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| 2006 Audi S4 4.2L Noise VIN: WAUGL78E36 Hi Gang - seems like a straightforward system but I'm at a loss here and need to stop the bleeding (literally). Car came in from a 3 hour road trip super noisy and area around reservoir full of fluid and an aerated system. Put car up in the air and the power ... |
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| 2010 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUFFAFL0A Engine runs perfect at idle, perfect driving...no running issues what so ever. Car had a checkered past when it first came in with multiple faults for timing, but ran OK. Previous mechanic did some work with timing chains, we don't know exactly what. Vice grip... Trouble codes: P0011 |
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| 1998 Cadillac Seville SLS 4.6L EGR Decel test VIN: 1G6KS54Y2W Hello Fellow Techs, We received this low mileage Caddy with a failed Indiana OBD 2 test. Only code on form was P0171 (Bank 1 lean), We scanned codes and found 6 codes, engine light on and all monitors run. We started with fuel pressure 40 psi at idle and smok... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 Lean), P0174 (Bank 2 Lean), P0300 (Random misfire), P1520 (Park nuetral switch), P1611 (Loss of Com), P0155 (B2S1 Heater circut) |
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| 1983 Dodge B250 5.2L Engine/transmission VIN: 2B6HB23T9D This old van is in really great shape, but has a vibration that's making us and the owner pull our hair out. The vibration comes and goes about every 12 seconds and will rattle the change in the ashtray - it's that bad. You can kind've feel it at idle, but bec... |
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| 2003 Dodge Dakota SLT 4.7L dash volt gauge VIN: 1D7HG48N53 To all thanks, I can not get this dodge to fail. customer called 4weeks ago. said that his check gauge message.Came on. found that the charging gauge was reading 0. Had him dive into shop and we checked charging system with gauge reading 0. charging system go... |
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| 2008 Dodge Charger R/T 5.7L Electronic VIN: 2B3KA53H38 Chrysler Techs my hats off to ya. You guys are dealing with MBZ and Fiat challenges... What could possible go wrong???Here's my challenge. A shop near me replaced a transmission and TCM. They called me in to program the TCM. But when I hooked up the WiTech Pod... |
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| 2009 GMC Acadia SLE 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GKER13D89 Vehicle came in with a stray electrical spark from the engines harmonic balancer while engine is running all the time except when the it is raining or damp out. The spark appears to be starting at the inner ring of the harmonic balancer and jumping the rubber ... Trouble codes: P0420, P0430 |
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| 2002 Honda Civic EX 1.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGES26832 Hey Honda guys. I have an 02 civic displaying a p0301. Can't feel the miss. It registers on the miss counter almost immediately, using a Snap On Solus. Turns the CEL on after a few drive cycles. We have replaced coils, plugs. Timing is correct. Crank sensor go... |
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| 2003 Honda CR-V LX 2.4L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JHLRD78433 Hello There, Just want to throw this out there and see if anyone else has had a similar issue. This is our shuttle vehicle and we have noticed that our fuel consumption is 18L/100km and that seems a little high to us. We have checked the fuel trims and they ar... |
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| 2010 Hyundai Genesis 4.6 4.6L left front wss VIN: KMHGC4DF2A Hi let me start by saying sorry for the long post, I have this genesis that the ABS and TRAC lights come on intermittently. Codes are C1200-LF sensor open or short, C1202-LF WSS air gap, and I think unrelated to issue but could be wrong a C1652-can signal erro... |
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| 1988 Jeep Wrangler Laredo 4.2L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 2BCCV8145J Thanks in advance guys... Sorry guys, no scan data to share and Identifix tech claims there would not be either. Jeep came in with intermitant stall complaint. I finally got to duplicate the problem. The engine will sometimes have a very low idle setting even ... |
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| 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 6.1L 1-2? VIN: 1J8HR78366 Vehicle came in with harsh shift when cold complaint. After sitting all day or all night the car will shift very harsh from 1st to 2nd for the first couple of miles. As soon as it starts to warm up the issue is gone. I did not experience the issue. I found tha... |
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| 2008 Jeep Liberty Sport 3.7L Many VIN: 1J8GN28K88 Hi Guys!! Vehicle came in for some electrical issues such as door locks and front washers not working. Also randomly the horn would go off.After diagnosing these issues it seemed to narrow down to the TIPM. We disconnected both battery cables and touched toget... |
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| 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 4.0L Stall VIN: SALDV3243V Need some assistance on this defender. came in with an intermittent stall when stopping. I was able to duplicate this very easily car seemed fine till it warmed up. After was warm stalled almost every stop just would not idle. Removed the idle air valve and cl... |
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| 1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Noise VIN: WDBEA66E0S Thank all in advance for any help. I don't work on many of these cars. The customer concern is an intermittent noise from the rear when engine is running. I heard the noise. It's a low howling noise similar to the noise a blower motor will make when going out.... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: WDBJF25H4X not the most versed in diesel diagnostics, evidently. I replaced delivery valve seals both black rubber seal and copper seal for a very minor seepage that was beginning. (after replacing seals I noticed seepage from #4 line fitting. replaced all lines per cust... |
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| 2011 Mercedes-Benz GL550 5.5L Abs Sensor VIN: 4JGBF8GE7B We received this car after the customer had a thermostat replaced and he stated that when he picked it up, it had the abs light on. We checked the work area that was effected and found nothing there to be wrong. We checked the codes and it showed multiple code... |
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| 2003 Mercury Sable LS 3.0L 2nd gear VIN: 1MEFM55S03 Customer complain of a surging, checked out multiple times before we finally got it to happen.. After the transmission shifts into 2nd gear, about midway through 2nd gear, there is a hard bump (feels like a hard shift). Watching the Fluid pressure on the scan ... |
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| 2012 Nissan Versa 1.8 S 1.8L MIL Lamp on We don't get too many of these modern Nissans in, any advice is appreciated. Vehicle came in with a p0101 code. Smoke tested whole intake system, replaced MAF sensor and pcv valve on valve cover(old one was clogged. Check engine comes back after a few days, sa... Trouble codes: P0101 |
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| 2013 Nissan Sentra S 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1AB7AP2D Originally car ran poorly, With new MAF vehicle runs fine but light comes on in about a week. I have put old sensor back in and vehicle runs poorly and sets code with in 1 mile, I have put stabilant 22a on connector and added an extra ground and the light stay... Trouble codes: P, 0101 (MAF sensor circuit B1) |
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| 1996 Subaru Legacy Outback 2.5L interchange question VIN: 4S3BG6851T Looking for some Subaru specific help here. We have a 96 Legacy Outback 2.5 with an a/t. The motor runs but has bearing noise. We have an 2.5L engine out of a good running 2001 Forester. Does anyone know one way or another whether these 2 engines will interc... |
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| 2007 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 2.5L Monitor VIN: 3VWEG71K67 HELP!!! Greetings all you insane techs who work on German cars. Not my first choice to work on but am getting a bit of an education already. This Jetta will not run secondary air readiness monitor. The only repair done was the customer replaced his battery. Ve... |
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| 2009 Volkswagen GTI 2.0L Overheating VIN: WVWEV71K79 I have a VW GTI with a 2.0 turbo. that is overheating. I have replaced the thermostat but it is still over heating. Both lower and upper hose do not get very hot but it will boil out the overflow tank. You can hear it boiling over when you shut it off and it c... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2011 BMW 328i xDrive 3.0L Safety VIN: WBAKF5C58B Thanks for all the responses, the fix was easy on this one the connector for the BST was bad. There is a small cover piece that was missing. The customer had broken the connector when trying to replace the battery. We spliced in a new connector and cleared cod... |
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| 2007 Buick Lucerne CX 3.8L Misfire It was the pcm. Dealer repaired and programed it. Thanks to all! |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Blazer LS 4.3L abs module VIN: 1GNDT13W82 thanks Charles for telling me to recheck my wires. it was the ground wire under air box that I cleaned. about 10 inches up it was rotted with four strands left. I cut it and ran it to battery all is good now, thanks again to all that replied. |
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| 1994 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Head lamps VIN: 1FMDU34XXR Thanks to all of you who replied. My first mistake was to assume that if I had any power to the head lights it must be coming from the light switch-WRONG. The light switch is bypassed in the flash to pass mode. I should have seen that when I first looked at th... |
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| 2001 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L oil in the fuel VIN: 1FTNW21F91 Re-Oringed all 8 injectors]ICP ramp up back to normal and no further oil and fuel mixing. Thank You to those who chimed in |
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| 2010 Ford Focus SEL 2.0L Cuts out VIN: 1FAHP3HN9A timing was out... remove valve cover set cams with flat edge loosen up crank bolt... align crank with bolt on side of engine block... retight crank bolt. car runs excellent know. thanks. |
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| 2003 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.6L No Start VIN: 1GTHC23163 Diesel Techs I've received 25 fantastic reply's and I'm still stalled. I want to close this help request since I'm getting close to the deadline, whilst it pains me to do so. But as we all know every one of the little PITA's will get fixed. At this point we ar... |
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| 2006 Jeep Wrangler SE 2.4L No Start VIN: 1J4FA29156 Sigh. Got another used PCM and the vehicle started right up. Bad used parts, gotta love it. Must be a pattern failure, internal grounding issue. Since I have a couple cores now, I'll tear it apart and see if I can find a cold solder joint, etc. Thanks fo... Trouble codes: P0688, P0533, P0463. |
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| 2009 Mazda 6 i 2.5L 3-4, 4-5 VIN: 1YVHP82A19 I never was able to find a break in the signal wire to the VSS, due to tight harness from factory, ended up running a new wire from the TCM to the VSS. |
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| 2004 Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG 5.5L Battery draw VIN: WDBTK76GX4 Unfortunately was never able to catch an active draw and the battery maintained a 12.3V over the past 4 days. Thanks for all replies |
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| 2013 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDZPE7CC1D THANKS TO ALL WITH THE HELP OF THE SDS WE FOUND INACCURATE READINGS FRONT THE FRONT NOX SENSOR DUE TO FAULTY DEF FILTER.WHEN WE REMOVED DEF FILTER WE FOUND SMALL WHITE PARTICLES ON NEW NOX SENSOR. WE REPLACED NOX SENSOR AND DEF FILTER MAKE SURE CDI AND SCR WAS... Trouble codes: P16CF. |
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| 2005 Nissan Titan LE 5.6L AT check light on & default ed to 3rd gear VIN: 1N6BA07B15 Thanks for your time & info. We checked the fluid & it was not contaminated. We tried to program the tcu again & got an error message. We talked to Nissantechinfo & didn't get any where...the website is very difficult to navigate & they don't have much in the ... |
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| 1999 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L MIL Lamp on, VIN: 2T1BR12E1X CAR STILL IN SHOP EMPLOYEE CAR NOT IN RUSH WILL GET BACK TO IT WHEN NOT BUSY Trouble codes: P1310 (No igf signal during engine running). |
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| 2009 Toyota Prius Touring 1.5L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: JTDKB20U09 The fix is an inverter,Replaced with a used one, shout out to Paul and Carolyn for there assistance in this diagnosis,My gut feeling all along was a failed inverter but due to the fact this is a fleet vehicle and the cost of parts I really needed to be thoroug... |
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| 2012 Toyota Highlander Limited 3.5L Waterpump VIN: 5TDYK3EH5C Thanks to all who took time to reply, I thought pump could be replaced with out pulling engine, but hadn't done one and looking at shop key it said 5hrs in estimater and first step was to remove engine? I knew those two didn't jive, also thanks to Mike from Oh... |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo S 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWFE21C13 Well the vw beetle performs better and is acceptable to the customers initial complaint of low power on accel.The new vw maf sensor brought back the top end power. However after working on it off and on for four weeks, the customer is deciding to trade it off.... Trouble codes: P0171. |
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| 2004 Volvo XC90 2.5T 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1CZ59H34 Thanks to all, the customer has decided to call it quits on this car, a good choice might I add the rest of the car was shot. This car probably had engine damage caused by driving with this problem. Chances are the pan was full of carbon and the pickup was par... Trouble codes: P0011, P0014. |
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