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	Help Request	Answers
	2010 Acura TSX V6 3.5L Master Cylinder VIN: JH4CU4F68A We replaced the mastercylinder with an aftermarket part due to the fact the OEM Acura brake mastercylinders are on national with no delivery date. The brakes worked and pedal was normal. However, after driving for a few miles felt like brakes were beginning to...	View
	2006 BMW 650i 4.8L Cooling Systems VIN: WBAEH13476 Good afternoon, can anyone tell me if the bmw 650i 4.8l has a coolant bleeder valve ? i cant see open any where. I dont wok on alot of them...thank you so much note: car came in with over flow bootle cracked(leaking) are their any ticks to bleeding the system?...	View
	2012 Cadillac CTS 3.0L Transfer Case VIN: 1G6DG5E56C Hi all and thanks in advance. I got this 2012 awd cadi cts-4 awd, when making tight turns at slow speed it acts like a 4x4 truck locked in on dry pavement. You can drive threw it with a little more throttle. Scaned all mods for dtc's none found. Graffed the wh...	View
	2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L Fuel gauge, Security Message, Battery Message VIN: 2GCEC19T92 Hello all! This 2002 Chevy Silverado came in with the Message center showing the Security, Battery and Low Fuel messages also note the ABS light is on and the PRNDL indicator square will go blank when the message center begins to show the messages. The custome...	View
	2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD LT 6.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GBJK34688 Hello all. I have this Duramax that's got me frustrated... It will set dtc P0191 intermittently.. (like every Couple days or so). It all started when it set a P0087 along with reduced power mode, at that point we discovered that somebody had put an aftermarket... Trouble codes: P0191 (FRP sensor circuit performance)	View
	2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty King Ranch 6.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTNW21P74 After the repairs and approximately 3 weeks later there is a code P0401 EGR insufficient flow detected. Freeze frame information gathered with IDS scan tool: LOAD: 41.18% ECT: 190.4 F MAP: 20.445 psi RPM: 2055.75 rpm VS: 70.23 mph IAT: 84.2 F MAF: 127 g/s PT... Trouble codes: P0401	View
	2007 Ford E-450 Super Duty 6.8L Electronic VIN: 1FDXE45S07 this is for the ford transmission guys , we rebuilt this trans due being a complete failure. the truck had the p0657 and a few other solenoid codes when it came in. after the rebuild we kept getting the p0657 and other codes, a different tech found a bare wire...	View
	2000 GMC Sierra 1500 SL 4.3L Mechanical VIN: 1GTEC14W5Y this is one is really frustrating me. nay help is appreciated. 4.3l Silverado that sat for two years because transmission started slipping. no third gear. new owner wants to pass emissions but check engine light comes on due to lean codes p0171 and p0174. went...	View
	2007 Hyundai Veracruz SE 3.8L battery VIN: KM8NU13C77 Car has a .75 amp battery drain, if it sits for 2 days it will not start. Pulling the I/P b+1 fuse under the hood kills the draw. This fuse feeds 6 other fuses and the taillight relay. You can pull all 6 fuses and the draw is still there. This vehicle does not...	View
	2006 Lincoln Zephyr 3.0L Srs VIN: 3LNHM26106 Not sure sure how to proceed u1900 and u2510 hard fault battery disconnected. Proformed hard reset still srs light on.	View
	2002 Mercedes-Benz C320 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: WDBRF64J12 Customer complains idle too low sometimes at stop sign and hasitate to pick up / bog down when accelerate. No check engine light on. Has 12 new bosch iridium plugs and new radio. Hope new radio is nothing to do with idling problem. Could that bad/dirty injecto...	View
	2004 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L A/C Compressor VIN: WDBSK75F24 Customer complaint no A/C car has never had A/C working. Compressor not pumping, had good power to compressor, replaced compressor now no power to compressor, if I engerize the power wire compressor runs. I am not getting any signal from the AAC pushbutton m...	View
	2011 Mercedes-Benz ML350 Bluetec 4Matic 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4JGBB2FB4B Need some help identifying which sensor this is. Ordered the sensor from Mercedes using the component number B19/11 and received P/N 008 153 41 28. The 2 sensors located near the turbo currently installed in this engine have male threads on the gland nuts that... Trouble codes: 131C0, 14AE0, P0546 (exhaust gas temp sensor high bank 1 sensor 1), P2080 (exhaust gas temp sensor range performance fault)	View
	2010 Nissan Rogue S 2.5L Traction Control VIN: JN8AS5MV4A Car is back at shop when trying to accelerate from stop feels like traction control is lock on cause severe jerking of vehicle. Turning trac off makes no difference. Tried disconnecting abs sensor to disable system but no different. once you get over 20mph car...	View
	2002 Volkswagen Golf GTI VR6 2.8L Valvetrain VIN: 9BWPH61J02 So, here's an interesting one. It's a little long winded, so thank you for your patience in advance. Car came in with misfires and a terrible rattle. Dropped the pan and chunks of a timing chain guide were there. Easy enough, right? It was apparent when I disa...	View

Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models

	Fix/Summary	Answers
	2010 BMW 328i 3.0L radio and display This BMW went to the dealer. The CCC (communication computer) didn't take programming. The radio didn't work. $2.200. The problem was when programming the footwell module instead of doing the footwell module individually I choose to do a full upgrade, meaning ...	3
	2007 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LS 5.3L radio well it was obvious, just didn't want to admit it to myself. stereo was bad. how and why would be better question. how many of us have replaced how many million batteries and this is the first time for me to lose a stereo. on a chevy. I can understand take ext...	18
	2010 Chevrolet Equinox LS 2.4L timing chain VIN: 2CNALBEW2A replacing with gm parts took care of problem thanks for the help	9
	2001 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3B7KC26Z31 thanks everyone for your help , after a long wait we ended up getting the OE pcm rebuilt and got it in last night and so far no codes return and the truck runs good. calling this thing fixed after a huge nightmare! Trouble codes: P0051, P0753.	7
	2009 Dodge Journey SXT 3.5L solenoid VIN: 3D4GG57V69 sorry took so long.had a hard time programing pcm.the solenoid was shorting pcm. replaced pcm &solenoid assembley & now the trans shifts good. been 2 weeks so far & no codes came back. thank you for the help.	5
	2010 Dodge Challenger SE 3.5L Windown VIN: 2B3CJ4DV1A Good morning to all of you. I came in this morning , read all of you help, and especially Micheal and Gilbert idea. So i disconnect the micro switch, at the doors latch everything went fine for an hour...Thank alot to all of you for help. Thank again	6
	2003 Ford Ranger Edge 4.0L high idle @ start-up VIN: 1FTZR45E03 After reveiwing all help. monitored tps signal return again. noticed signal was high 1.01 v. koeo open thottle to see were p/t comes in. it changed with very little movement. decided to install a new tps, cleared KAM. roadtest to reset baro hertz. after test ...	26
	1999 GMC C6500 Topkick C6H042 7.4L Backfire extended cr VIN: 1GDJ6H1D9X AFTER TRYING A USED PCM WITH SAME BREAK OUT CODE WITH NO CHANGE RELOOKED AT ALL ENGINE GROUNDS AND LOOSENED AND TIGHTENED WITH NO AVAIL. AT THAT POINT CALLED AMD TALKED TO FLEET MANAGEMENT I GUESS THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE FOR AWHILE ...	16
	2006 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L compressor VIN: 5FNRL387X6 I flushed the system and found no metal at all.I removed the dryer [its a bag ] and again no metal or any contaminents. I replaced the dryer and added the right amount of oil.IM HOPING FOR THE BEST. THANKS TO ALL	11
	2003 Infiniti FX35 3.5L Cuts out VIN: JNRAS08U63 the vehicle was not fixed most of u said about the Throtle body that was cleaned and relearned and nothing changed , yannick said fuel trims if car is barely running fuel trims are not useful, timothy said injectors ,the time that is held opened is controlled...	11
	2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4HR58NX5 I quadruple checked the power/gound inputs to cluster, then replaced cluster. Although I kind of figured that would be the case, I just wanted to make sure there wasnt an outside influence to the cluster I was missing. I luckly was able to get a used cluster w...	9
	2003 Mazda 6 S 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YVFP80D63 The problem turned out to be the EGR boost solenoid. It worked great when it was cold. So I decided to run it on the lift. After 15 minutes the solenoid stopped working. The coil in the solenoid went completely open when hot and after cooling down it worked ok... Trouble codes: P1487, P2227 (Egr boost sensor circut).	3
	2004 Mercedes-Benz E320 4Matic 3.2L abs brake warning VIN: WDBUH82J94 Thanks everyone for your feedback. As all of you especially Steve had confirmed our suspicion that the SBC module had failed internally.Replacing the SBC module with a rebuilt unit and programming corrected the performance issue.	4
	2006 Mercedes-Benz C230 Sport 2.5L Shiftting VIN: WDBRF52H06 im closin this one with this information for you boys and girls out there not posible for me to get the turbine sensor from the dealer im not happy with this but i have to take thi car to the deler tanks to all of you	4
	2005 Nissan Altima S 2.5L Stall VIN: 1N4AL11D85 As most suggested we cleaned all the body grounds. Remann engine was painted so we cleaned off the paint and re-installed all the grounds. Just to cover all the bases we purchased a rebuilt Throttle Body on EBAY ( $70). Car has been returned to customer. So fa...	11
	2002 Saturn L300 3.0L Interior lights, trunk release, door chime, A/C VIN: 1G8JW54R52 Thanx for all of the help, the fix of this car was both multifaceted and on ongoing. The trunk release, door chime and some of the interior lights were the cause of a bad ground behind the left headlight. The A/C compressor had a bad clutch coil. The dome ligh...	6
	2007 Suzuki XL-7 Luxury 3.6L trans range sensor VIN: 2S3DA51737 Well according to IATN I should share what I learned from other members when closing a request that has not been yet fixed. Well I learned absolutely nothing, i am not ungrateful but I am pretty dissapointed in the responses and feel that if you have nothing t...	10
	2001 Toyota Highlander 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTEHF21A41 I disconnected the new harness at the old harness and switched the wires for knock sensor one and two to see if the code would change to knock sensor one or stay as knock sensor two. figured I could at least know what direction to go. Code never returned and ... Trouble codes: P0330.	17
	2007 Volkswagen Passat Value Edition 2.0L Hesitation, Surge, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWLK73C37 Well guy's I am closing this request. After checking for proper power and ground to the engine control unit, I found that the signal output to the camshaft adjustment solenoid was not a solid square wave signal. I came to the conclusion that the engine control... Trouble codes: P0010 (Camshaft position actuator circuit open bank one), P0243 (Turbo wastegate solenoid a), 819 (Knock sensor 2 sporadic), 5425 (Camshaft timing adjustment sporadic - no signal/communication), 768 (Random multiple misfire detected), 5635 (Internal control module).	6
	2010 Volvo V50 2.4i 2.4L Steering wheel module VIN: YV1382MWXA Well after many hours of frustration I finally got the module programmed. Matt took his time to talk to me and his advice was great. I just kept trying to push it through and it it finally took, after about 10 tries,that's no joke. Again thanks to all that re...	6

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