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| 2000 Chevrolet C3500 5.7L Fuel Gauge VIN: 1GBJC34R9Y Greetings everyone in the wonderful world of iATN. HEEEEELLLLPPPP!!! This truck came to me as a dedicated CNG powered vehicle that didn't run with expired tanks. Customer optioned to remove CNG and convert back to gasoline. All is working except the fuel gauge... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet HHR LS 2.2L MIL Lamp on, Radio LOCK VIN: 3GNDA13D57 The vehicle was a no start after jump starting the car with the jump posts under the hood. The power door locks were in-op, the IPC was staying active with the key out of the ignition, the radio was staying on even after opening all doors, the DRL's would stay... Trouble codes: U0121 (Lost communications with Anti-Lock Brake System ABS Control Module Symptom 00), U0121 (Lost communications with Anti-Lock Brake System ABS Control Module Symptom 00), B1001 (Option Configuration Error Symptom 00), U2100 (Controller Area Network CAN Bus Communication Symptom 00 HISTORY) |
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| 2005 Dodge Stratus SXT 2.4L Timing Belt VIN: 1B3EL46X45 Hello all, I have a situation with one of my own vehicles that is concerning me. It is a Dodge Stratus with a DOHC 2.4 The noise that I am hearing is that of a whine. It sounds as if the timing belt may be too tight, but this noise came slowly and intensified ... |
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| 2003 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L Park lights VIN: 1FMZU73K03 I put a fuse amperage test wire in. Low amp prob. Set at 20 amp 100 MTV scale Volt meter shows .245 and goes up and down while I'm driving. I put a used instrument cluster by owners request. It's works perfect I thought it was ok and test drove this morning. F... |
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| 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.8L Hesitation, Stall VIN: 1FTWW31Y25 Thank you for reading my dilemma here. I have a well maintained 2005 F350 with the V10 and it runs just about as perfect as possible. The only problem is that when you lift off the throttle, the idle drops to approximately 300rpm which a lot of time causes a s... |
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| 2010 Ford E-450 Super Duty 6.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FDXE4FS8A Smoke tested it and found the nipple bonded to the left valve cover broken off. Replaced valve cover smoked tested again and found no more vacuum leaks. Installed known good mass air flow sensor. Test drove again and the p0171 came back. Monitored the data an... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 lean condition) |
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| 2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara 3.6L Misfire VIN: 1C4BJWEG8D Sorry for the long post but having a hard time getting to the bottom of this one. Engine has misfire indicated at idle only. As soon as throttle is opened misfire counter stops incrementing. Originally dtc set was P0303 Cyl #3 misfire counter incremented stead... Trouble codes: P0301 |
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| 2000 Kia Sephia LS 1.8L 2-3 shift slips flares VIN: KNAFB1218Y we have had this apart cat find anything that looks bad, 3-4 clutch works good in 4th has good 3rd once it completes shift |
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| 2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged 5.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SALSH2E44B Good Morning from Cabo; trying to locate supercharger boost sensor on this Range Rover sport supercharged. I'm coming up with bosch part # [...], but the one visible right behind the throttle body looks different... Anybody out there replaced this before ... |
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| 2002 Saab 9-3 SE 2.0L Radio VIN: YS3DF78K02 I need the procedure for "divorcing" the new(used) radio and marry it with the car, using Tech2. I've searched online, found some suggestions but none were clear enough. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks fellas. |
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| 1999 Subaru Forester L 2.5L Fuel VIN: JF1SF6359X No start with po444 - bypassed purge valve and still no start - tested fuel pressure (all good) fuel pump working..runs for 10 seconds then dies - checked all grounds |
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| 2002 Toyota Sienna CE 3.0L abs VIN: 4T3ZF19C52 ok all toyota techs out the i have a 2002 Toyota Sienna 3.0. When i turn on the car the abs light starts blinking, low tire light and brake light are on. once i start to move the abs shuts off. hooked up my scanner to look at the speed sensors and all are in s... |
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| 2005 Volkswagen Touareg 3.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WVGZG77L85 Hello VW Tech's , this one misfires on number 5 cly. Watching the data groups only at idle, we did a compression test, leak down , swapped coils and plugs and changed the injector. Also vacuum gauge is steady at 18, looking for maybe a valve spring, rev up and... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2002 BMW 330Ci 3.0L No Start, Stall VIN: WBABS53452 Well it turns out that the customer was playing mechanic and tried to install the fuel filter before hand without taking the plastic cap off the metal line a small piece broke off and got stuck in the fuel line, sometimes it would get unstuck and drive fine so... Trouble codes: P0313, P0171 (System to lead bank 1), P0174 (System to lead bank 2). |
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| 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNEK13R1X Thanks everyone for all your replies and sorry for closing this so late. Iv'e never had so many replies. As it goes I tried back pressure test, compression test, oxygen sensors were all changing normally. Finally started to pull intake manifold to look for cra... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire). |
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| 2000 Chevrolet S10 2.2L hard startng VIN: 1GCCS1446Y The problem was a loose connection between Solenoid and Starter Motor which created sparks when cranking. The sparks were induced into the wire harness and was picked up by the crank sensor. Trouble codes: P0335 (Crank Position Sensor Circuit). |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD WT 6.6L turning radius VIN: 1GB4CZC86D thanks to all who respondedthe problem was a binding steering stabilizer shock replaced it and all is good now |
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| 2010 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT 5.7L stub shaft VIN: 1GTRV1GT9A Thanks to everyone for your responses. Robert [...] and Quentin. I hope I didn't miss any one . I was starting to doubt my own ability when I couldn't find any mention of this issue on Identifix or IATN. Quentin, thank you for including the part numbe... |
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| 2007 Ford Focus SES 2.0L no charge VIN: 1FAHP34N87 the fix was recharging the new battery completely and a new alternator did the job. thats for all the post |
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| 2012 Ford Expedition EL Limited 5.4L Hesitation, Surge VIN: 1FMJK2A57C Fuel pump fixed vehicle. Fuel pressure is 56 PSI now at low speed and 58 PSI in high speed. No more surge and the command from low speed to high speed isn't as busy either. I have a section in the technical discussion forum too that may contain more detail as ... |
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| 2006 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L noise on acceleratio VIN: 5FNRL38756 I really appreciate the help. Especially the clue to pry out on the forward cat heat sheild. This turned out to be the problem. It certainly seemed to be coming from the intake but the client came back in today. We pried on the heat shield and the noise went a... |
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| 2013 Honda CR-V EX 2.4L Module VIN: 2HKRM3H55D Hi thanks for the tips, we went ahead and changed the battery, it was the original. Cleared all codes, only the one. And she has not had a problem, so keeping our fingers crossed:-) Shen did mention that it had done a problem with the lights dimming so battery... |
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| 2008 Jeep Patriot Sport 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J8FT28W78 This one is fixed but it did come with a good lesson that i learned. I should have stuck with my first instinct and listened to barry. after cleaning my G110 ground twice ! my voltage drop from the swirl valve dropped to .10. The mistake that i made is not che... 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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| 2007 Land Rover LR3 SE 4.4L No Start VIN: SALAE25497 The vehicle has a bad fuel pump .After test drive vehicle would not start. I used my solus Edge scanner to activate the fuel pump relay but the pump would not run. I tap on the tank and the fuel pump started to run .this confirm that the fuel pump was bad |
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| 2004 Mazda 3 S 2.3L gear selector lights,cruise control VIN: JM1BK14314 Thanks to all that helped .I cleaned all of the grounds and let the customer have it and have not seen it since.So I am calling this one fixed |
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| 2007 Mercury Mountaineer 4.0L forced idle VIN: 4M2EU47E37 I am closing this request due to the time limitation. I am still working on this as time permits. The consensus was replace the throttle body. The IP quit communicating when I tried a known good throttle body. Frustrating but we will get this. I will post fol... Trouble codes: P2104 (Failure Mode Effects Management Forced Idle Informational Code), P2112 (Throttle Actuator Control System Stuck Closed). |
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| 2013 Nissan Juke S 1.6L Hesitation, Surge VIN: JN8AF5MV6D Thanks to everyone who replied the help is always appreciated. It was the high pressure pump but always good to have other ideas to double check. High pressure pump specs. and diag. kind of lite in All Data. Nissan has pump on national back order luckily found... Trouble codes: P0087 (High pressure system too low), P0090 (High pressure pump or circut). |
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| 2004 Pontiac Grand Am GT 3.4L No Start, intemitent VIN: 1G2NW12E74 Thank you iatn. The problem was the ac fuse, I installed new fuse and the car has been starting every time now. Hopefully in the spring we can replace the ac compressor clutch, then the car will be complete. Trouble codes: P0300, P0645. |
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| 2009 Toyota Camry XLE 3.5L Signal VIN: 4T1BK46K29 Fixed. Gary -Tried that!, Rick from Ont, really got us thinking, The trailer plug is OK, but we focused on the rear wire harnesses. My tech discovered the main tail lamp harness connector was crushed by what we assume was a heavy load of stuff in the trunk! R... |
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