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| 2006 Audi A4 Quattro 3.2L Cuts out VIN: WAUDG74F36 Hi This Audi came in with a complaint of it loosing power, and the brake fault coming on. If it was shut off and restarted it would be ok, there were no codes stored. I shipped the car and the guy came back and said it happed. This time he said that the abs tr... Trouble codes: P0501 (Vehicle speed sensor implausible), P1653 (Check DTC memory ABS controler), P1624 (Mil request), 00532 (Supplu voltage B upper limit reached) |
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| 2009 BMW 528i xDrive 3.0L Battery VIN: WBANV135X9 I need some input on this BMW. When it first came in it was having problems with the ABS and traction lights coming on when first started each morning. We have replaced many batteries for this exact problem. A new battery took care of his problem. Yes, we regi... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet K2500 LS 7.4L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4FTNW304N0 I received this truck and the complaint was that the air conditioning compressor clutch is always on even when a/c was not commanded. Test led me to the clutch relay always having a ground signal from the pcm. I replaced the pcm (factory gm reman) and programm... Trouble codes: P0325, P0171, P0300 (Random missfire) |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.8L fuel gauge VIN: 1GCEK19V13 Good morning to all This is my personal truck and I'm having trouble with fuel gauge,it pegs all the way around to the 8 oclock position,as I stated I replaced fuel pump assembly because it did this before I replaced it.Right after I replaced it I put 6 gallon... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1PC5SH4C Car came back, same p0171 code, system lean have tested o2 circuits, fuel pressure, road test with movie, freeze frame reveled nothing out of ordinary. Non serviceable fuel filter. Help! any other ideas? no tsb's on issue,,, Trouble codes: P0171 (Fuel trim lean) |
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| 2004 Dodge Sprinter 2500 2.7L abs module VIN: WD2PD743X4 hi everyone, this 04 sprinter is making me go crazy. originally came in with too many issues to name, the issues have been addressed and fixed see repair history. the issue now is that after all that the transmission is stuck in limp mode and has light on the ... |
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| 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2D4GP44L74 hey guys this dodge caravan came into my shop with the mil on and a miss at idle. se do some diagnostics and it is cylinder two. I have replaced all spark plugs two plugs on cylinder 2, new ignition coil, new injector on cylinder 2, new plug wire on cylinder 2... Trouble codes: P0302, P0031, P0032 |
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| 2003 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 5.4L engine VIN: 1FDWF36L43 This 5.4L engine uses 3 quarts of 5w-40 syn oil every 2 weeks and only goes about 75 miles per week. Other than bad rings or guides what could be the cause of this much oil consumption. There are no leaks present and no smoke from exhaust. Has anyone seen a 5.... |
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| 2004 Ford Taurus SES 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FAFP55S04 Towed this car for a no start after a short timed parked. The car started but ran poorly and stalled. The power windows also didn't work at that time. After unloading the car at our shop I tried it again. It started after some cranking time and ran like before... Trouble codes: P0171 (b1 lean), P0174 (b2 lean), P0191 (fuel rail pressuer sensor A circuit) |
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| 2007 Ford Focus SES 2.0L radiator fans VIN: 1FAHP34N67 the table for what relays are activated at what speeds can't be right, in Mitchell, and they tell me its straight from ford. also wiring diagram shows low speed relays A and B both on same driver, which means their either both on or both off. table indicates s... |
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| 2012 Ford Edge SE 2.0L 02 monitors VIN: 2FMDK3G9XC Ford techs, this vehicle came to me since it wont pass state inspection due to the o2 heater and Monitor wont come ready. All other monitors come ready but it will not run the O2 monitor or heater tests. The vehicle has no drivability concerns or DTCs. The veh... |
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| 2012 Ford Expedition EL Limited 5.4L Hesitation, Surge VIN: 1FMJK2A57C Concern of a surge. Test drove and under slight acceleration there is a surge. Very consistent. Surge a second, go a second if throttle is just in right spot. Looked at MAF, Fuel trims, knock sensor, oxygen sensors, tps, etc, did not notice any abnormal issues... |
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| 2004 GMC Sierra 2500 SLE 6.0L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 1GTHK29U64 hello everyone. I have this GMC here for an intermittent CEL & REDUCED POWER message. When the customer called about the problem he said he was travelling down the road when the truck lost power & the CEL came on with REDUCED POWER message. He limped truck hom... Trouble codes: P1516 |
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| 2010 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6L sets code p2099 VIN: 1GKLRNED8A Only 1 code P2099. Vehicle runs fine.After clearing code takes two months to return.No exhaust leaks { that we can find } O2 sensors working correctly.It has been suggested by another shop to replace all six injectors and injectors have been updated by G.M. Ha... Trouble codes: P2099 |
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| 2008 Jeep Patriot Sport 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J8FT28W78 This Jeep came in with 4 codes but no real performance issues. I clear the codes and the P0647 and p2010 code comes back as soon as the vehicle is started. These are some not so common codes. So all i really have is the flow charts and everything i test points... Trouble codes: P0647 (A/C control circuit high), P2010, P2008 (Intake manifold control circuit open), P0032 (O2 heater B1s1 circuit high) |
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| 2002 Kia Spectra 1.8L cat monitor VIN: KNAFB12152 I replaced battery cable ends while doing routine maintenance on the Spectra about 6 weeks ago,now it's time to smog it. It failed at another smog check station for the cat monitor not set.Checked and saw both O2 sensors switching at the same rate but no codes... |
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| 2004 Mazda 3 S 2.3L gear selector lights,cruise control VIN: JM1BK14314 Car came in with gear selector lights intermittently flickering,at the same time other lights on the dash would flicker.Checked all codes and and had a code for acc pedal position sensor.Not sure what that would have to do with the lights but we replaced it.Th... |
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| 2004 Nissan Pathfinder Armada SE 5.6L No Start VIN: 5N1AA08B94 production date 05-04 armada .Will start ever time keys are relearned. Some times security light will go out most times will not. Truck will start 2 to 3 times if light goes out, if not will only start once. Then you have to relearn keys. These are aftermarket... Trouble codes: P1614 |
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| 2005 Nissan Frontier XE 2.5L No Start VIN: 1N6BD06T75 Hello fellow techs. Need some help on this frontier.your help would be totally appreciated. Vehicle was brought into shop by my tech running. Customer advised not to turn it off cause it had intermitent no start. Customer wanted his cam sensor replaced cause h... Trouble codes: P1122 (Etc performance), P1126 (Etc motor open circuit) |
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| 1997 Plymouth Breeze 2.0L No Start VIN: 1P3EJ46C9V first started with no power from asd relay, replaced harness for ckp sensor and took care of that problem. Only getting pulse for coil from one coil driver in pcm. Have checked timing, scope patterns for ckp and cmp sensors, both patterns are good. During cran... |
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| 2008 Porsche 911 Carrera S 3.8L Misfire VIN: WP0CB29968 Car has a cylinder 1 misfire on first start up of the day it will misfire for a few seconds and then clear up and be fine for the rest of the day. Tried smoke testing intake, swapped coil and plug to other cylinders, tried swapping injector to another cylinder... Trouble codes: P0301 |
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| 1994 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L Drive Shaft VIN: JT3VN39W6R Hey guys. So this is my own vehicle. I have been driving it for almost 2 years. This vibration it has, has been present the whole time, just only recently gotten worse. Enough so, that I have finally decided to look in to it. Turning wrenches every day makes m... |
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| 2005 Toyota Camry 2.4L clutch VIN: JTDBE32K15 We have this Camry that the customer was having a problem with the clutch not releasing properly. The customer replaced the master and slave cylinders and bled the system. We tried to bleed it and extended the adjustable rod on the master cylinder to pedal lin... |
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| 2010 Toyota Camry LE 2.5L Batt Light VIN: 4T4BF3EK3A HI all,got this camry in for battery light on and some wacky electrical problems going on.cust says door lock intermittent,radio cuts in and out,and battery light stays on in dash.got it in and tested battery and alternator and both are good.checked all fuses ... |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Engine VIN: WVWPD63B13 I have worked on many of these before, but never pulled an engine on one. It looks mostly straight forward (as much as any VW can be, anyway), but I am wondering how much trouble it is to get the trans separated from the engine? Does the cross member have to c... |
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| 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SE 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRM71K89 oil getting into intake and fouling out map sensor, all parts replaced are oem from vw, what am I missing here Trouble codes: P0106 |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 Audi A4 Quattro 3.2L Esp VIN: WAUDG74FX6 Thanks for the help guys. This one turned out to be a case of the wrong part... we ordered by VIN from the dealer and the base part number was the same but the part was wrong. We got the correct part and the vehicle is now fine. All tests and calibrations r... |
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| 2008 BMW 328i 3.0L Drive Line VIN: WBAWB33518 This one went down the road without a fix. Most of you said it sounded like a torque converter beginning to slip. It definitely felt that way to us. The customer wanted an update and was told what the possible expense could be if it turned out it needed a torq... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Impala LS 3.8L Hvac control VIN: 2G1WH52K24 I removed the suspect actuator to check the door movement manually. It was OK . I was told not to run the actuator with it disconnected. Due to it will not reverse direction until it feels resistance/stop. But you can verify the wiring that way. I ran the actu... |
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| 2011 Ford Escape XLT 2.5L Steering VIN: 1FMCU0D70B sorry for the delay. My customer was trying to get ford to warranty. Some models were recalled for this issue. Ford would not warranty. I believe Francois from Quebec got this right there is a torque sensor it the steering column that was damaged in the remova... |
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| 1998 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L Transmission selecting D VIN: SAJHX1247W Just want to say a big thank you to Mike from Texas! You were spot on...the transmission was from a 2001 car. The owner who was parting the car still had the TCM. I fitted it and its fixed...cant hardly feel it engage drive anymore...trans works perfectly. Don... |
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| 2004 Jaguar XK8 4.2L engine VIN: SAJDA42C44 I gave the car back to the customer the day after the posting just to see if it was any better , as I say there was so much oil in the intake and kind of difficult to clean out and just had a feeling (hoping) this may be residue left in the intake causing the ... |
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| 2007 Lincoln Town Car Executive 4.6L Accessories Thanks to Gary [...] Jason and Timothy for taking time to reply. I haven't been able to find anybody who knows how to download the file at the bottom of the as built page and get the IDS to choose the proper file. The Ford Website never got back to me on my requ... |
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| 2011 Nissan Versa S 1.8L electronic power steering VIN: 3N1BC1CP3B we have check all powers and grounds, talked with the dealer and they stated that they would do the same as we did and if the issue did not return give it back to the customer. it has been a few weeks and the customer has not had any problems with it. |
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| 2008 Toyota Avalon XLS 3.5L Radiator Fans VIN: 4T1BK36B68 Got it done. Derrick [...] hit it the closest, and helped with diagrams. The junction box, located inside the engine compartment, did not send the triggering signal to the fan-module. This J-box receives input-signals from the ECM, the interior, AC etc. and p... |
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| 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SE 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRZ71K79 Hi! I am back. This thing is fixed; thanks to all of you who bother to answer my help request specially to Bill from Florida who suggested to check fuses #2-14 and 30. But also thanks that this car still has the owner's manual. Before my post I made sure that ... Trouble codes: U0101 (No communication with tcm), P1698 (Steering electronics). |
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| 2012 Volkswagen Jetta SE 2.5L Excessive Emissions VIN: 3VWDP7AJ1C Thank you for all the help. As of now the customer hasn't returned with the vehicle. I'm still trying to find good repair info on the Volkswagen's. I'm already paying for two repair info systems that didn't have what I needed in this case. Trouble codes: 09218 (evap leak/leakdetection pump controlcircut high), 12408 (Throttle vavle unitair flow at idle too low), 00290 (Left rear whel speed sensor-G46 mechanical malfunction), 01279 (Longitudinal accelerationsensor-G251-Implausible signal). |
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| 1989 Volvo 244 DL 2.3L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1AX8848K This vehicle is fixed. The short answer is air flow sensor as most of you said it would be. The long answer is interesting. When the vehicle finally returned it had the code for no MAF burn off reset in the computer. I followed the diagnosis for that code and ... Trouble codes: 231, 113. |
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