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| 1997 Audi A4 2.8L Hesitation, Lacks Power VIN: WAUDA88D4V Have this Audi that came in with a severe lack of power and little to no throttle response. There were no codes. When disconnecting the MAF sensor, the vehicle ran almost normally except for the check engine light. Installed a new MAF and obtained the same res... |
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| 2008 Chrysler Sebring Touring 2.7L oil light VIN: 1C3LC55R48 original problem , oil light staying on always. replaced op switch still stays on. did o pressure test, 3 psi at idle replaced oil pump light went out for 3 weeks,. now car is back with oil light on. engine is quiet maybe im missing something? |
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| 2011 Chrysler Town & Country Limited 3.6L Unknown VIN: 2A4RR6DG8B Need some assistance from the Chrysler techs out there. This car came in with a p0740 tcc circuit open. We replaced the solenoid pack inside transmission this came with all the internal wiring and all the solenoids for trans except pressure solenoid and sensor... |
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| 2004 Dodge Dakota SXT 3.7L coil springs I am replacing springs due to age and jounce bumpers gone. and want advice on the best coil spring compressor for these dodge Dakotas. I see one recommended on Alldata from Miller tools DD1278 but they don't really show you how to use it. It doesn't look wide... |
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| 2011 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch 6.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FT8W3BT8B This Ford has the MIL on with the above codes. Driver states it occasionally feels like it is lacking power. I can not find much information on these codes. Thanks in advance for the help. Trouble codes: P20BA, P00E8, P00B9 |
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| 1994 GMC C1500 Sierra SL 4.3L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: 1GDDC14Z9R So another shop converted this from a 4.3 to 5.7 dont know exactly what they changed out. Truck runs ok at first and after 5 mins when accelerating it bogs down and fires thru the TB at light acceleration it is ok. ive done timing, checked pressures and also... |
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| 2002 Honda Accord SE 2.3L windows VIN: 1HGCG56702 vehcile came with driver's window working only. other 3 windows inop, sunroof and horn inop. found all fuses blown for windows. replaced and they blow when operatiing any window. found when window lock switch set on fuses blow and when turned off fuses do not ... |
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| 1992 Jeep Wrangler 4.0L Reservoir VIN: 2J4FY29S3N Hello all, don't you love getting thrown in the middle of something that someone else has already worked on? So here is the issue, this customer has already replaced everything on the power steering system. Pump, hoses, and gearbox. The only thing that has not... |
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| 2005 Mazda 3 S 2.3L Hesitation VIN: JM1BK12395 Customer brought vehicle in complaining of intermittent long crank after cold soak and intermittent hesitation from a stop. We could not duplicate symptom. Also, check engine light on for P2177. We checked air snorkel for cracks, smoked engine for vacuum lea... Trouble codes: P2177 (System Too Lean off Idle Bank 1) |
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| 2005 Mazda 6 S 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YVHP84D15 So this car has a brand new crate engine, but customer states customer had been running lean long before engine blew. I smoke checked intake and visually inspected intake bellows. Pinched off PCV with no change and removed upper intake to check O-rings. spraye... Trouble codes: P2198, P2197 |
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| 2001 Mercury Sable LS Premium 3.0L blend door VIN: 1MEHM55S51 Came in for AC service, ac blows hot air instead of cold air. Seems like blend door stuck in hot position. Do I need to pull out heater housing to check the function of blend door operation. Please shed the light. Appreciated much. |
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| 1992 Nissan Sentra E 1.6L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: JN1EB31P2N Car came in on the tow. It starts for about 3 seconds and dies. Fuel pump pressure and volume are good, 55psi. Plugged off the return line, no difference. It will run all day long on starting fluid. Unplug the MAF sensor and it will stay running forever. Chec... Trouble codes: 55 (no problems found) |
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| 2011 Ram 2500 Laramie 6.7L Starting VIN: 3D7UT2CL3B Truck came in with a short cank and no start. The PCM was not grounding the starter relay. When ground was applied, starter would crank continuously. With the witech, we are able to see all modules and intermittantly lost communication with the PCM. After veri... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L engine VIN: WVWAC63B81 Hi everybody and thank you in advance. ok about 3 moths ago the car overheated and had oil in the coolant, so installed a new oil cooler I flushed the cooling sys as much as a could, its very little traces of oil left hardly any, so everything was fine until y... |
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| 2008 Volvo XC90 3.2 3.2L Dem VIN: YV4CZ98258 This vehicle has 1A64 code for missing signal to DEM. Also it has wheel bearing type of noise coming from the rear differential or wheel bearing which is very loud. Noise starts at 25ml and completely goes away at 65ml when driving down the road. I wonder if t... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2007 BMW X3 3.0si 3.0L running light,headligts,left turn signal VIN: WBXPC93487 ended up sending to dealer. I could not diagnose properly. ending up being the light module I think in the driver kick panel. apparently the system also had a draw. thanks for the info guys. |
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| 1994 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L Surge VIN: 1G4CW5218R This vehicle was a Sunday night drop as the owner as leaving town along with short, cryptic note and a phone number.. Finally raised owner by phone on Wednesday. Service records in trunk show fuel pump, TPS, crank sensor replaced by various shops and the owner... |
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| 2011 Buick Regal CXL 2.4L Radio VIN: W04GN5ECXB Todd, your information was right on the money. We installed a remanufactured radio. The BCM automatically burned the VIN info into it. The radio immediately started working, albeit with a lot of irrational behavior. As an example, I tried pressing a radio ... |
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| 2003 Chrysler 300M 3.5L Hesitation, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2C3AE66G63 I am discouraged, the customer decided to bail out on any further diagnosis due to money. What we did do before this decision is we tried a known good cam and cranks sensor just to rule those out, no change.There is no VVT on this engine, so that does not appl... Trouble codes: P0016 (CMP/CKP Relationship Errir), P0344 (CMP Signal Intermittent). |
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| 1994 Ford F-350 XL 5.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTJW35H2R Thanks for all of the replies. Most stated to ck. the fuel pressure regulator as they can intermittantly stick closed and skyrocket fuel pressure. I have never seen this happen intermittantly, but you were all right. I had already graphed the coolant temp sens... |
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| 1999 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L Coolant tree VIN: 1FTRX18L8X So like I had said this truck came from another shop with the engine out. Luckily all the old parts were in the bed of the truck. So I figured out this engine came out of a 2003 truck. Well I had put the metal intake of the originally 1999 setup so all the ... |
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| 2010 Ford Mustang 4.0L No Start, Stall VIN: 1ZVBP8AN1A So it was the module. Always double check and make sure before throwing parts into the vehicle. the part that sucked the most is trying to recreate the issue. a had to drive it and put some load on it. |
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| 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid 2.5L No Start VIN: 1FMCU5K32A sorry to close to late, problem was the inverter, thanks to all members for help. Trouble codes: P0AFA, PA0A6, B2141 (60- Ic), P1A10, P1A14, P0A0A. |
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| 2000 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG1657Y Thanks guys. I replaced all coils and car is running good. Trouble codes: P1399, P0301, P0303, P0305. |
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| 2006 Hyundai Tucson GL 2.0L Powersteering Pump VIN: KM8JM12B96 We replaced the power steering pump, replaced the spring clamps on the feed hose from the reservoir to the pump with screw clamps, and performed to proper bleed procedure. No more air, no more whine. Thank you for all of your replies. |
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| 1996 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L Starting VIN: SAJHX1745T I want to thank you all for your quick respond.problem was PCM somehow water got to it, and connectors had corrosion , installed another PCM and she fired right up. again thank very much. |
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| 2004 Mazda Tribute LX 3.0L Will not complete mo VIN: 4F2YZ04134 Customer ran out of money and vehicle was returned to them We did a computer capacitance discharge re-set and told them to drive a couple of hundred miles, bring the car back and we would see if either monitor completed or, if any codes had set. The shop owne... |
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| 2003 Mini Cooper S 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: WMWRE33433 The plastic that connect the air cooler to the manifold( the LH side) was the problem,it was obvious was when we remove the air cooler for the supercharger. It looks like someone open it and didn't put it properly , so it was sucking air, as to how the probl... Trouble codes: P1109, P1242 (4674 secondary upstream manifold air pressure sensor too high in deceleration). |
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| 2009 Toyota Camry XLE 3.5L Electronic VIN: 4T1BK46K29 We were able to manipulate the actuator back into place, and the customer decided it was good enough. He is aware that the motor and door most likely will fail in the future, but decided the overall repair bill (other unrelated repairs done) to let the door be... |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Beetle 2.0L airbag VIN: 3VWBB61C1W Thanks to all that replied, I took Joe's advice and grounded out the module casing and communication came back for everything, oddly enough i thought of this possibility last night after i left, but all in all it now working and the only code to return was 012... |
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| 2006 Volvo XC90 V8 Ocean Race 4.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV4CZ85246 Thank you all for the great ideas. I'm calling this one FIXED! I compared scan data with actual fuel pressure and discovered a big discrepancy. Scan data showed 69 psi while gauge pressure was 55 psi. So...my conclusion was that we had a defective fuel pre... Trouble codes: P0174 (Fuel system too lean bank 2). |
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