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| 2000 BMW 528i 2.8L Electronic VIN: WBADM6346Y This car came in with a transmission light and tractions control light on and intermittent abs light and brake light. scanned for codes found 116 brake light switch, 117 brake light switch signal, 97 steering angle Adjustment fault. Tried to calibrate the stee... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LS 5.3L body viberation VIN: 3GNFK16Z73 So this truck comes in for a overhaul we fixed and everything was fine about a week later cust comes back with the complaint of a vibration in drive or reverse but only at an idle so i readjusted the exhaust system and replace the transmission mount and proble... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD LT 6.6L air bag VIN: 1GBJK39697 Hi there,Im having a problem with this vehicle...im getting multiple air bag codes.the codes that keep coming up are... front inflatable restraint front end sensor,drivers seat position sensor,passenger seat position sensor,...I called the dealer just to virif... |
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| 2005 Dodge Dakota ST 3.7L pads, calipers VIN: 1D7HE22K25 Long story, Good customer's truck. Been fighting front brake problems for a while as you can see from the repair history. Being in the rust belt, we had been chalking up these issues to lack of driving, but are having our doubts. The truck is very clean under... |
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| 2007 Dodge Sprinter 2500 3.0L Hesitation, Surge Hellllllpppppp!!! This van is driving me nuts already. I work on lots of powerstrokes and duramax so I thought it wouldn't be a problem. It is!!!. Customer told me when he was driving all of sudden lost power . Scanned and found code p2359( low boost). Tested ... Trouble codes: P2359 (Charge pressure control - low boost) |
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| 2008 Dodge Sprinter 3500 3.0L Steering angle sensor VIN: WDYP445758 This Sprinter came into the shop after a recent 4X4 conversion. What is happening is every once in a while the ESP light comes on when slowing from highway speeds and turning. I was able to duplicate after driveing for several hours. I had the opportunity to p... |
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| 2008 Dodge Ram 2500 SLT 6.7L 4c solenoid VIN: 3D7KS28A68 Ok, Guys and Gals. Here's the deal. This is a fix on a problem child. When I did a search for the P0770 (4c solenoid) code here on iATN, it returned with zero results, so I'm going to post this fix to help the next poor bastard. I tested everything as per MOD... |
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| 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L Starter VIN: 2D4RN5D12A Vehicle came in for intermittent no start, We couldn't duplicate problem, but costumer insists it's intermittent. so We decided to replace starter assy, left for a couple of weeks and then I got the call, it happened again. He had the nodes replaced before wit... |
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| 2000 Ford Focus SE 2.0L Engine VIN: 1FAFP34P6Y Car towed in as a no start,crank no start, found fuel pump module under rear seat failed, replace module only to have it fail again, found fuel pump drawing way too much current replaced pump assy, car now starts and runs good but will not shut off unless you ... |
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| 2007 Ford Five Hundred SEL 3.0L vibration VIN: 1FAHP241X7 needs some good input guys, this one has a vibration complaint about 45-50 mph. under load lockup and cruising. it is a radiant noise though the interior. you feel it on the floor and in the seat . if its at 1400 or lower rpm or 1700 or higher rpm - you don't ... |
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| 2007 GMC Acadia SLE 3.6L ebcm VIN: 1GKEV13717 hi the truck came in for the abs and traction control light that was on the reluctor on the bearing was broken and lifting of the bearing so we changed the bearing. I went for a road test after the wheel speed on scan tool were all the same everything look fin... |
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| 2007 Honda Civic Si 2.0L hoses VIN: 2HGFG21547 Has anyone seen this and is there a possibility of a head gasket or intake gasket which could be allowing oil to get in to the cooling system? |
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| 2011 Hyundai Veracruz GLS 3.8L Throttle response VIN: KM8NUDCC9B I have a sublet from another shop. They replaced the pedal position sensor. They stated that the vehicle has no throttle response after slowing down and stopping on a rough road and then going to accelerate again. Pushes pedal down and does not respond. I have... |
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| 1997 Jaguar XK8 4.0L Stall VIN: SAJGX2743V Hi everyone I am working on a 97 xk8 that is having a intermittent problem. One year ago the throttle body was replaced with a new one, for rough running and stalling out. the problem was fixed for a year. Two months ago a used abs module was installed because... Trouble codes: P1798 |
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| 2004 Mercury Mountaineer 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4M2DU86K44 Started out changing fuel rail preasure sensor fix the problem with that code now vehicle is running lean fuel trims long term are 25% both banks replaced clogged fuel filter no help fuel preasure is at 39 psi specs are 40 repalced intake o rings and smoke tes... Trouble codes: 171 (Lean bank 1), 174 (Lean bank 2) |
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| 2000 Nissan Xterra SE 3.3L No Start VIN: 5N1ED28T5Y This Xterra came in running a bit rough, misfiring on acceleration. Code p0340 was stored in OBDII generic. Code 11 came up (crank sensor) under vehicle specific. Since the distributor was under warranty I replaced it. I was careful to mark it well & I am conf... Trouble codes: P0340 |
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| 2004 Nissan Maxima SL 3.5L Safety VIN: 1N4BA41E04 Car came in with no speedometer reading , ABS and Brake light are on, cant communicate with either ABS & ECM module, transmission shift okay and no codes, I tried to scan the engine with generic OBDII scan tool still no communication, I made sure all fuses and... |
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| 1969 Volkswagen Beetle 1.5L turn signals VIN: 1195108419 C/S No turn signals. When the vehicle came in it had no turn signal operation or hazard operation at all. Hazard switch was coming apart, flasher had smoke coming out of it, had intermittent continuity in turn signal switch, and later found large resistance c... |
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| 2005 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.0L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSA69M65 At this time, this one is getting frustrating. Customers complaint is CEL and intermittent clouds of smoke upon startup. Today was the first time since the car has been here that we have gotten the cloud on startup, and it smelled of raw fuel. While monitoring... Trouble codes: P0171 |
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| 2010 Volkswagen GTI 2.0L Plastic tube VIN: WVWHD7AJ1A Feeling like a beginner here,pulled intake to clean valves and got it all back together minus one what looks like an secondary air tube.It is the plastic corrugated type with a sweeping 90 degree angle that only connects on one end.It has a blue rubber diaphra... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2011 Audi A8 Quattro 4.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUCVAFD7B Philip! you da man! I had come across that tsb after I posted, and as Philip stated check the vacuum system, if it holds for 10 min then replace the combi valves with updated parts. I had checked the vac lines etc. but NOT the check valve...it was faulty! repl... Trouble codes: P0492, P0491. |
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| 2013 BMW X5 xDrive35i 3.0L Electronic VIN: 5UXZV4C52D Hello Everyone, The vehicle is repaired BUT there was a mistake on my part when posting the problem. This vehicle DOES NOT use sevo on the caliper I made a mistake understanding what system was on this vehicle when speaking with my tech, this vehicle uses the... |
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| 2000 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L Charging VIN: 1G4HP54K1Y New PCM Fix the problem, open drive in the pcm line L Install & Prigram the new pcm and that sloved the problem, Thanks |
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| 2006 Chrysler 300 C 5.7L Stall VIN: 2C3LA63H16 With the Pico Scope reading the Can C buss we could see that when the car stalled there was an event that looked like a capacitor discharging. This created a 1.2v A/C spike and the car would die. Disconnected the ABS and TCM modules, no change. The PCM was a n... Trouble codes: P0700 (Tcm request for check engine light), U0100 (Pcm comm error). |
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| 2003 Ford Ranger Edge 3.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FTYR14U13 HI ALL, well after talking to the machine shop and customer,we agreed to release the truck,and let customer drive it for 1k miles or so to see if the idle gets better.thinking of a valve not seated properly yet.it got all 12 seats repaced,and before i spend mo... |
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| 2006 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Mechanical VIN: 1HGCM66566 Thanks to all who replied. Once again i-atn to the rescue. To all who were saying to check for a temp drop to locate a restriction, I didn't post it, but we did, and didn't have anything definitive enough for us to be confident, just some small drops at the... |
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| 2004 Jaguar XJ8 4.2L Surging in park- hard shifts cold VIN: SAJWA71C74 Well swapped in another reman valve body from zf and is all good now. No more trans issues. But still has a cold start misfire gotta track down. |
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| 2011 Lexus IS250 2.5L 1-2 and 2-3 shift VIN: JTHBF5C29B Many thanks to Charles, Ty and Martin for their input to my request for help on this Lexus issue. This vehicle has a dual mass flywheel assembly (making it more complex than it needs to be)and as per Martin's suggestion, I measured the free radial movement in... |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L abc system VIN: WDBSK75F53 i should correct myself.Actually neither front strut would lift.Scan tool showed about 2500 psi.Pressure was applied at front valve block but no output to front struts.I noticed fluid level on dipstick was same with engine on or off.Hmmm.I cracked fluid line f... |
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| 2004 Nissan Titan XE 5.6L transmission downshifts VIN: 1N6AA07A54 Thanks to all who took the time to answer. As it turns out the used transmission the other shop put in was the wrong one. Thanks again Ted, Vic and Alexander for your help and insight. Back to the shop who installed the wrong transmission it goes!!! |
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| 2000 Rolls Royce Corniche 6.8L airbag VIN: SCAZK29E0Y thanks ted. I called down to Zionsville Bentley and was told that I need a Bentley legacy scanner to reset the light. says has a sequence to pull a fuse and use dealer tool to reset the light after the fix. so this car is going to Denver(closest dealer to m... |
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