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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for April 14, 2017 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 2006 BMW 550i 4.8L Unknown VIN: WBANB53556 This car has had a vibration for the eight months we have been servicing it. It is getting slightly worse. We have done valve seals but the vibration was there before. The shake at 1100 - 1200 rpm is significant, but the engine is not 100% perfect at any speed... |
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| 2010 BMW 328i 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: WBAPH5G58A Hello BMW guru's, this is a very vague issue. Intermittent and has not done it for us, customer states that the idle will go high and start surging. We tried for a few days to duplicate this problem, no codes, smoke test for vacuum leaks ok, check PVC system o... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 8.1L abs VIN: 1GCHK23G83 The instrument cluster on this truck displays the message "Service Brake System." The ABS and brake warning lights are OFF. There are no codes in the ABS module, current or history, no codes in the BCM, no codes in the PCM and no codes in the cluster. I cannot... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe Z71 5.3L Air bag VIN: 1GNEC13T46 Hello every one out there .this car came in with two cods B0051, B0053 couldn't find anything wrong with air bag system we did sent the SDM module to clean latched cods it came back and we put it in the care same cods , relay don't what to do replace SDM modul... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Impala LTZ 3.9L Hesitation VIN: 2G1WU58398 Customer brought in this vehicle and says at times when traveling downhill then uphill you can ask for power and the engine will not respond. --- we scanned vehicle and found no codes and i was able to duplicate concern only when either going downhill or uphil... |
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| 2008 Dodge Charger SE 3.5L Transmission VIN: 2B3KA43G28 Hi, every one she was brought in because of noise (pop corn popping noise type) while we were searching for source of noise touching transmission belly felt something and also noise was closer to front of trani., we assume problem with flex plate, so we pull t... |
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| 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid 1.3L Electronic VIN: JHMFA36238 I am getting a code po502 cvt sensor (speed sensor)not working,we replace the two speed sensors and still we dont get the speedometer to work, car hesitates when driven, we are thinking we have internal transmission damage,any inputs will be highly appreciated... |
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| 2008 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5L no commication VIN: 5FNRL38718 I have quite an interesting one here. To the best of my knowledge and according to everything the customer has experienced, this van runs absolutely fine and has nothing wrong. Until he went for inspection and it will not communicate. He has been to 2 other sh... |
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| 2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4.0L freon leak VIN: 1J4FA64S26 10/2016 Customer on vacation in Moab, complained of inop a/c; he added one can of diy 134 from autozone). One week later, we found inop compressor (Freon leaked from system). 10/2016 Add dye, evacuate and recharge. Customer left for a week, tested with black ... |
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| 2007 Saturn Ion 2 2.2L Fuel Gauge VIN: 1G8AJ55F97 This is more of an informational help request, but i was wondering if any of you have had any problems with aftermarket fuel pumps on these Saturns? I originally replaced the fuel pump because the lines were leaking. Now my customer is complaining that when he... |
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| 2004 Toyota Celica GTS 1.8L 6th gear VIN: JTDDY32T74 we opened this trans originally grinding 3/4 jumping out of 6th. found 5-6 fork missing one end. replaced blocker rings 5-6 fork. we also replaced 5-6 slider ring seemed to have quite a bit of side to side play. trans will still not stay in 6th. Have checked l... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2003 Cadillac Escalade 6.0L Master Cyl, hydroboost VIN: 3GYEK63N33 We replaced the ABS pump (mechanical part only), also filed down the push rod another 1/16 inch. Did not test drive between these two operations, so it is unknown which one helped. Thank you for your time. |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 5.3L oil in intake VIN: 3GNFK16T01 Replaced Left valve cover with fixed orfice pcv & changed original fuel filter--we had to replumb all the fuel lines. The fuel filter was extremely hard to blow through. No problem for 500 miles and 10 days, so far. Tks for the help. IATN --well worth the $$$ |
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| 2003 Honda Pilot EX 3.5L No Start VIN: 2HKYF18573 Thanks to those that took the time to help. Yes it was a bad ground. We traced it to somewhere in the wiring harness in the dash. The customer didnt want to pay to tear down the dash and repair so we ran a new ground for the system and all is good. Thanks Agai... |
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| 2003 Honda Element EX 2.4L amp draw VIN: 5J6YH28543 a BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!! those of you that mentioned door switches hit it... in the right side rear door the bail that the lower latch grabs on was missing... closed the latch.. draw gone!!! thanks again IATN fam!! |
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| 1998 Jaguar XK8 4.0L body VIN: SAJGX2243W Thank you all so much for your replies, vehicle was brought back today and Robert [...] hit the nail on the head. The bars on strut towers needed to be snugged up and all is good, thanks again! |
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| 2005 Mazda 3 S 2.3L Engine VIN: JM1BK14355 Thank you all who replied. Your experience sheds a new [...] on this problem. I still have to confirm if the fuel pressure remains in the line and if OK, inspect the throttle, EVAP valve and sensor signals. However, the issue was not bad enough yet and the cus... |
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