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2008 Audi A4 2.0L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: WAUAF78E68
Vehicle came in with a stall and then crank no start condition, eventually it would start. Found that the low pressure sensor was bad, replaced, car came back with crank no start after a hot soak. Replaced the high fuel pressure pump. Drove vehicle for about 3... Trouble codes: P0087 (High pressure insufficient pressure)
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1990 Cadillac DeVille 4.5L blower motor VIN: 1G6CD5337L
hey guys have this caddy with no blower operation checked for power no power.i went to the blower module and checked wires there red has power black is ground purple and white has 6 volts when fan is on high orange wire has no power.im sure the orange wire has...
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2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 LS 8.1L Oil Pressure VIN: 3GNGK26G53
Oil pressure gauage stuck on 0!! scan tool shows no signal to cluster. Need to locate sending unit to replace.
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2006 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Z66 5.3L Unknown VIN: 3GNEC12Z96
Truck came in two weeks ago with no oil pressure at idle. Low pressure cruising. We replaced the oil pick up tube o-ring and all was fine for two weeks. While driving in a parking lot the low oil pressure warning sounded and then the engine quit. Very hard to ...
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2009 Chevrolet Malibu LS 2.4L torque converter clutch VIN: 1G1ZG57B39
tcc lockup occurs sometimes after first starting car but most of the time it happens after car is at operating temp. while driving the car tcc lockup occurs around 40 miles an hour and is a harsh shift off and on, and progressively gets worse until its locked ...
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2004 Dodge Durango SLT 4.7L lack of power VIN: 1D4HB48N34
When cruising on the highway, when accelerating hard the vehicle does accelerate. If you accelerate lightly it works fine. This is when you accelerate at WOT. The ses light comes on for the code p0068. We see the map vacuum drop to zero under heavy acceleratio... Trouble codes: P0068
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2006 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT 5.7L Check gauges light VIN: 3D7KS19D66
When driven in stop and go traffic the check gauges light will come on with audible dinging noise when idling. Sometimes the oil pressure gauge will be bouncing slightly on the low end of the "normal" range when the light comes on. Other times it is steady in ...
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2012 Ford Focus SE 2.0L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FAHP3F26C
Customer just purchased vehicle and states at slow speeds car will feel as if it runs out of gas and stalls. Shakes sputters and shuts off. Followed by a hard or sometimes no start condition. Cranks fine just wont start. Drove vehicle and could not duplicate c... Trouble codes: P025A, U0109 (Lost Communication with fuel pump module)
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2004 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.6L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1GTHC24164
First, let me apologize for the lengthy post. I am trying to get out as much information as possible. This LB7 has been causing all kinds of hate and discontent with the locals and now it 19s my turn. The basic problem is that it intermittently dies. When ...
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1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L blower motor VIN: WDBBA48D0J
I'm not sure where to start on this issue I will try to be as brief as I can.This real nice 560 SL came in for some power steering work and valve cover gaskets. replaced ps pump,box and pressure hose.replaced vc gaskets for oil leak and it came out real nice....
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2006 Mitsubishi Montero Limited 3.8L No Start, hard start VIN: JAMW51S963
We have a Montero with a intermittent cold start issue. When the issue does occur you can hold the throttle down and get the car to start. It will then start and run for a random amount of time with no issues.It was originally towed to us and once we got it to...
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2007 Subaru Forester X 2.5L oil system VIN: JF1SG656X7
Afternoon techs, Car was brought to us in the summer to have the head gaskets redone everything as normal. Customer came back a few weeks later complaining that he had start up smoke-blue- and started using oil. we got car back and pulled motor. First thing we...
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1989 Volvo 740 GL 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1FX8855K
Car has no spark and no injector pulse, It has a good signal from the crank shaft sensor to the ignition Module but no signal to the ignition Igniter from ignition module. The grounds for the injectors and the ignition module are good and have power to the ign...
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2004 Volvo V70 R 2.5L Shock absorbers VIN: YV1SW52X44
The owner wants to replace the front shock absorbers on this car which has the electronic suspension and ride levelling rear suspension but doesn't want to pay for the genuine price. Is there an option ( I have not yet found one) or not. The Sachs replacement ...
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2005 Volvo S60 2.5T 2.5L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1RS59285
Volvo techs, desperately in need of your help. This is my fathers 2005 volvo s60 2.5l turbo. I just had the cyl head redone, I also replaced the timing belt, water pump and cam seals. This is the first time Ive opened up a volvo. Engine cranks but will not sta... Trouble codes: 340B
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2012 Acura RDX SH-AWD 2.3L Stall, Misfire VIN: 5J8TB1H5XC
Thanks for all of the reply's. Most of you thought there were tight valves causing the problem. I did not check the valve clearances. I thought it was the wrong way to go. The car would misfire/stall intermittantly. This vehicle would only misfire after drivin...
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2011 BMW X3 xDrive28i 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5UXWX5C51B
thanks for all of the info, yes it was 02 sensor banks one thru three down stream sensor - wiring damage. unfortunately all data couldn't cross reference hex code into p code. called one week later and talked to another person at alldata and he took care of it... Trouble codes: 0X1C5, 0X12B.
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2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5UXWX9C51D
This vehicle has moved to the back burner unfortunately - I have a Range Rover driveability issue that's keeping me from working on this one. I will update when a fix is determined. At this point in time I'm suspecting an internal vacuum leak in the valve cov... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 System Too Lean).
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2011 Chevrolet Traverse LT 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNKVGEDXB
Thanks for the responses guys. I traced the wiring from the SWS to theEBCM and couldn't find a problem so I ran a continuity test between the wires and everything checked out fine. I plugged back in the EBCM and the vehicle wouldn't even crank over and I lost ... Trouble codes: C0710 (Steering Angle Sensor), U2100 (Loss of Bus communication), U2142 (Communication with YAW sensor), C0253 (Centering Error), C0196 (YAW rate malfunction).
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2000 Ford F-550 Super Duty XL 7.3L no power VIN: 1FDAW57F2Y
Did some checking into the Transmission and found the the Torque Converters seems to be bad. Because the pickup has 250K on it and it only drives around the ranch, the customer decided not to fix it. Thanks to all that sent in reply and tried to help with thi...
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2012 Ford F-150 FX4 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTFW1ET9C
customer took truck and returned it a few times to do more diagnostic, last time we checked the high pressure fuel system for leaking injectors, run truck and observed high pressure fuel pressure on scanner, turned off truck and hot soak and watch fuel pressur... Trouble codes: P0172 (System rich bank1).
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1992 Honda Civic CX 1.5L No Start VIN: 2HGEH2345N
Car is still not starting have re checked all power and grounds to pcm. Ignition switch checked no problems found. Main relay replaced with oem part. Its a very intermittent problem still going to check it further if i can get it not to start. Thanks for a...
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2007 Honda Pilot LX 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5FNYF28157
Thanks for all the replys. But I don't think anyone read the related repairs section. It stated " new spool valve assym with oil pressure sensor and multiple oil changes". Low oil pressure was the problem, I found 10psi at idle and 30 psi at 3000 rpm... Trouble codes: P2647.
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2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4GW48S41
well came down to sending out the pcm to get rebuild. no place had a pcm and from a wrecking yard they are glad to sell you one with no return policy. you can't get them programed. remember that. rebuild sent the pcm back and said yes it is bad but too much co... Trouble codes: P0753, P0136, P0622, P1765, P1495, P1388.
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2008 Mercedes-Benz R350 3.5L codes 9084 and 9086 VIN: 4JGCB65E88
Thanks to those who helped, once I found information and wiring diagrams it was a fairly simple system. There is three wire connector behind the left rear panel that has blue, orange and brown wires in it. Blue is data line, orange is power, and brown is groun...
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2006 Saab 9-3 Aero 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: YS3FH46U06
I do not know if this is repaired yet or not. It is intermittent so it takes 2-3 weeks for the code to show up again. I cleaned the fuel injectors to see if they were hanging up. Time will tell if it helped or not. Thanks to everyone for taking time to help o... Trouble codes: P0101 (Mass Air Flow), P2188 (Long Term Fuel Trim).
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2006 Volvo S60 2.5T 2.5L Ows Occupant Weight Sensor VIN: YV1RS59206
UNRESOLVED -Sending customer to dealer, will update if hear back. THINGS TO CHECK -Continuity from SRS to passenger seat wire harness -Check for coffee damage to SRS wiring contacts, can break contact OTHER INFORMATION -LIN bus information is sparse -OWS E...
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