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| 2004 BMW 530i 3.0L Stall VIN: WBANA735X4 car towed in. found no fuel to engine. fuel gauge 1/4 full. replaced fuel pump. found right side of fuel tank had fuel. found left side of fuel tank had no fuel. added fuel. car ran and drove for 3 days. engine now stalls intermittently. check diagnostics (no ... Trouble codes: 5F78 |
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| 2004 BMW 525i 2.5L immobiliser VIN: WBANA52050 Vehicle came in with customer complaint cutting out and stalling.Found alternator not charging 11.6v.Supply and fit new genuine alternator charging 14.2v.Remove battery and charge overnight.Engine started up fine and returned to customer. Next day car returns... |
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| 2006 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L Interior VIN: 5UXFA13556 Odometer were coded with x431 pro V please help. |
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| 2007 BMW 530xi 3.0L Transfer Case VIN: WBANF73557 I am having problems with the 4 wheel drive system on this 530Xi. When the vehicle arrived here it had the brake, traction control, ABS and 4 wheel drive lights on. Checking codes we found the gearbox control (VTG) had codes 5208 Servomotor supply and 52D1 Inc... |
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| 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d 3.0L Engine VIN: 5UXFF03579 Hello Everyone, This 2009 BMW X5 turbo-diesel has a loud whistle/screeching sound when the engine is under load. You can also get it to happen sitting still if revved quickly. It sounds like it is coming from the right side of the engine, towards the front. I... |
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| 1994 Cadillac Commercial Chassis 5.7L No Start, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1G6DW52P7R I have 5 volts reference from pcm to high and low resolution on distributor, all pos. neg. tested, within spec, koeo. Cranking, or running I have clean 0-5 volts sqaure pattern on low resolution. High resolution is flat lined at 5 volts. The car will run even ... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet K3500 7.4L Door hinge VIN: 1GCHK33J4Y I'm looking for the proper hinge bushings and pins for this truck. The bushings from the dealer are too large to fit the holes in the hinges. The bushings that came out where a thin steel looking bushing. I have tried the doorman kit 38416 and it has the same ... |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.0L MIL Lamp on, loss of throttle VIN: 1GCHK29U85 This truck has had this problem for several months, getting more frequent. Loses throttle control intermittently while driving, no real pattern. Stop, cycle key and returns to normal. Sets code P1516. We have cleaned throttle body, replaced throttle body harne... Trouble codes: P1516 |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Camaro LT 3.6L no start VIN: 2G1FC1ED5B this is a new customer. the customer was driving the car whenthe car became a no start. he brought it to the shop and i checked the car and the engine had seized. replaced the engine with a new engine from the dealer and with the new engine the car starts and ... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Traverse LT 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNKVJED8C I need help with an odd issue with this Traverse. After driving several miles and letting engine idle the Long Term Fuel Trims climb to 40% within about a minute and stay there for anywhere from 4 minutes to 12 minutes. Then within about a minute trims drop do... Trouble codes: P0171 (Fuel System Lean), P0174 (Fuel System Lean) |
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| 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Boost VIN: 3B7KF23791 This truck builds 0 boost. No leaks, removed the turbo and inspected wastegate. Turbines spin smoothly with no play. If you put air pressure to the MAP it reads boost. I have tons of fuel getting to the injection pump. Starts and runs great other than it will ... |
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| 2001 Dodge Intrepid SE 3.2L cooling fans VIN: 2B3AD56J31 Hope someone can help me with this Intrepid, I replaced water pump and timing belt and now the car will run hot at idle but the fans never turn on, I did check live data and the pcm never commands the fans to turn on even when temps got all the way up to 100C.... |
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| 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L head lamps VIN: 2D8HN54P88 Good day everyone, I have a 2008 grand caravan in the shop with a problem the head lamps will turn on with the car parked in the garage. and when they turn on you can not turn them off. I have not been able to duplicate the concern yet but the customer states ... |
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| 2000 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Starter system VIN: 1FDXF46F5Y Complaint of the starter cranking on its own--I have not being able to duplicate this. When the truck came to me,it was running with the {s} wire to the fender mounted relay being disconnected. I hooked it up and the starter then started to crank-removed wire ... |
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| 2003 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 6.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1FDXW47PX3 Hi everyone, this truck was passed off to me from a friend, LOL. I'm not much of a 6.0 guy, but I told him I'd give it a shot. I started by scanning for codes which I listed. Started it up and it immediately went crazy at idle, jumping rpm from 800 to 1300 as ... Trouble codes: P006A, P0046 (Turbo bypass valve control ckt), P0336 (Crank ckt), P0603 (Internal control kam), P1378 (Ficm system voltage low) |
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| 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 SL 5.3L No 4x4 on ground VIN: 2GTEK19T12 Since bought used the 4x4 has not worked in this truck. Initially I mentioned a transfer case but on inspection it would have 4x4 on the hoist. Customer had a Tech school rebuild a front differential they diagnosed as faulty. Reinspected all other items and fo... |
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| 2006 Honda Ridgeline RTL 3.5L speed sensor VIN: 2HJYK16596 i have tested everything volts resistince and watched wave form but seem like the sensor won't start to respone intill it hits 3mph |
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| 2007 Honda Fit Sport 1.5L Stall VIN: JHMGD38697 only stalls cold within 5 minutes and than ok no codes, runs good other than the cold stall. starts right back up when it stalls |
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| 2008 Kia Sedona EX 3.8L Battery VIN: KNAMB76338 This vehicle has a 0.3A drain on the memory fuse circuit. This provides power to the A/c module, BCM, FAM, Door Modules, RAM and Instrument Cluster. The drain is split among four of these modules. I believe a sleep signal is transmitted to shut these down. If ... |
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| 2006 Land Rover LR3 SE 4.4L YAW Rate sensor VIN: SALAE25446 This Land Rover came in with multiple faults but the one causing the Brake lamp and Traction lamp to illuminate was the Fault code C1A98-92 Yaw rate sensor circuit performance. The Test done to leading to the replacement was checking power and ground to the se... |
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| 1996 Mercedes-Benz C36 AMG 3.6L enabling criteria VIN: WDBHM36EXT Trying to complete monitors for emissions test and registration renewal.I am hoping someone would have information about the enabling criteria needed for the monitors to run on this vehicle.I looked up all the vehicles with known OBD 2 issues on the state web ... Trouble codes: P0400, 005 (coolant temp sensor connection), 008 (intake air temp) |
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| 1988 Mitsubishi Van 2.4L repair info. VIN: P25W020534 One of our customers bought a Mitsubishi Delica Star Wagon L300 2.5L diesel van from Canada. Since these vans aren't sold in the states I'm having a problem getting info. to work on these vehicle. I was able to locate repair info and getting parts for this van... |
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| 2002 Toyota Highlander 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTEGF21A72 I removed the upper timing cover to check the camshaft alignment marks. Both are in alignment. Checked cam and crank sync with lab scope but not sure what i am looking at. If I energize the solenoids one at a time the engine runs rough. Code chart says if timi... Trouble codes: P1351 (Vvt sensor performance bank 2) |
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| 2003 Toyota Camry SE 2.4L Mechanical VIN: 4T1BE32K33 I have this 03 Camry that I need to replace the transmission. I do not recall having done one of these before so... MOD. says to pull engine/trans. assy. out the top (14 hrs. labor). Question I have is, how have others removed the transmission in this car? can... |
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| 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser 4.0L No Start VIN: JTEBU11F68 Easy one for you Asian afficianados. Can you put a used engine computer in a 08 Toyota FJ Cruiser 4.0. I know at the least you'll have to program keys. What about the rest. Any of you guys know. Car belongs to used car lot and is a flood car. Told them I would... |
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| 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI SEL 2.0L alternator Customer came in with complaint that when using his remote starter the vehicle would run for a short time then stall. He then would try a restart and only get a clicking as if battery was dead, which it was. He charged the battery, started it and brought it in... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUDF78EX7 This was my first time posting a help request Thank you so much to all the techs who responded. The good news is we fixed the car! After getting in touch with an old friend (audi tech) he was able to make information available to me that concluded there was in... Trouble codes: P2294. |
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| 2002 BMW 745Li 4.4L Charging VIN: WBAGN63422 replaced alternator again with another bosch unit and all is fine should call the tech number on the tested ok tag on the last alternator and send him a bill , i was leaning towards it as a bad unit but wanted to make sure before throwing another part at it t... |
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| 2007 BMW 328i 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: WBAVA33597 REPLACE SPRING AND REPLACE THE ECCENTRIC SENSOR. ENGINE RUNS SMOOTH Trouble codes: 29CC, 29CE, 29D0, 2A31, 2A47, 2A38. |
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| 2011 BMW 135i 3.0L Cooling Systems VIN: WBAUN7C52B Thank you for all of your input guys. It was in fact the water pump as I (and most of you guys) had suspected. what threw me off was the "blockage in system" code since nothing was blocked or broken in the water pump. It's great to have a community like IATN a... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 6.0L Drivers Window Switch VIN: 1GCHK29U11 we tried 2 factory switchs and both failed within 1 week the same issue, install a Dorman part# 901-118 and its been working fine for 3 weeks, I agree with mark from Oregon, thank you for comfirming my feel of a bad batch of switches from the dealer, I thought... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Z66 5.3L right inner axle VIN: 3GNEK12T24 Gave up and replaced with a used diff will see how it goes |
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| 1999 Dodge Stratus 2.4L lockup converter Customer didn't want further diagnoses done. He added lucas fluid conditioner(part # 10441)and after 1 week it didn't help. Most replies said to drop pan and check for clutch material or metal shavings. another said that with theses codes the tranny usually is... |
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| 2014 Dodge Challenger R/T 5.7L shift delay VIN: 2C3CDYBT0E Thanks to everyone who replied to this post, but unfortunately I have been driving the car for almost 3 weeks now and it has not acted up once form me, and I have nothing but good data from my scan tool, so I have opted to give it back to the owner and instruc... |
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| 2000 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRX17W7Y Done what most of you said to do I took it to the local ford dealer had new keys made and programed . as someone mentioned there were relays and fuses missing but attended to that first, so I now get data only to find the gas tank is full of water so I guess ... |
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| 2009 Ford E-350 Super Duty 5.4L Hesitation, Surge VIN: 1FDWE35L99 Fuel pressure & flow rate where well within spec at idle,light & heavy loads, all inputs were good so i replaced the pcm, this being a econoline,it doesnt have a fuelrail pressure sensor,no map sensor, anyways the new pcm corrected the issue, thks for the repl... |
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| 2006 Hyundai Sonata GLS 3.3L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5NPEU46F56 Tried unplugging sensors one at time to induce fault. Could not induce it. After a lot of time watching what was happening. Found vehicle would go into closed loop fault. That would then cancel sensor operation. Rechecked tps, coolant temp sensor, and mass sen... Trouble codes: P0134 (No activity b1s1), P0030 (Heater control circuit b1s1), P0140 (No activity b1s1), P0036 (Heater control circ b1s2), P0154 (No activity b2s1), P0050 (P0160 p0056 p0031 p0051 p0037 p0057 p2a00 p2a03). |
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| 2004 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L VANOS solenoids VIN: SALME11444 Thank you to all that replied, their was no excess crankcase pressures after sitting in sub 0* temps, we put new seals on the VANOS solenoids and all seems to be well with the Land Rover. |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz GL450 4.6L All Air Struts VIN: 4JGBF71E68 We are very sorry to not post a fix for this vehicle. Our customer turned into a nightmare customer and we will no longer be working with him. He refused all work, called us cheats, and will no longer be one of our customers. We do have some information to pos... |
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| 2005 Volvo XC90 2.5T 2.5L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1CY59205 Removed intake manifold and found banjo nipple completely clogged. Cleaned all passages and replaced pcv box. Went through a drive cycle without problems. Thank you everyone for the help! Trouble codes: 120D, 216D, 121B. |
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