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| 2010 Audi A4 2.0L Engine Noise VIN: WAUAFAFL7A We have a '10 Audi A4 2.0T (CAEB engine) TFSI. When rev'ing the engine between 1500-2300 rpm, there is a pronounced knocking sound from the rear of the engine. Louder when vehicle is cold. Checked the HPFP (high pressure fuel pump) and tappet, no problem. Soun... |
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| 2009 BMW 328i 3.0L Electrical VIN: WBAPH57589 CUSTOMER STATES: 1.) ABS Light comes on/off / When it comes on the radio sound comes on/off / The speedometer gauge will also go up/down / Cruise Control will come out of cruise control when the ABS Light comes on / Pull Codes & Advise. Note: We haven't witne... Trouble codes: 005DF, 00C58 |
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| 1997 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L Power Assist VIN: 1GNDT13W1V This vehicle initially came in because of worn out tie rod ends, pitman arm, and idler arm. After installation, we test drove it and lost power steering almost immediately. We first loosened and re-tightened the pitman arm and idler arm nuts at the centerli... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Classic LS 6.0L Left rear brake rotor VIN: 1GCHC23U47 Vehicle came in with vibration/pulsation when braking. Left rear rotor runout very obvious. removed tire/wheel to check out. When the axle shaft is removed( full floating) , there is no runout on the rotor. Is there a problem with the axle shaft or is there so... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt LT 2.2L blower motor VIN: 1G1AL58F58 All fuses check good, with blower hooked up orange wire has battery voltage and brown wire has battery voltage. With it un-pluged orange wire battery voltage and brown wire shows open no voltage or ground. Can take jumper wire and run blower. |
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| 2002 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Cuts out VIN: 1FTNW21F92 hey guys got a wierd one every now and then service engine light comes on p1280 p1211 codes it might stall out restarts no problem runs good just dont know why code is coming back monitor icp pressure it reads good any ideas thanks |
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| 2002 Ford Windstar SEL 3.8L engine and transmission VIN: 2FMZA53432 Customer came in with rob thrown thru block. would move enough to get flexplate nuts off but didn't start. Installed used engine from a 2000 model year. when inspecting only difference saw was one valve cover and egr setup different. installed engine and start... |
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| 2014 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.6L No Throttle VIN: 1GT120C89E This truck acts like it is in reduced power mode unless you turn the traction control off, then it runs just perfect. All the wheel speed sensors, and brake pedal sensors are reading and there are no codes in any of the modules. Traction control is not active... |
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| 2011 Jaguar XF Premium 5.0L Stall VIN: SAJWA0GB0B this vehicle came to the shop with fuel smell complain I found that the lid of the fuel tank was cracked and leaking fuel I had the fuel tank lid replaced which wasn't part of the fuel pump and the leak was solved a few days later the customer called with no s... |
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| 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 3.7L Cruise control VIN: 1J8GR48K58 Cruise control will not engage. My cheap Launch tool shows cruise lamp lit, set switch not pressed, resume switch not pressed no matter how I flip it with steering wheel up or down. S/C disable reason = Remained enable when disengaged. I'm leaning towards the ... |
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| 2010 Jeep Patriot Sport 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4NF2GB8A We have had this vehicle come back for its 3rd time for p0017 and engine light on. We have checked the VVT operation with our snap-on scanner and the camshaft actuators seem to be fine as the actual/ commanded positions match. The scanner does not display a ca... Trouble codes: P0017 (Cam/ crank correlation) |
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| 2012 Kia Rio EX 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: KNADN4A32C Vehicle dies out while in gear with foot on brake, idle starts to surge between 400-800 rpm and will get low enough that it eventually dies out. if you take your foot off the brake it doesn't seem to die out anymore or if you put it in park and put your foot o... Trouble codes: P0420 (Cat below eff.) |
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| 2005 Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG 5.5L Heater Controler VIN: WDBSK74F35 Hi there i have no any function on heater control.i looked at the wiring on shopkey there is no clear wiring diagram.can you please provide me with wiring diagram to check the input to the heater control module.thank you |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz ML350 4Matic 3.5L engine VIN: 4JGBB86E88 Hello,I am in the process of removing the engine on this 2008 ML350 4matic because I am going to replace the balance shaft and timing chains. according to alldata it states that engine and trans have to come out as a unit.after looking it over,it looks like t... |
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| 1996 Pontiac Sunfire SE 2.4L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: 4G2JB32TXT 99% of the time the car runs great but if you accelerate moderately, it will hesitate and miss. Light acceleration is no problem. No codes stored or pending. New AC Delco factory plugs, fuel filter, throttle body cleaning. Hate to throw parts at it but feels l... |
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| 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.6L door locks VIN: WP0CA29976 All locks work properly. The key FOB doesn't. Red light lights up and I can pick up MHz. No codes in PAS but limited to info. using a Verus Edge. Locksmith came out and said no communication. Local Euro shop couldn't Teach them either. Something about the code... |
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| 2006 Volvo XC90 2.5T 2.5L Stall VIN: YV1CZ71446 Hello everyone: I begin by apologizing for the info i have to offer. This vehicle is a 2006 XC90 turbo diesel, with 6 speed manual transmission. Was not able to use vin, IATN database did not recognize it. [...], with 87581 kilometers. Vehicle stal... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2002 BMW 325Ci 2.5L Open / Close VIN: WBABS33412 A big thank you to everyone! The first problem was the top lid latch, it was broken and we replaced it. The second problem with the top not moving forward as it starts to reach the A frame and stops short is the front top latches ended up being broken on both ... |
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| 2008 Cadillac STS 3.6L transmission VIN: 1G6DW67VX8 further checked pressures on a pressure guage and they seem to be within spec. After driving it a few days to relearn , shift 2-3 was still hard. So we decided to send vehicle to trans shop for further diagnosis. Thanks for all the help |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT 5.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GCEK23329 Thanks to all that replied. This truck is used for landscaping and when I went to check it out it was buried in packed and wet mulch so I just went and changed it and now all is good Thanks again,Jim [...] Trouble codes: P0446. |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Impala LT 3.5L Surge VIN: 2G1WB5EN8A replaced the variable cam magnet and test drove. Engine ran good and no check engine light. Thanks to everyone who responded. Trouble codes: P0010. |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 2.4L Misfire VIN: 1G1ZE5EU0B tried running compression with no resolve. return vehicle customer with a follow up and found out that misfires has not returned. only thing i could suspect that there was debris in fuel rail and it cleared when i swapped injectors. Trouble codes: P0300. |
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| 2013 Ford E-250 4.6L Misfire VIN: 1FTNEW0DDA Got some good replies back on this one. The van is fixed and out of here. I wanted to make sure as it would normally take several days for the MIL to come back on. We checked Mode 6 as many mentioned to verify that it was indeed # 5 cylinder causing the misfir... Trouble codes: P0305. |
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| 2016 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.7L cluster VIN: 1FT8X3BT7G end result is I spoke to ford and they don't have an idea as to setting this truck up with the upgraded dash e customee vehicle to stock unless someone has any ideas thank to all who relied RON r to return th involved changing the steering wheel al... |
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| 2005 GMC Yukon SLE 5.3L Hesitation, Surge VIN: 1GKEK13T65 Thanks for all the input. Customer ended up taking vehicle back. We told the customer we suspect a faulty torque converter. Customer installed used transmission and all problems went away. |
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| 2004 Kia Optima LX 2.4L Misfire VIN: KNA6D12644 Thank you for all the replies and helpful advice. After doing all the device checking that I could I came to the conclusion and confirmed my original "feeling" after checking everything else and found that the ECU was not putting out the required switching sig... |
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| 2001 Lexus RX300 3.0L vss malfunction VIN: JTJHF10U21 THANKS TO DAVID, TIMOTHY, MATHEW AND BILL FOR SHEDDING THE LIGHT ON THIS SUV. I FOUND THE SIGNAL LOST BETWEEN IP AND ECM CIRCUIT. BEHIND THE CLUSTER, ONE OF THE CONNECTOR IS CAME LOOSE AND APPARENTLY THE MAIN CULPRIT OF THIS ISSUE. AFTER RECONNECT THE LOOSE PL... |
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| 1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC 5.6L sunroof VIN: WDBCA45D2H First, I want to thank Mark, Thomas, and Terry for their help. The fix was to disassemble and lube the sunroof, replace missing pads, and replace the drive cable with the cable of the proper length. My best guess is that the sunroof became hard to operate and... |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0T 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWMJ81K76 I am closing this request by updating new info which I didn't mention the engine was rebuilt whoever installed the engine missed a ground wise was feeding green/brown wire wire at ignition coils I ran a new wire between ignitions coils and cylinder head so tha... Trouble codes: P2279, P2187, P1297, P0507, P0300. |
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| 2012 Volkswagen Passat SE 2.5L alternator VIN: 1VWBP7A33C Vehicle is fixed. One correction was that my typo had blue wire going to J518 and should have been J519 which is in left front lower dash. The fix was new OE alternator. I was fairly confident but could not rule out the possibility that the alternator proble... |
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