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| 2006 BMW 525i 3.0L halo lights VIN: WBANE53536 This vehicle came in because the light out indicator was on. I found a reverse light out, a side marker light out (the one on the back of the front fender) and both halo lights were out. I replaced all of the bulbs and the RH halo was still out. I checked the ... |
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| 2011 BMW 328i xDrive 3.0L VTG transfercase VIN: WBAPK7C54B Getting a code 52D1 - incremental transducer in servomotor, supply. Car was at dealership and they wanted to replace entire transfer case for a ridiculous amount. Customer states that lights just came on, vehicle drove fine. I checked fluid of transfer case an... |
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| 1998 Buick Century Custom 3.1L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2G4WS52M8W i know that this code is for a missing 3x reference voltage at the pcm but need to know what kind of signal i should be getting. I ran temporary wires from ignition control module to pcm. I changed the ignition module to no avail. any help would be greatly app... Trouble codes: P1374 |
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| 2011 Buick LaCrosse CXL 3.6L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G4GC5ED6B This Buick has been a headache. Used car lot, my boss just sold this car. While we put good mileage on it prior to listing it for sale, it only acted up when somebody went to buy it. Misfired when they started it to test drive. Could not duplicate after that, ... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random Misfire), P0303 (Misfire 3), P0305 (Misfire 5), P0306 (Misfire 6) |
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| 2005 Cadillac STS 3.6L ecm VIN: 1G6DW67775 Hey guys this 2005 sts was towed in to me as a no start, and had not been running for some time due to the same problem. When you push the button to start it it looses power to everything, simulating a bad battery connection. It has a brand new battery and ter... |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 5.3L heated seat VIN: 1GNEK13T65 My belief is either programming problem or a faulty door module.The door module says its being told to turn on the seat heater.It does this with the switch for the heater unplugged.Any suggestions? By the way the seat direction control was fixed with the new s... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Corvette 6.2L Will not crank intermittently VIN: 1G1YY36W28 Hey Corvette tech's, this car was towed in as a no crank. Started on the wrecker, had several DTC's for communication issues, none active. TCM lost comminication U0140,U0121,U0100,ECM P0700,U0121, U0073, P2544 all are in active and it has failed to start two t... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 4.7L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1D7HU18N13 Initially when the vehicle came into the shop on the wrecker, the windows would not work. There was no communication on the bus through the dlc. The overhead panel displayed all dashes instead of the heading and temperature. The engine would crank and attempt ... |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out VIN: 2FMZA5144W Got this abused Windstar van with a rolling idle and sometime stall. Fuel trims are going from one extreme to the other attempting control. Vacuum leaks? No. MAF, maybe. Fuel? No. Ignition,No. Your advise is welcome. Not a Ford fan. Trouble codes: P0171, P1741, P0306 (Misfire 6) |
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| 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTWW31P45 truck came in for dying on road and no start when hot. I pulled ipr first-had dirt on screen and a puncture in the screen. replaced it and road test. icp act. did not meet icp des. by about 500psi low on hard accell and ipr was at 85%. I brought it into the s... Trouble codes: P2290 |
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| 2010 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Stall, Goes into limp mode VIN: 1FTFW1EV9A This truck only acts up when the roads are wet, any other time it is fine. It will go into limp mode with a no communication message. Customer said if he pulls to side of road and shuts it of a few seconds and starts back up it runs fine again. But this last t... |
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| 2010 Honda Accord LX 2.4L compressor VIN: 1HGCP2F38A i think the problem is relay, but i do not know which relay is for AC? |
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| 2006 Kia Sedona LX 3.8L ESC OFF light on VIN: KNDMB23306 Vehicle originally was repaired by the customer. (?) Customer replaced clockspring but can to my shop because when turning the wheel back and forth the ESC light would come on and off. I removed the steering wheel and found the clockspring would not seat onto ... |
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| 2006 Toyota RAV4 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTMBD33V56 Hi all, and thank you in advance. Ok my boss hand it over to me after he replace those two parts mentioned above, when it first came the light will come back right away before and after replacing the CS sensor and at the same time the VSC and 4X4 light will co... Trouble codes: P0016 (c1201-), C1201 |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Golf GLS 1.9L No Start VIN: 9BWGP61J21 Specifically wanting to find help with a pin check for circuit paths to and from the 109 relay. Relay - Bosch [...] appears to have been a replacement. Engine problems corrected. Compression, fuel and pump timing all have been put into place - from idle... |
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| 2004 Volvo V70 R 2.5L ABS Module VIN: YV1SJ52Y14 This vehicle came in with the message on the DIC "brake failure - stop vehicle". When attempting to pull DTC's I was unable to communicate with the BCM. Checked for power and grounds - all good. I replaced the Brake Control Module with a known good BCM that wa... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2003 Dodge Stratus R/T 3.0L Immobilizer VIN: 4B3AG52H13 All replies had useful info, That had already been tried customer raised quite a fuss so we refunded moneys paid and said goodbye to this car. |
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| 2006 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTWW31P46 I have found the best way to go about high pressure oil leaks is the recommended air pressure test in the service manual. I did hear a sizzling from the back of the engine with the IPR closed so I ended up taking the valve covers and intake off to examine the... |
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| 2011 Ford Fusion SE 2.5L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 3FAHP0HA0B ok so thanks everyone for your help. 1st i found that the chts was junk pig tail burnt , also had a bad throttle body. replaced both and all is well again thanx to all! |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz E500 5.0L Air Suspension VIN: WDBUF70J43 Hello to all, sorry it took so long to close, was waiting on customer. So because we had a code for the left front height sensor and it tested bad, we got the customer to agree to try this first being it's a known bad part and would need to be replaced anyway.... |
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| 1989 Nissan D21 SE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1N6HD16Y9K it was a bad injector, they both ohmed out the same, the PCM will shut down the current to the injector acting up and run the other injector twice as much to compemsate for the bad one. I swapped injectors and it followed it, I used a PICO scope to check my pa... Trouble codes: 43 (Tps), 51 (Injector). |
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| 2002 Saab 9-3 SE 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: YS3DF58K22 Cyl 4 spark plug had heavy deposits and I could not see the center electrode protruding, so I threw a set of NGK Iridium IXs at it and tried to get the code to return cycling engine on and off as I did the night before, codes did not return. Scoping showed no... Trouble codes: 1312 (cyl 1 2 combustion detection open circuit/short to B), 1334 (cyl 3 4), 340 (cam sensor circuit). |
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| 2006 Toyota Avalon XLS 3.5L keyless entry VIN: 4T1BK36B06 Looks like the 2 new OEM receivers are no good, switched a receiver from another vehicle and trunk works fine, put one of the new receivers in the donor car and trunk would not work in that car. Thanks for the help. |
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| 2006 Volvo XC70 2.5L High fuel pressure VIN: YV4SZ59236 The fix ended up being a new but defective fuel pump (manufactured by "professional parts Sweden"). We replaced the pump with a Bosch unit. Trouble codes: P0088. |
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