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| 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer North Face 4.2L Starting VIN: 1GNDT13S03 Hello all we had a trailblazer brought in that goes dead overnight after going through it we found a couple things wrong and addressed the problem battery was replaced as well as negative cable we also found that the transfer case module was waking up and stay... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 LS 6.0L data link , dash , windows VIN: 3GNGC26U53 I have a 03 suburban 6.0 I have lost the temp, oil, gas fuel gauge's all on zero ,air bag and abs on ,tach speedometer and odometer work normal, sometimes I have a check engine light it comes and goes no pattern to it with koeo , never comes on when its runnin... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Impala LT 3.5L lock up VIN: 2G1WT58K06 Has no codes, Transmission goes in and out of lock up TCC. When Tech 2 scan tool is hooked up I can turn on and off TCC lock up with scanner, And stays in lock up when commanded and off when commanded and stays that way only with scanner hooked up.Changed brak... |
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| 1999 Ford Ranger XL 3.0L oil pressure VIN: 1FTZR15V8X Hey guys, I have a 1999 Ford Ranger with the 3.0L engine and it's a 4x4. Customer says he was driving when he lost oil pressure on the gauge/dash. Thinking it might be a bad switch, I went ahead and removed the old oil pressure switch on the back of the bl... |
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| 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Stall VIN: 1FTSX21P46 customer states at random times truck shuts off while letting of gas pedal. Have not got it to do it. Just wanted to see if anyone has run into this. |
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| 2012 Ford F-550 Super Duty XL 6.7L brake pads VIN: 1FD0X5HT0C HELP!!! Thank you in advance for any comments. We first replace the front and rear brake pads and calipers due to normal wear and tear. About 5K miles after pads and calipers we replaced the Hydro-booster (OEM) because of external leaks. Within less than 6K mi... |
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| 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Utility 3.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FM5K8AR0D We recently replaced the engine in this explorer due to the fact they ran it too low on oil for too long. Vehicle now has misfire under heavy acceleration - upwards of 6-6500 rpms. MIL light flashes and engine goes into reduced power mode until off throttle fo... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random cylinder misfire), P0301 (Cylinder 1 misfire), P0305 (Cylinder 5 misfire) |
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| 2002 GMC Envoy SLE 4.2L No Start VIN: 1GKDS13S62 First and foremost, thank you for your time. This project started as an occasional misfire. Customer went to replace plugs, broke them, dropped porcelain in the cylinder...big noise on start up. LOL gradually ran worse till a no start. Head came off and sent t... Trouble codes: P1681, P1515 |
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| 2003 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 5FNRL18063 This vehicle came in on a wrecker.. Started ran fine.. continued to start all day..Customer called the following morning no start..Got the vehicle back to the shop and it would start and stall green key light flashing on ipc. replaced battery cables and found ... Trouble codes: P1676 (Fptdr signal failure) |
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| 2011 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8L Steering VIN: 5NPDH4AE7B Customer concern is when driving highway speed (on her way to work) the steering wheel started to shake back and forth during acceleration, deceleration and steady speed. Has happened three times in the past couple weeks. I Haven't been able to duplicate issue... |
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| 1998 Jaguar XK8 4.0L body VIN: SAJGX2243W Noise over any bump and turning like a popping noise in firewall area,sounds high up. |
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| 1996 Mazda Miata 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire VIN: JM1NA3539T Engine starts then die less than a min later and plugs are dripping gas fouled. Have performed pcm pin out test and all inputs look within normal range, has new temp sensor. Temp reading and IR temp same, rechecked cam and crank timing all in time, Test mass a... |
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| 2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.5L Poor Idle Quality VIN: JN8DR07Y61 Quick question for Nissan experts. truck cam in with a bad IAC which we replaced and of course found the driver in the ECM popped on the idle up portion. Not wanting to give Nissan 800 plus dollars for their replacement on an old POS I have aftermarket alterna... |
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| 2011 Ram 1500 SLT 5.7L No Start VIN: 3D7JV1ET7B We had this truck towed in for a stall, no start condition. It died going down the highway. The fuel tank was filled and it did not run after that. Fuel pressure is 50-60 psi and volume is good.It will crank and try to start then just crank. Spark plugs are al... Trouble codes: P0300, P0933 |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L Ignition VIN: 3VWCT71K16 Drove vehicle to body shop, ran fine, diesel, had lf fender replaced, had to tow vehicle from body shop, current condition is no crank no start, no dash lights, no power getting to the ignition switch we checked all grounds under battery, rf kick panel, all te... |
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| 2005 Volvo V70 2.4 2.4L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1SW61295 The car arrived and if you cranked it long enough, it would start and run with no throttle response and restricted performance displayed. I pulled the codes. All of the DTCs were revolving around low signal. I checked for the 5 volt reference at this time. I h... Trouble codes: ECM26, ECM14, ECM84, ECM50, ECM10, ECM91 |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 Audi A5 Quattro 3.2L Passenger Door Mirror Dip Function VIN: WAUDK78T28 Got a couple of good replies from Wade and Scott to perform some checks. We had already performed those test. My local dealer suggested to Perform the Basic settings on the door modules. Using ODIS on our [...], Performed the Basic settings and the mirror ... |
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| 2006 BMW 525i 3.0L halo lights VIN: WBANE53536 This vehicle has not been back to continue the diagnostic. When it returns, I will follow up with what I find. Thanks for all the feedback. |
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| 2006 BMW X5 4.4i 4.4L 2-1 shift VIN: 5UXFB53586 Servicing trans made big improvement, thanks to all. |
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| 2006 Chevrolet C7500 Kodiak C7C042 7.8L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1GDJ7C13X6 I monitored the waveform on the mass airflow sensor while driving the vehicle and found that it would intermittently drop out of range. I replaced the mass airflow sensor and test-drove again to verify that no further problems are present Trouble codes: P2004 (p1263-), P1263, P2903, P2923. |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Classic LS 6.6L trans shift control assy VIN: 1GCJK33D37 Thanks for the reply. Finally got it disconnected! Was afraid to break something but you're correct in brute strength needed on this. |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1ZE5E16B Thanks to everyone, this was very basic, jumped chain ,bent valves,pulled head replaced valves car running great. when I ordered the chain parts originally ,the gm parts guy said they do chains all the time and never had valve issues. when I sold this job I le... |
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| 2002 Ford Windstar SEL 3.8L engine and transmission VIN: 2FMZA53432 I would like to Thank Everyone for the replies. The Balancer was definitely the problem. When Trying to find a balancer for a 2000 windstar the part store and dormans website do not list a valid part number or a number at all. the number listed in the reply... |
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| 2005 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 6.0L Misfire VIN: 1FTSF20P85 we replaced the fuel strainer in the tank we also replaced the frame mounted fuel filter and drove the truck about 200 miles without a hickup.the fuel strainer did not look bad but some debris was present. we performed koeo and koer tests with ids and all test... |
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| 2006 GMC Savana 1500 5.3L Airbag VIN: 1GKFG15T86 Thanks, everyone for your assistance with this. I replaced the SDM as well and had the dealer flash everything. Airbag light is out and all functioning correctly! |
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| 2003 Lincoln Town Car Executive L 4.6L Misfire VIN: 1LNHM84W93 UNCOVER WIRE HARNESS FOR IGNITION COILS AND FOUND MELTED WIRES ON BOTH SIDES ABOVE VALVE COVERS. FOUND BURNING TERMINALS AT SPLICE( LOCATED ON DRIVER SIDE VALVE COVER) REPLACE 3 IGNITION COILS PIGTAIL WIRE CONNECTOR, REPAIR OTHER MELTED WIRES . PROBLEM IS FIXE... Trouble codes: P0352 (Ignition coil circuit 2), P0357 (Ignition coil circuit 7). |
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| 2009 Mercedes-Benz GL450 4.6L Rear Hatch VIN: 4JGBF71E69 Thank You for all the replies they were all very helpful and insightful. We did put the car on the Xentry and watched the cycle of the rear hatch and it was fine. So we removed the rear hatch shocks and one tested bad, we replaced the one hatch shock and that ... |
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML350 4Matic 3.5L maintenance VIN: 4JGDA5HB0C Only 1 of the Mercedes-Benz spark plugs that I received made it to 45 Degrees. All others only made it to 90 degrees no matter what cylinder they were installed in. All spark plugs removed were straight on with injector nozzle. The engine runs fine and is not ... |
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| 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i 2.5L Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S4BRBGCXA Thanks for your time and thoughts. I had covered all the basics so the replies were not of much insight. It turns out that a new ecm finally fixed this car. I didn't want to go there thinking the ecm was bad as they rarely are.My thought was that it was just m... Trouble codes: P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304. |
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| 2005 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 2.5L Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRG71K55 Thanks for all the feedback. I replaced the timing chains, guides, gears, actuator and VVT solenoid. At first, I replaced everything but the solenoid and when I started the car, it had a very hard start and wouldn't idle. When I increased the rpms to get it to... Trouble codes: P1340 (Cmp/ckp correlation), P0301 (Cylinder 1 misfire), P0302 (Cylinder 2 misfire), P0303 (Cylinder 3 misfire), P0304 (Cylinder 4 misfire), P0305 (Cylinder 5 misfire). |
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