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| 2001 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L battery drain VIN: WBAFA53591 There has been a history of battery drainage on this BMW. We put a temporary NEW battery in it and let it sit a few days. The voltage dropped to 11.76v but the engine started with no hesitations. We tried again this weekend and same result. The light next t... |
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| 2008 BMW X5 4.8i 4.8L No Start, Cuts out VIN: 5UXFE83528 This vehicle came with multiple customer concerns. The vehicle symptoms are an extended crank around 3 seconds and its after it been running and then sitting for about 15 minutes. It attempts to fire then continues. It seems to be pretty consistent. I have che... |
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| 2004 Buick Rendezvous CX 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3G5DB03E04 This van intermittently sets code PO131 for #1 O2 sensor low voltage.It usually takes around 6000 miles to do it.Everytime I check it out the sensor is working good and van is not running lean.Freezeframe data shows it happening at highway speed with coolant t... Trouble codes: P0131 |
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| 2004 Cadillac Escalade 6.0L Starting VIN: 1GYEK63N64 So this is the second time i have had this truck in here for no start. It has no crank,click or anything but the dash lights do go out when turn key like normal starting. both times i have brought it in battery is good fuel pressure good and also scanned and n... |
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| 2008 Cadillac SRX 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GYEE53A28 This vehicle originally had a P0010, P0011, & P0013. I tested VTC control via my scan tool and found no movement on the intake VTC of bank 1. I checked for voltage to the solenoid and found it acceptable (tested it with a test light). I replaced the previous... Trouble codes: P0010 (Intake Camshaft Position CMP Actuator Solenoid Control Circuit Bank 1), P0011 (Intake Camshaft Position CMP System Performance Bank 1) |
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| 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: 1GCEK19T4X just wondering if someone might know where to begin on this as there are no codes, no pending codes, and 0 misfires on any of cyls. it just starts skipping every now and then. then clears up in few min. |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire VIN: 1G1ZB5EB6A Car came in running rough and ses light on.Removed vvt solenoids and found screen in middle grove had what looked like metallic particles on inside of screen.Opened solenoid and flushed with brake cleaner and reinstall, car runs normal.Has anyone else run into... Trouble codes: P0011 (intake camshaft position system performance), P0101 (MAF sensor performance), P0106 (Map sensor performance), P0068 (throttle body air performance) |
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| 2010 Chrysler 300 Touring 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2C3CK5CV7A 2010 Chrysler 300, 3.5L . Fault codes P0201 thru p0206, Injector fault. Pin tested the Harness from the individual injectors (all 6) to the PCM Harness, not breaks in continuity, no continuity between harness pins to body ground. Injectors all have power comin... Trouble codes: P0201 (inj fault), P0202, P0203, P0204, P0205, P0206 |
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| 2003 Dodge Sprinter 3500 2.7L Stall VIN: WD2Y054263 This is an '03 Sprinter 3500 van (904.663) with a 612.981 in-line diesel engine. Problem is air getting in low pressure fuel supply system. We have replaced every line, filter, hose, and o-ring more than once. Line from filter to mechanical low pressure pump w... |
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| 2006 Dodge Charger R/T 5.7L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 2B3KA53H36 This ones a real tough one ! IT has been in several times over the past year . heres a list of stuff thats been done, No Start: bad fuel pump Replaced with Mopar pump PCM replaced due to oil pressure sender shorted also replaced (fixed problem) . Spark plugs (... Trouble codes: P0420, P0430 |
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| 2006 Dodge Dakota SLT 4.7L Rack or Pump VIN: 1D7HW48N66 Hello I have this Dakota and I replaced the rack on it a few weeks ago and it seemed odd then but I was not sure if it was normal. I did not drive this before and the cust just bought too. While sitting still and you turn the wheel and hold it there it would b... |
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| 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.6L p1745 VIN: 2G4RDGBG6E Taxi company has an aging fleet of 2014 Dodge Caravan's 3.6L w/ 62TE trans. Occasionally, 2 of them go into limp mode with a resultant code P1745 trans line pressure too high for too long stored. The way I understand this is the PCM dumps line pressure at idle... |
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| 2005 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L torque converter VIN: 1FMYU03125 came in for "stall at stops" had codes. replaced solenoid pack and still has symptoms. When it stalls, stalls like engine is being dragged down. Neutral start, put in drive and kills engine. wait 5 seconds and no problem. Anyone with experience in this? |
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| 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch 6.0L smokes at idle VIN: 1FTWW33P55 Noise sounds like possible turbo. Turbo does turn and shows boost, but the turbo shaft has movement. It appears that the shaft moves enough that the vanes might drag, but don't see any sign of that. I have limited experience with this turbo, is this much play ... |
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| 1995 Honda Accord EX 2.2L Cuts out, Stall VIN: JHMCD5652S When you first drove for a couple minute, the vehicle runs normal. Once it warms up, when you comes to a stop sign, the rpm will drop very low causing the vehicle to shakes and die. The rpm will fluctuates at times at idle. Sometimes the vehicle will shakes, d... |
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| 2006 Isuzu NPR 5.2L turbo Replaced visibly broken turbo,removed after cooler clean and pressure tested. Replaced EGR valve and boost pressure sensor. Road test-check engine light comes on-scan vehicle Code P0299 still present-all specs good except barometric pressure. I am using progra... |
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| 1987 Land Rover Range Rover 3.5L oil pump VIN: SALHV1143H Running 40w straight weight oil and the best I can get is about 20 to 24 psi depending on temperature. New oil pump gears put in from Atlantic British improved a few psi, but gears are sloppy considering they are "new" gears. Pump housing is worn (part of timi... |
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| 1966 Lincoln Continental 7.6L Front Crank Seal We have never worked on 1 of these antiques. The P/S pump is directly driven by the crank.It leaks oil from between the block & the P/S pump when the engine is running! Is the front crank seal in the timing cover? Does the timing cover have to be removed & the... |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz CL500 5.0L Abc VIN: WDBPJ75JX2 Thank you in advance for your advice and help. I'm having hard time to performance level calibration and load adjustment, any body knows how much weight do i need to use to do load adjustment, i have maxisys pro and mercedes start diagnostic bud i don not how ... |
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| 2002 Nissan Maxima SE 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1D431D12 Hi guys need some help with this 2002 Nissan Maxima the problem is that I can't clear the codes u1001 and u1000 . I did the the tsb for these codes clean all ground also run ground from the battery to the ecm still would not clear I could communicate with the ... |
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| 1998 Oldsmobile 88 Royale 3.8L temp gauge VIN: 1G3HN52K9W using a scanner and jumping the a & b at the ect sensor it reads 340 deg. running the car with the ect plugged in temp is normal 195-213, but the gauge stays at o deg. testing for continuity on the c cavity found the lt green wire stops at the fire wall going ... |
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| 2008 Pontiac G6 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G2ZG57B98 Customer brought car in, said it will not rev past 2k while in drive, barley drove to our shop. Has new maf, reman. Car will rev up while in park. Will not rev up past 1800 in drive. Acts like converter clogged up. Remove upstream o2, same result. Customer did... Trouble codes: P0068 (Maf/map throttle position correlation), P0101 (Maf or vaf a ckt range/perf), P0171 (System too lean bank 1), P0300 (Random misfire) |
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| 2007 Porsche Cayman S 3.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WP0AB298X7 We disassemble the engine to replace IMS bearing. Keep getting the P0018 and misfired code on bank 2. We removed the again to retime it code p0018 is no longer there but the misfired on bank 2 is always present. Compression is 200 psi across the board. Inspect... Trouble codes: P0018 (crankshaft position with respect to bank 2 intake camshaft), P0300, P0304, P0305, P0306 |
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| 2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca Limited 3.0L Rpm guage fluctuates VIN: 4S4WX85C96 I have a 2006 subaru tribeca amd the tachometer fluctuates up and down intermittanly any ideas??? |
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| 1997 Toyota Tacoma 2.4L starter VIN: 4TAVL52N0V When key is turned to crank I only hear relays. No dimming lights. tested relay first. voltage seemed strange at ignition side coming to relay control. 11.8 in on and 12.2 in crank. I figured it was back reading through the NSW at the ecm or the circuit closin... |
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| 2003 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L Rear brakes VIN: 1NXBR32E83 I have had the luxury of three weeks to fix this ongoing problem and time is quickly running out.I am a rookie at doing brakes, I have only been doing them 40 years now and was hoping someone would have a fresh approach to this problem...here it goes. This ca... |
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| 2008 Toyota Tundra Limited 5.7L Warning Lights VIN: 5TFBV58168 The customer's complaint is very intermittent (4 times in the last year) warning indicators coming on while driving. The ones she definitely pointed out were the ABS, VSC and 4WD. There was one other, but she wasn't sure what it was (I speculate it might be th... Trouble codes: P0335 (CKP A Circuit), P0340 (CMP Circuit), P0345 (CMP A Circuit Bank 2), P0365 (CMP B Circuit Bank 1), C1201 (ABS Engine Control Circuit Fault) |
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| 2007 Volvo S40 2.4i 2.4L Rough Idle VIN: YV1MS38227 This car had sunroof leaking due to bad design of sunroof drain hoses which shrink and water is leaking through firewall right on the floor. I suspect water leak could damage something or i might have bad ground cable. I have 25 codes so don't know where to ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2005 Acura RSX 2.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JH4DC53825 thank you to everyone who responded, this fix happened to be valve adjustment Trouble codes: P0300, P0302, P0304. |
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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUDF78E47 Thanks guys for all the responses. Here's what I found ... the LDP was receiving battery voltage on the yellow/green wire with engine running, the gray/red wire was also receiving B+ at the LDP, but at the Ecm, the gray/red wire tested 3.9v. I did a voltage ... Trouble codes: P2400 (Emission system LDP control circuit open). |
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| 1999 BMW 528i 2.8L engine cylinders VIN: WBADP6332X SORRY FOR THE DELAY BUT I JUST STOP WORKING ON THIS VEHICLE FOR A WHILE, BUT THIS WAS REALY GOOD LEARN, WE DECIDE TO REPLACE BRAKE BOOSTER, AND THEN WE FOUND THAT BRAKE , BOOSTER WAS COMPLETE FULL OF WATER, SINSE OVER TEN YEAR OF EXPERIENCE THISIS THE FIRST T... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L Hesitation, Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1ZC5E07C Replace MAP Sensor pig tail on 4/4/16 As of 4/18/16 customer has not check back in with the shop . So we assume the problem has been fixed or they choose to go to another shop thank you all who replied with repair info Trouble codes: P0106, P0107. |
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| 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2D4GP44L15 Sorry for posting info so late on this van. Thanks to all that replied on this post. I was able to check harness alittle more closely at PCM. Checked wiring from each component to PCM and didn't find any issues there. All circuits had continuity and carried cu... Trouble codes: P0443, P0449, P0622, P0645. |
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| 2008 Dodge Magnum SXT 3.5L alternator VIN: 2D4FV37V98 This one is finally fixed. First and foremost special thanks to Louis [...] for going above and beyond in helping me understand the difference between A and B type alternators and how to tell which one you have. They kept getting A type and this vehicle re... |
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| 2007 Ford Expedition Limited 5.4L Readiness monitors VIN: 1FMFU19587 yes engine temp was correct. Tried every trick in the book. Over 400 miles of drive cycles and many tanks of gas. Vehicle has timing chain noise and tsb to replace timing actuators. vehicle runs poorly and stalls after every programing or KAM reset. takes many... |
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| 2013 Ford F-150 FX4 3.5L Timing chain VIN: 1FTFW1ETXD Thanks to all who replied. I ended up replacing basically everything. Primary chain and tensioner, secondary chains, tensioners and all guides. Plus all 4 cam phasers. I cant really comment on what might have happened if I did not replace all of these parts bu... |
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| 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML350 Bluetec 4Matic 3.0L Engine seized VIN: 4JGBB2FB3A Thanks for all the responses. Unfortunately this will have to be updated once I find out what the root cause of the failure is. It is in the hands of the Lawyers and it's not going to be dealt with soon. I would really like the opportunity to investigate this ... |
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| 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.5L monitor imcomplete VIN: JF1GD79616 just wanted to thank all the help from those that responded. last thing a did was checked air injection circuit was all the conditions were met.vehicle did ran air injection system once but needs to ran a second time to complete monitor.customer needed his car... |
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| 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid 2.4L does a shut down VIN: 4T1BB46KX7 Big Thank You to Jack [...] for taking the time to research the codes dealing with the SMRB, SMRG, and SMRP. His research found the code is really dealing with the SMRG and to confirm would require removal of the battery case cover, which would break the se... Trouble codes: P0AE2. |
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