was hoping any techs, especially GM techs out there seen this unusual problem before. I have this Tahoe with the instrument message center display COOLANT LEVEL LOW, ADD COOLANT. The coolant reservoir don't equipped with level sender. Engine coo... |
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| 2002 Chrysler Town & Country LXi 3.8L turn signals VIN: 2C4GP54L72 This customer pulled up for a service and mentioned a turn signal problem. The problem is that the signal does not audibly click when switched to the left but it does normally operate otherwise. When it is switched to the right it audibly clicks as it should. ... |
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| 2003 Dodge Durango SLT Plus 4.7L Cooling system VIN: 1D8HR58N63 C/S engine is over heating. After driving for a while (about 10 miles) the temp gauge in the cluster rises out of the normal operating area & check gauges warning comes on. Before I began work on this vehicle the owner had replaced the thermostat, water pump, ... |
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| 2005 Dodge Sprinter 3500 2.7L Starting, no crank VIN: WDXPD94495 Sometimes when key is turned to start position, there is a hesitation before starter cranks. Some times does not crank at all until key is cycled. Any body seen any thing similar?? Thanks for the help. MIKE |
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| 2006 Dodge Durango SXT 4.7L Anti Theft VIN: 1D4HB38N36 Greetings and happy holidays to all! Had this 2006 Durango towed in for a no start diagnosis. Customer bought car used and never had a fob, just a grey headed key that did work until a few days ago. Car does NOT have security indicator on dash or in cluster.... |
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| 2007 Ford Edge SEL 3.5L pcm VIN: 2FMDK48C57 This makes absolutly no sense. The vehicle ran and drove prior to swapping seats. The pcm will act like its sort of coming online (fuel pump comes one and throttle cycles). but we get no communication with scanner and we have a flashing theft light. Thinking i... |
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| 2011 Ford Fiesta SEL 1.6L Electronic VIN: 3FADP4CJ5B This vehicle has trouble codes p087a and p087b. Clutch b motor performance and circuit fault. My aftermarket scan tool tells me very little. I understand how this trans works but need to know specifically how both clutch motors work, specifically the phase wir... |
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| 2003 Hummer H2 6.0L Radio VIN: 5GRGN23U03 Hi all I have this Hummer that came in this morning, the customer states that while driving if he presses the brake pedal the radio cuts out. I can't seem to get it to act up here. Has anyone seen this before.? He said it happens all the time but it,s not happ... |
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| 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe SE 3.3L Misfire VIN: 5NMSH13EX7 This is for next tech help only vehicle is fixed. this one is dead misfire like timing chain jump 2to3 teeth. Trouble codes: P0018, P0302, P0304 |
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| 2005 Jaguar Vanden Plas 4.2L Right side windows VIN: SAJXA82C25 The right side windows will only go up with the drivers switch in both positions. They work normally from the right window switches and using the key in the drivers door will open and close all the windows and sunroof. Testing pointed at the switch so it was r... |
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| 1994 Jeep Cherokee SE 4.0L hydraulics or clutch assy VIN: 1J4FJ28S6R Customer complaint of can't shift. Inspection revealed release bearing came apart. I put a new clutch assy in, surfaced flywheel & replaced needle pilot bearing. The pivot arm and trans snout still looked good, just cleaned them up. Mitchell says not to surfac... |
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| 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 3.7L electric VIN: 1J4GR48K96 Have this jeep switching on the wipers each time the ignition switch is turned on or off . Switch ON wiper will wipe just the one time then switch off will wipe again. This is with the wiper switched to the off position . Don't think this has the rain senso... |
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| 2002 Nissan Pathfinder SE 3.5L Fuel Gauge VIN: JN8DR09YX2 Hey guys i have an interesting one that i am just now getting into and would like a little feedback before i dig too deep. I have this 2002 Nissan pathfinder she runs and drives just fine but on occasion the low fuel light will illuminate with the cluster rea... |
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| 2004 Nissan Murano SL 3.5L No Start VIN: JN8AZ08W44 We had this Mirano in it kept burning out coils. We traced it down to the ECM. We replaced it with a salvage yard part and now we can't get it to rewrite the vin so we can reprogramme it. We are using a Bosh j2534 cable. can we even put in a used one and make ... Trouble codes: P1610 |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Cabrio GLS 2.0L instument cluster VIN: 3VWCC21V22 I got this car in for a instrument cluster inop. Ive tested all of the fuses under the dash and have found no issue with the fuses. Of coarse i dont have a owners manual to pinpoint which fuse controls ths cluster. Are these a know issue like the gms? Hiw can ... |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Passat 3.6 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWEU73C16 HELP! I have this 170,000 mile VW Passat with the 3.6 V6 in that came in for an oil change. We installed a new air filter and my tech cleaned the throttle body that was horrible carboned up. He also found the mass airflow sensor quite dirty and he sprayed it ... Trouble codes: P2293 (Fuel Pressure regulator fault) |
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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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| 2005 Volvo V70 2.4 2.4L No Start VIN: YV1SW61235 Don't see many of these cars in here.removed rear seat to access fuel pump and wiring.no fuel pump in access hole.after a little research i was told that since the car has a metal tank and not a plastic one the tank would need to be removed from the car to cha... Trouble codes: 261A |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2009 Audi A4 Quattro Cabriolet 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUDF48H89 Could not and did not find any leaks, looked everywhere got a ldp circuit performance code at one point, tested the circuit found it ok so we replaced the NEW ldp with another ldp, PROBLEM SOLVED!!! Sucks when new dealer parts are no good right outta the box,,... Trouble codes: P0455. |
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| 2004 BMW 645Ci 4.4L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAEH73444 Many thanks to all- What I had done is mistake the motors on valve covers for the vanos. After looking at a pic sent to me, found out the problem was a connector under the Vacuum pump, right cyl head.. The Knock sensor code was fixed by using some STABILANT 22... Trouble codes: 27B5, 27E3. |
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| 2002 Buick Rendezvous CX 3.4L interior lights VIN: 3G5DA03E52 The owner of the shop that has been working on this vehicle called me to say that he double checked all of the pins on the BCM connector, coated the connector with dielectric grease, put it back together and everything is working fine now. I guess there was a... |
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| 1997 Chevrolet K1500 Cheyenne 5.7L No Start VIN: 2GCEK19R8V Ok so going thru all the replies one caught my attention a little more than the rest. i recalled when doing the original diagnoses getting the truck running on carb cleaner it did backfire and started a little fire in the intake whick i didnt think much of at... |
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| 1998 Chrysler Sebring JX 2.5L Low Power I'm going to close this because I'm running out of time. This is one for the ages. As I stated earlier I had checked the timing with my picoscope and it showed the front bank in time but the back bank out by about 10.5 degrees retarted. The shop tore the belt... |
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| 2004 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Stall VIN: 1FTPX14574 Well this thing is fixed !!! Replaced throttle body asm. and all is well. Thanks to all that replied gotta love the fast responces !! |
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| 2006 Mercury Mariner Convenience 2.3L idler pulley VIN: 4M2YU56ZX6 I ended up tapping out the bolt hole to 10mmx1.5. I moved the alternator out of the way for additional room but still couldn't get a drill into the limited space, so I used the tap to enlarge the hole & cut the threads. By using the larger bolt, it was then u... |
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| 2004 Nissan Maxima SL 3.5L speedometer VIN: 1N4BA41E14 i did not get to fix the vehicle the used car lot they decided they have to much money into the vehicle and apparently we were taking to long. just an update things i tried between post opening and closing. the used car lot sent us a used unified meter and ac ... |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 2.5L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 3VWDF71K96 So after going through absolutely everything we decided to run another smoke test. At this time we noticed some smoke from the passenger rear wheel well. Long story short we discovered that the previous shop had done some work on the intake and when reinstal... Trouble codes: P0507. |
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