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| 2011 Cadillac CTS V 6.2L Remote Start VIN: 1G6DV1EP8B Good Day Everyone Have a one of a kind customer's - never says no to any price.. But he had his car remote start in his garage at 5:00 am. Problem a/c handler is in the garage and garage is a closed space. He wants remote start turned "OFF". Which GM says yo... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.3L No Start VIN: 1GCEC14W4Y My friend call me and ask for some help. I am a retired Mech. 37 year. He said he stop, and tried to restart. no spark. Check all fuses. Check power to Crank PS and Coil and Ignition control module. All around 12.3. Have power when cracking to. Check wave form... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Impala 3.4L No Start VIN: 2G1WF52E12 Car was sold, and only ran to the first Wal Mart parking lot...where it refused to restart. Towed back to the shop, and had no cam sensor signal. Replaced cam sensor, and the car still wouldn't start. We went through the crank sensor and wiring, good signal ba... |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT 3.6L Engine VIN: 1GNLVGED4A Customer complained about the engine oil light coming on at times, and the engine sounded noisy. After changing oil & filter twice, replacing engine oil pump assembly (see Related Repair History), the engine will start up and run quiet & smooth, after about 5 ... |
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| 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L No Start VIN: 2D4GP44L77 Customers wife drives home the other nite and cluster quits working. Try to start next morning and no crank/no start. Customer replaces fuses thinking one may be problem. Claims vehicle has never been used for jump start or has it been jump started. Verified e... Trouble codes: U110C |
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| 2004 Ford F-550 Super Duty Lariat 6.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FDAF57P74 Checked V Ref 4.9 sensors, scanned to data, says it's 3.5 volts, cleaned EGR valve, put a turbo on it, installed customer supplied turbo, cleared codes, get the same codes back. Please advise, and thank you Trouble codes: P132B, P2263 (Turbo charger system performance) |
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| 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.0L No Start, Hesitation, No Power VIN: 1FDWF37P85 Hi guys, well hoping for a bit of guidance. This 2005 Ford F-350 6.0 diesel dump truck came in with the complaint of poor performance (customer said it had low power and poor running while driving it to our shop), check engine light, and abs light on. Abs ligh... Trouble codes: P0404 (Egr performance), P2290 (Icp too low), P2285 (Icp sensor low circuit), P2287 (Icp sensor circuit intermittent) |
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| 2013 Ford Escape SE 1.6L water pump VIN: 1FMCU0GX7D Car has 70k miles and water pump is leaking. We would normally sell timing belt job, but Ford recommends 150k mile replacement interval. The timing belt does not drive the pump. The timing belt tensioner does have to be removed but Ford SI shows special tools ... |
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| 1999 Honda CR-V EX 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall VIN: JHLRD1863X Customer brought car in for hesitation/cut out from a stop when hot (runs great cold)scanned to get code P0505 and replaced idle air control valve with no help, fast idle thermo valve with no help and thermostat with no help. The reason I replaced the t-stat a... Trouble codes: P0505 (idle air control system.) |
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| 2003 Kia Sorento EX 3.5L Electronic VIN: KNDJC733X3 I have this 2003 kia sportage I cant seem to find too much info on it.it is stuck in 4 wheel dr and when I switch from 2 to 4 wheel dr,neither of the lights will illuminate in the dash.i tried a new switch and encoder moter and didn't help.i also checked all t... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500SL 5.0L Misfire VIN: WDBFA66E3N have a roving miss at idle, runs like a bat out of hell at wot. We have replaced all vac lines and checked plug wires with scope. what is the best way to check the fuel distribution block? Was running very rich until we replaced all vac lines now has light mis... |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK550 5.5L Cooling Systems VIN: WDDDJ72X77 Hi Guys i need you help with the MB, Vehicle came in do to the coolant fan bin on high speed at all times, first thing we found is the radiator was 1 gallon low on coolant, top off coolant to level and bleed out the system and found that the radiator was leaki... |
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| 2011 Mercedes-Benz ML350 Bluetec 4Matic 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4JGBB2FB2B Came in with ck engine light. Checked codes found p2413, 157700. Jumped the gun and got and replaced EGR valve.Activated new egr test drove same code. Performed tests with the scanner all passed, but when did an activate on egr valve the test says activate at ... Trouble codes: P2413, 15770 |
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| 1998 Mercury Mountaineer 5.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 4M2ZU55PXW truck came in for ac manifold hose leak we replaced hose an 2 days later customer said truck was shaking so be brought in an seen spark plugs were at 90k gap looked like OE truck has 140000 miles on it did wires also and look OE . so we did plugs wires and sti... |
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| 2013 Nissan Altima 2.5L No Start VIN: 1N4AL3AP9D One for you Nice'un afficianados. Got this 2013 Altima owned by car lot that repairs wrecked cars for resale. Did not come with key. Has pushbutton Intelligent key setup, no slot for key insertion. I have an I-Scan that can program Nissan keys and also have ke... Trouble codes: B2621 (Inside key antennae) |
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| 2008 Porsche Cayenne S 4.8L Gateway and Instrument panel codes VIN: WP1AB29P88 Came too us with way to many codes with check engine light on. Cleared codes and drove vehicle. P0455 tank system major leak no signal P0431 Cat efficiency bank 2 P0421 primary cat bank 1 inadequate Gateway-1336 can comfort open circuit -459 pcm/cdr After idl... |
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| 2009 Porsche Cayenne 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: WP1AA29PX9 This p12a2 is intermittent it set poss 1/2 mile to 20 miles while monitoring fuel psi (graph) never drops offline .prodemand&no data not helpful, any ideas ? Trouble codes: P12A2 |
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| 2005 Toyota Corolla XRS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T1BY32E95 I have not been able to confirm anything wrong with this sec air system. I checked freeze frame to look for icing up of the control valve. IAT was 44 degrees F when the code set. Toyota's code set strategy states that the on board test for P2441 is run with th... Trouble codes: P2441 (Sec. air control valve stuck closed) |
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| 2006 Volvo S40 T5 2.5L cem VIN: YV1MH68276 Have vida subscription and down loaded software but since replacement of cem cannot turn key on so unable to comm with vehicle tried downloading cem update anyway doesnt take? |
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| 2007 Volvo XC70 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV4SZ59207 Vehicle came in with above codes replaced Crank sensor for code 5000 and cleared others. It is back with only MAF and fuel trim codes. I don't see any issues with MAF and MAF correction PID is under 1 right now. Checked for intake hoses loose or open. None fou... Trouble codes: 121B, 216D, 21E0, 5000 (RPM Signal) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2013 Audi Q5 Premium Plus 2.0L Misfire VIN: WA1LFAFP1D I am closing this request as without repair because i sent him to the dealer. After more testing the vehicle passed a cylinder leak down test but was still showing some lower than normal compression readings at times. Further inspection with my snap on camera ... Trouble codes: P0302, P0301 (Cyl1), P0303, P0304, P0456. |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Traverse LT 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNER23D79 It looks like this one is going back to the folks that put the motor in. I did spend some time trying to learn how to post scope patterns to this post but have yet to figure out how to do that. What I found with the scope and also but looking at the waveform... Trouble codes: P0366 (Bnk 1 exhaust cam sensor performance), P0332 (Bnk 2 Knock sensor). |
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| 2003 Dodge Sprinter 2500 2.7L No Start VIN: WD2YD64263 Well!!! after a few day going at it!! I can now sleep... I wanna thank everybody that took the time to read and respond. you guys are the best!!! so it turns out my scanner snap on (verus pro)readings on the fuel pressure rail and the readings for the actual... Trouble codes: P1482, P1354, P7031. |
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| 1990 Ford F-350 Custom 7.3L Rotors VIN: 2FTJW35M4L This head scratcher is fixed!!! Several folks suggested pinching off brake hoses one at a time to decide which corner or end was causing the vibration. I'm not big on pinching brake hoses but at this point I was desperate. When I did each of the fronts one a... |
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| 2004 Ford Freestar SES 3.9L All Gears VIN: 2FMZA57634 Thanks again all who responded. Most said it was the torque converter issue and that Ford would pretty much cover it. Clint, Bruce, and Brian said to pull the pan and check for debris specifically for metal shavings. If there were it was the torque converter, ... |
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| 2005 Ford Focus ZX5 2.0L transmission VIN: 3FAFP37N75 Thanks to all for your help. The noise was inside the transmission. I replaced with a used transmission and the clicking noise is gone. Unfortunately the new used has a whine. So far I have disassemble the core at the final drive and the gears are very heal... |
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| 2012 Ford Focus SE 2.0L starter VIN: 1FAHP3K25C The car lot owner is hoping this car will qualify for the transmission replacement under the extended warranty Ford offers for these cars even thought this car was wrecked. When he takes it I will let you guys know what happened. As always thanks to all who r... |
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| 2003 Lexus ES300 3.0L shifter VIN: JTHBF30G13 sorry guys but the customer has not returned for further inspection of the problem. the replies i got were frozen pin at the park neutral switch. and possible soft or spongy motor mounts i will update this post if anything is found in the future. |
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| 2008 Lexus GS350 3.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JTHCE96S58 Sorry looks like i'll have to close this one without a fix. Client is not as concerned with the problem as I and has not returned for additional repairs. I guess when the next cat goes bad and the lights come back on I'll resume. I wish I could find info on t... |
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| 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 6.3L reverse gear VIN: WDDRJ7HA4B Hi I would like to thank to all who found some time and read my post and responded to me! As I mentioned, I was trying to perform adaptation only (teach-in) car at idle in park but after 2 attempts I found out my scanner would not finish it successfully. Beca... |
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