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| 2001 Audi TT 1.8L Engine temp VIN: TRUTX28N11 This is my personal car. About 2 years ago the temp gauge at a stop went from the middle where it always stayed, up one full segment. I could not get the main fan to run with the A/C on. Replaced main fan it will run but only at low speed. Pull fuse 6 and fans... |
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| 2008 Audi A3 2.0L low fuel pressure VIN: WAUNF78P58 P0087 Lower pressure in fuel rail always comes right back. At idle the car is calling for 40 bar and only getting 8-10 bar New high pressure fuel pump, Cam Follower, brake booster vacuum pump. If I manually take a power probe and give ground for half a second ... Trouble codes: P0087 (000135- Fuel Rail/System Pressure Too Low) |
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| 2009 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: WAULF78K09 This car originally came in for a start and stall. It had a handful of codes, 5646 intake air system leak 2822 system too lean off idle bank 1 2822 system too rich off idle bank 1 5658 fuel pressure sensor malfunction 4007 idle control system rpm higher then e... Trouble codes: P2188 |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid 6.0L Mechanical VIN: 1GNFK13598 Hello All, This vehicle came to me about two months ago due to a loud metallic taping noise along with a missfire in cylinder #7. I removed the valve cover to discover the lifter was bad so I replaced all the lifters with new factory parts. The car ran great f... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L tpms remote start not working VIN: 1G1ZJ57B88 Hello to all fellow techs hope all is well.Our latest horror story is on a 08 Malibu.The customer was listening to the radio with the L door open killed the battery boosted with the door open.He assures me he did not boost it backwards.Shortly after that he di... |
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| 2002 Dodge Durango Sport 4.7L Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1B4HR38N62 Hello. Need a bit of help. Customer came in with a blown motor, due to overheating. this would be his third motor from the original. installed new motor and everything seemed fine. road test several miles. No mil light then. This was about 5 months ago. came b... Trouble codes: P0016 |
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| 2013 Ford F-150 STX 3.7L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FTMF1CM9D Vehicle came in on wrecker, no start, injector noid light does not come on...Sometimes it wants to start, when this happens noid light does light brightly and backfire through intake, but no start. Vehicle has no relevant codes. Changed spark plugs symptoms of... |
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| 2003 GMC C7500 Topkick C7C042 7.8L no forward gears VIN: 1GDJ7E1323 Trans worked fine on test drive after repaing rear bearing and seal. When pulling back into shop lost all forward gears scanner shows shift inhibited when put into forward gears but stays in neutral NO codes |
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| 2003 Mini Cooper 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: WMWRC33433 Replaced B1S2 O2 Sensor and wiring for the Heater directly to fuse box and computer. Computer does ground the heaters. Customers Vehicle came in with non working CVT transmission. Transmission was fixed. Entire Engine was removed to facilitate this repair.... Trouble codes: P0138 (O2 Sensor Circiut High Voltage Bank 1 Sensor 2 Above Max Threshold) |
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| 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman S ALL4 1.6L Engine VIN: WMWZC5C58C Customer asked to replaced or fix the turbo because another mechanic diagnosis end in the turbo being bad because the car burns oil a lot, you can see it and smelling the burn oil at back pipes. So i took off the turbo but looks clean to me, i dont see oil lea... |
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| 1989 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8L Ignition Timing VIN: WVWPB01G8K Vehicle was towed in because of a busted fuel pump housing. Luckily, located one in Texas. Customer took car & later towed car back in for crank/no start. Replaced fuel pump to remedy that problem. Then customer wants all the mainenance services, since the car... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: 3VWCB21C01 This may be a simple issue for someone who has seen this before, but I am stumped. This VW will stall every time when easing into the throttle and in gear. If you mash the gas pedal quickly you can by-pass the issue, or by feathering the throttle you can also ... |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L Top VIN: 3VWCK21Y13 Original is complaint was that the convertible top did not work. Upon close inspection, the circuit was missing the fuse. The correct fuse was installed. The display panel above the rear view mirror shows top is at the half way position, regardless of the actu... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2004 Audi A4 Quattro 1.8L warning dispay VIN: WAULC68E44 This puppy is out the door and down the road. The list of things to check went like this: Hood latch switch issues causing false readings; broken wire inside the insulation near where the wiring harness is supposed to be clipped to the subframe; incorrect se... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Impala 3.4L Starting VIN: 2G1WF52E14 Thanks for all the replies. The problem ended up to be in the wiring to the cam sensor. Found a couple bare wires down a bit from the plug. As usual the community helps out by just enforcing the same things you are figuring could be wrong. Sometimes when frust... |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS 2.0L Surge, Misfire VIN: 1G1AP18X79 Vehicle is fixed! As far as some of the unusual readings and whether they were a issue or not, I was able to contact a friend who had some old reports he had done on this engine several years ago. His readings on the fuel pump pressure bouncing around 75 to ... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire), P0301 (Misfire cylinder 1), P0302 (Misfire cylinder 2), P0303 (Misfire cylinder 3), P0304 (Misfire cylinder 4). |
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| 2009 Chevrolet HHR LT 2.2L Multiple VIN: 3GNCA23B79 After making this post, the next morning, the vehicle started acting up again. This time a code U2107 appeared in the IPC--Communication Problem with the BCM. In addition, went through each module again and was unable to communicate with the IPC, Air Bag, and ... |
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| 2009 Dodge Journey SXT 3.5L cranking VIN: 3D4GG57V09 Hello All Techs: Many thanks for everyone's help. The problem was the ignition switch. I replaced it, programmed the keys and she is fine. Many thanks to all and have a great Thanksgiving. |
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| 2005 Ford F-550 Super Duty Lariat 6.0L Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FDAF56P55 We performed the upper fuel filter bubble test and found bubbles when cranking. We replaced all 8 injectors and also found cylinder 6 injector hold down torx bolt slightly stripped not allowing proper torque, so we also replaced it. Truck runs great. Trouble codes: P0266 (Cylinder 2 contribution fault), P0278 (Cylinder 6 contribution fault). |
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| 2012 Ford Edge SE 2.0L 02 monitors VIN: 2FMDK3G9XC I wish I had better news about this one but they decided to send it back to auction. I was really hoping that I could give some insight on what went wrong but they did want to sink any more money into it. Thanks for the comments and advice |
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| 2003 Pontiac Montana 3.4L not cranking or starts VIN: 1GMDX03E23 Hi everyone I'm just replying back to all of you that offered me help and time to fix my 03 Pontiac Montana, unfortunately I haven't fix it yet, but every one that shared your knowledge and previous experience with this kind of same issue, I really appreciate... |
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| 2006 Scion xB 1.5L Odo And Speedo VIN: JTLKT32466 We sent both new clusters back to Scion. They are going to get us a good cluster which I am confident will fix the problem. It may take a while, though. I'll try to update when I know more unless closing this help request makes that impossible. Thanks to Ni... |
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