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| 2001 BMW 525i 2.5L No Start VIN: WBADT434X1 This one has been eating my lunch since last Friday. This was a running car when I tore it down. I started replacing the head gasket around Christmas time and pushed it back in two weeks ago to finish it ( Have never done a Vanos head before and this is a doub... Trouble codes: P0340 |
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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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| 2007 Cadillac XLR 4.6L Wont Lift Up ITH TRUCK BUTTON VIN: 1G6YV36AX7 Hello all caddy techs. Have this xlr and the trunk wont open normally. I was informed the battery went dead and supposedly it hasn't worked correctly since. The release button and key fob does release the latch . You have to force pass the hydraulics to open i... |
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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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| 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L Alarm VIN: 1C4GYB4R0T Hello Friends. God Morning. I have this Grand Caravan with the alarm tripping ON and disabling fuel. Also sometimes does not crank at all. When the alarm trips, the internal chime goes ON, the ALARM bulb flash in the top panel. Engine crank, starts and die.... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L No Start, Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 3D7MA48C33 Vehicle cam in on tow truck as a no start. Customer stated vehicle just shut off while driving and would not restart. We are at a complete loss. We first found that the lift pump was not working and it had been replaced with an air dog 2 system. We replaced wi... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 3D7KU28663 I hope someone will be able to help me on this truck. It's an 03 cummins with a 5.9 turbo diesel. He blow a turbo oil line and sieed up the engine. He got a running engine from his friend and put his original cyl. head on the 05 block. Beefed up the injectors ... |
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| 2005 Dodge Neon SXT 2.0L No Start VIN: 1B3ES56C75 Customer said car overheated and another shop replaced water pump and timing belt, it ran good for 2 weeks,then it started whenever engine was cold it will not start, while cranking on it , it pops back through throttle body like it is out of time. If you cran... |
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| 2010 Dodge Journey SXT 3.5L fuel gauge VIN: 3D4PG5FV1A after car heats to operating temp and sits for 15-20 minutes it develops a long crank time about 6 seconds on average. I have watched fuel pressure during the event and it normally happens after pressure drops to 50 psi , while cranking it stays around 50 psi ... |
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| 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 5.4L Mechanical VIN: 1FTNF21538 Hello to all. We have this Ford that has a noise on start up. It goes away quickly , like the first 10 seconds but its there. Pulled timing cover and replaced tensioners twice with OEM due to being able to push in tensioner by hand on one side but the other yo... |
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| 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid 1.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: JHMES99643 hi all,this civic has the dreaded p1600 code.ive always heard this code usually means it needs a hybrid battery,but have no way to check it.also the autostop doesn't work all the time.on occasion,when hot at after a 20 mile or so drive,the customer states at a... Trouble codes: P1600 |
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| 2008 Land Rover LR2 HSE 3.2L Battery Light On VIN: SALFT24N98 Hello, was wondering if anyone had any info on for me on this land rover. 2008 land rover lr2 3.2l battery light on dash. Checked starting charging system everything passed load tested battery and alternator plenty of amps. Have very limited supply of schemati... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 300SL 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: WDBFA61E4N hello and thanks to all that help I have a 92 300SL that wont idle if I feather the throttle I can keep it running and it runs great when driving down the road I checked the over voltage relay with a known good one and no change and I checked the C.O. adjustme... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML430 4.3L Shifting VIN: 4JGAB72E4X I have narrow the issue to the transmission module kind of! All the info (PIDS) look good except for the right rear spend sensor and the left rear speed sensor values! The left goes up to 50000 rpm and the right stays either on 0 or 15000. On the ABS module da... |
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| 2009 Mini Cooper S 1.6L Speed sensor VIN: WMWMF73549 FE10 Wheel speed sensor fault for LF---We replaced the LF WSS, cleared code and drove vehicle for 2 miles, all lights stayed off and no codes set. Parked car, restarted, and ABS light came back on, Code FE10 reset and won't clear. Data show LF wheel speed at 1... |
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| 2003 Nissan 350Z Track 3.5L Cuts out VIN: JN1AZ34D53 Have one that is hard to catch. Car came in with multiple codes (all over the board) found a bad ground on the right strut tower. Cleared all the codes and test drove the car and everything tested out good and no codes returned. Came in the next morning and dr... Trouble codes: P0222, P2135 (throttle pedal switch A/B correlation), P0605 (ROM internal control module) |
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| 2007 Nissan Titan XE 5.6L 4-od VIN: 1N6BA06A67 need help locating the torque converter (rpm)revolution sensor. the code I'm getting is p0717. thankx for the help. |
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| 2004 Other European clio 2 1.6L No Start VIN: 3BNBB1J544 when the car does not start there is not ckp signal and ground on the fuel pump reley. I already changed the pcm, bcm, ckp, inmovilizer, and checked pcm grounds and powers. sometimes the car does start and when it does the ckp signal and ground on the fuel pu... |
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| 2008 Saturn Outlook XR 3.6L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 5GZER23728 Vehicle runs rough for 5-10 seconds on cold start.P1400 code for cold start emission reduction control system was set.I cleaned throttle body and changed air filter.Van sat for several hours and still ran rough on startup.Alldata says that PCM looks at engine ... Trouble codes: P1400 (Cold start emission reduction control system) |
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| 2000 Subaru Legacy L 2.5L crankshaft VIN: 4S3BE6353Y hey all I'm not on here very much and by the time I go to give my help about a problem it has the answer I was going to give. anyway I need a little help from Subaru techs or any one who has run into this problem. this has never happened to me before on all th... |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Touareg TDI 5.0L Left side of engine VIN: WVGPT77L26 I am having a nightmare of a time finding a large oil leak. By large, when driven 10 miles on the highway and parked for 1/2 hour there will be an oil spot the size of a basketball dripping off the left side sub frame forward of the control arm. I first disass... |
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| 2008 Volvo XC90 3.2 3.2L looses fuel pressure VIN: YV4CM98218 Car came in with no fuel pressure, customer told us the fuel pump had been replaced so we started with a fuel pump controller, fuel pressure was 580kpa with key on and 480kpa with a duty cycle of 54% at idle. Took on test drive and it died, no fuel pressure. I... Trouble codes: P151B, P1173, P0870 |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2011 Audi Q7 Premium Plus 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WA1LGAFEXB WHERE MAN HAS BEEN!!, TIMING WAS OFF. WE RECHECKED OUR WORK AND FOUND THE PROBLEM. BRAND NEW. Trouble codes: P0011, P052A, P000A. |
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| 1974 BMW 2002tii 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Power Loss Hello to all, Please know that I appreciate your responses very much, and I was compelled to send the pump out to a rebuilder on the west coast to repair and or rebuild it. I received a couple of responses that questioned the integrity of the pump. The only wa... |
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| 2005 Buick LaCrosse CXS 3.6L power steering rack top seal VIN: 2G4WE53775 got a used unit that i was lucky to find that had 49K and said a little prayer as one of you suggested. that did the trick. it's been two weeks since the vehicle has been gone. thanks to all who responded. |
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| 1999 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1GNDM19W4X All the replies are very much appreciated it was the injector not seated all the way I tore it all down greased it up good and got it running again still a little ruff on the idle but I think it is due for a tune up thanks again for all the replies. Trouble codes: P0300 (Multiple miss fire interminet). |
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| 2005 Chevrolet C5500 Kodiak C5C042 6.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GBE5C1215 Took a stick of dynamite and blew it up... After checking all wires and my work I called customer and informed them they needed to take to diesel shop. Called customer and they informed me dealer said it was a bad sensor,,, OK THEN ,,, thank you for all your... Trouble codes: P0193 (Fuel Rail Pressure sensor circuit high), P0670 (Glow plug Module control). |
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| 2007 Chrysler Town & Country Touring 3.8L Sensor Reading VIN: 2A8GP54L37 As always, thanks to everyone for their input and advice. After letting the customer drive the vehicle over the weekend, the #4 tire was still reading half of it's actual pressure on my DRBIII and still reporting accurately on my Smart Sensor Pro+. Addition... |
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| 1995 Honda Odyssey EX 2.2L Starting VIN: JHMRA1870S Well all, I got back to this thing the very next day. First off I took my volt meter across the battery positive and negative and the meter went stupid. So, I removed the battery and put a charger on it - and the charger gauge went stupid. So, I put a new batt... |
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| 2004 Infiniti I35 3.5L Mechanical VIN: JNKDA31A34 thanks guys after many of hrs in to this vehicle by reading the cam timing bank 1 was + 5 c a and bank 2 cam reading was 21.5 c a i replaced the cam sensor bank 2 the cam reading went to + 5 c a clear the codes drove for 50 miles ok thanks you again |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L Lighting VIN: WDBSK75F23 the right side sam is for low beam on the left side.T he ls sam is for right side low beam |
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| 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander ES 2.4L Unknown VIN: JA4LS21W08 after cleaning the grounds, it no longer was setting the 705. but the 1778 comes right back. sent back to trans shop suspecting valve body problem. sometimes it would partially work, other times not shift at all |
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| 2004 Pontiac Grand Am SE1 3.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1G2NF52E94 I wish I could post a definite fix but I cant yet. This vehicle is one of our service writers so we may tear into it later on. This is the final conclusion. The plugs were Autolites and even though I swapped plugs, wires, and coils to rule out ignition, I went... Trouble codes: P0300. |
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| 1997 Toyota Tacoma 2.4L starter VIN: 4TAVL52N0V First I want to say thanks to Joe,Joe,Dan,Jimmy,Bill and zack.A couple of you said to do the jumper cable to the engine thingand if that didnt work it had to be the starter. Well you were right.It worked for the bench test but when I took it back out it was a ... |
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| 2008 Toyota Tundra Limited 5.7L Warning Lights VIN: 5TFBV58168 Since the symptoms are so intermittent, the customer has decided to hold off on any repairs due to the cost of the starter. I greatly appreciate the input, and with your help, have decided the codes that are set are most likely due to the no-crank issue. The c... 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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| 2006 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 2.0L No Start VIN: 3VWXJ81K16 Thank you to all who replied with positive feed back. It appears to be the chain issue on transmission side of head. Belt was not broken nor any teeth missing. Customer is making up mind what to do. This fellowship of help and concern for the fellow tech on he... |
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