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| 2006 Audi A4 2.0L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: WAUDF78E86 Car came in with a P0170 code. idle adaption is 6.5 % at idle should be under .6. Check oil cap a lot of vacume at oil cap, measured vacume at dip stick reading was barely 1hg. Smoked engine, no leaks, replaced vent valve on valve cover and valve cover still n... Trouble codes: P0171 |
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| 1999 Chevrolet Malibu LS 3.1L Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1G1NE52J2X I bought this car for my son, not running. We replaced the engine with a low mileage engine from a wrecked vehicle. It occasionally (not something i can make it repeat on demand) fires up and dies or stalls. It sometimes goes several days without acting up. N... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 5.3L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GNEC13T92 Hi all, This vehicle came in with the check eng light flashing. Owner says it's running fine. Checked and had the above codes and misses on # 4, 6 & 8 Cylinders but not all the time. Cleaned the MAF and Throttle plates. Installed new spark plugs. Still had the... Trouble codes: P0430 (Cat efficiency low bank 2), P0300 (Miss), P0101 (Maf out of range) |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT 4.2L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNES16S42 vehicle came in with misfire. found it was a coil but put spark plugs in while we were at it. engine was started with throttle body disconnected and when plugged back in idle was off. we performed the battery disconnect reconnect procedure to a success and the... Trouble codes: P0340, P1171, P0130 |
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| 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... |
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| 2002 Ford Ranger Edge 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FTYR10U32 Good morning... this vehicle was towed in for a no start.. night shift said it had no spark, and also told me it had good fuel pressure because it sprayed all over his shirt.. so they ordered a coil..ok so i checked it the next morning spark no fuel.. fuel sto... Trouble codes: P0302, P0301, P0300 |
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| 2012 Ford F-150 FX4 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTFW1ETXC Truck came in with complaint of check engine light on, wrench symbol on, lack of power intermittently and rough run intermittently. Only code P0236, turbo charger boost pressure sensor performance. Access air induction pids with IDS, baro 12.36 psi, inlet air ... Trouble codes: P0236 (Turbo charger boost pressure sensor A circuit/range performance) |
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| 2013 Ford F-150 FX4 5.0L network VIN: 1FTFW1EF2D This vehicle came in as had been struck by lightning. Found all fuses in GEM module were dead and had nothing working in vehicle. Upon replacing GEM, we got door locks power windows and some other minor operations. Now at connector c248 pins 16 and 17 are show... |
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| 1996 Geo Tracker 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2CNBE1361T Thanks ahead for any help you can provide, truck came in with rough idle and egr code p0400, found intake gasket leak, so pulled intake and found bad intake gasket, replaced and cleaned all egr passages, they where clogged. now truck idles fine and egr is work... Trouble codes: P0400 |
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| 2003 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.6L oil pressure gauge VIN: 1GTHK29183 hello everyone. I have a quick question. Has anyone run into a pcm recieving a signal and not sending it out the bus. It seems everyone is happy,no codes in cluster or pcm. I can unplug the sender and induce sender circuit faults. all other gages in cluster wo... |
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| 2006 Honda Pilot EX 3.5L cylinder head VIN: 2HKYF18666 When preparing to do a valve adjustment, we removed the valve covers and found the front cylinder head to be a very dark brown color with oil burnt onto all metal components. The rear head is very clean in comparison. This is a 4WD V6 which I believe does not ... |
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| 2007 Hyundai Elantra SE 2.0L sensor VIN: KMHDU46D27 car came in with p0501 and c1203 codes changed right front wheel sensor with old one only abs light was on and had communication with scanner with the new one abs and brake light are on and I have no communication wiring checks out ok connectors are good if I ... |
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| 2008 Isuzu NPR 5.2L Egr Valve VIN: JAANNR85H8 Hi All, I have a Isuzu Npr light truck with a 3.0 four cylinder diesel engine (Didn't have the 3.0 option in database). The owner has been having problem with the dpf regeneration taking a very long time or not being able to compltete. This truck spends a lo... |
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| 2005 Kia Optima LX 2.7L draw VIN: KNAGD12835 Car came in costumer states they had a dead battery in the morning. Car was jumped and started right up. Checked charging system and found it was charging properly. Checked for draw and found that fuse # 23 [underhood fusebox] circuit was a problem. My problem... |
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| 1990 Lexus LS400 4.0L alarm VIN: JT8UF11E6L Good afternoon everyone, This is Mike [...], from D&S Automotive LLC, and I would like to ask all the other techs out there if they think my recommendation to proceed is right or not. After turning on vehicle and letting it warm up, we noticed that the al... |
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| 2003 Mini Cooper 1.6L Car Vibration on acell past 50 VIN: WMWRC33453 Car vibrates past 50 mph on acceleration only. Once foot is off the vibration goes away. Only looseness is in the rear bushings of the lower control arms.i see that others have had similar issues and i don't want to throw parts at it. Thanks for any pattern fa... |
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| 2012 Nissan Juke S 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, No comm at dlc VIN: JN8AF5MR6C Any assistance on this one is greatly appreciated... 2012 Nissan Juke, driven in to the shop with a customer stating they have an erratic engine idle. They have observed the idle climb up, then down, they say, to a near stall condition. We have not successfull... |
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| 2007 Pontiac Torrent 3.4L brakes VIN: 2CKDL63F87 booster and master cylinder did not fix the problem. brakes still lock up after about 15 minutes of driving, if you pull the vacuum hose off of the booster brakes will release and you can drive another fiteen minutes and then do it again. no codes present when... |
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| 1990 Toyota Pickup DLX 2.4L Sluggish VIN: JT4RN01P8L Hello everyone and thanks for the help with this one. I have this 1990 Toyota Pickup with the 22RE engine in that is dealing me fits. Back in February, the vehicle came in and would start running terrible and belching out black smoke and stalling intermittent... |
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| 2006 Toyota Avalon XLS 3.5L Compressor VIN: 4T1BK36B86 Hello All ...I replaced the A/C condenser on this Avalon due to a leak from something hitting it...rock...road debris. customer picked up vehicle all was well for a few days then they noticed sometimes it would quit cooling while at idle ...pick up speed it wo... |
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| 2012 Volkswagen Passat S 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1VWAP7A39C Ok, I have a VW Passat with a 2.5l with a reoccurring P0106 DTC. I smoked the Intake and there is no leaks. I found in another IATN post to check for oil contamination of the MAP sensor from the valve cover. After checking I did in fact find oil in the intake ... Trouble codes: P0106 (Manifold Absolute Pressure Range / Performance) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 BMW 550i 4.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBANW53508 The fix for this vehicle actually ended up being the DME. Once installed and programmed the light went away. We tested all of the wires from the pump to the DME and there were no breaks or corrosion which was causing an issue, so we concluded the DME was the ... Trouble codes: P2400. |
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| 2012 Cadillac CTS 3.0L Transfer Case VIN: 1G6DG5E56C WELL I'M LEANING TOWARD WHAT MARK SAID, BUT THE CUSTOMER IS GOING BACK TO ANOTHER DEALER TO TRY AND GET IT COVERED. IF I EVER GET ANY ANSEWERS, I'LL REPOST THANK YOU TO ALL. |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Corvette 50th Anniversary Edition Pace Car 5.7L Electronic VIN: 1G1YY22G43 A big thank you to Greg and Gary for your help; I have not fixed this car but it is behaving itself 90% of the time the customer wants me to dig deeper into the wiring over the winter months so I will re post my findings "fingers crossed" thanks again Ernie |
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| 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Van 5.2L No Start VIN: 2B7JB21Y51 Thanks guy for your inputs A reman PCM did do the trick, 1 week plus and customer states all good. Geoff was correct substituting a resistor will not extinguish the no buss message. Tried it before his input. I did have some intermittent luck with Geoff's s... |
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| 2005 Ford Five Hundred SEL 3.0L Mechanical VIN: 1FAFP24155 Lorin,Andy,Steven,Nathan,Gary,Brian,Timothy,Reno,Bill and Jeff thank you very much for taking your time to read and respond to my post.Sorry cant really call it a fix. But after tearing down the front cover and determining that the cams were in time. I reassem... |
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| 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.4L Mechanical VIN: KM8SB12B93 vehicle is fixed computer grounds and some body grounds were the problem thank you for all the help |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz E420 4.2L In limp mode VIN: WDBJF72F1V Well The conductor plate was the cause of failure. The OTC Genysis Touch with the correct adapter cable was unable to clear the code out of the TCU. Codes should not set with vehicle not running or driven with this model. Was Able to Clear with Autel maxisys... |
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| 2006 Porsche Cayenne S 4.5L ride control VIN: WP1ZZZ9P26 Looks like a problem that no one has any idea on, sad as my customer still driving around with a quite hard ride. Don't want to say go ahead and buy 4 new shocks and after still have the same issue , very expensive parts on this car . Its a first for me not to... |
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| 1993 Toyota Camry LE 3.0L Master cylinder VIN: 4T1VK12EXP Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge! Car is stopping as it should be once again. To my astonishment the customer sprung for replacement of the brake system. We replaced all components from the master to the calipers and AL [...] pieced in between. Car ... |
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| 2007 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L timing chain VIN: 5TENX22N27 This is a 2 wheel drive vehicle.I looked a Little deeper and the oil pick up is not mounted to the t cover as some of you suggested.So we opted to remove t cover in car.It was possible there are two bolts behind the t stat housing on drivers side that are a li... |
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| 2010 Toyota RAV4 Sport 3.5L cooling fans VIN: JTMRK4DV8A Thx for all replies, Pressure sensor supplies 5V info to PCM then PCM supplies voltage to "Fan ECUs" to variate fan speeds, replaced #1 fan ECU (for rotation problem) and found pressure sensor with a drop in it between 2 and 3 volts, renewed pressure sensor al... |
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