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| 2002 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L window,locks,mirror VIN: 1G4HP54K52 Everything except speaker in drivers door is inop. window lock out button is blinking. all other door lock and windows work by with their own switches. all powers and ground and fuses check out good. no broken wires in door jam. |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LS 4.3L Oil pan gasket VIN: 3GCEC14X76 Customer's fleet vehicle that I've serviced for several years. Oil pan had been leaking for a long time, customer finally took the plunge. It seems to be leaking worse than it did before I touched it. As history states, I've replaced the gasket twice. On the s... |
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| 1997 Chrysler Town & Country LX 3.3L Cuts out VIN: 1C4GP45R8V Hi I have this 3.3 L Chrysler that intermittently cuts out. Happens very rarely and only when coming to a stop. I've tried to duplicate the fault by wiggling the wiring harness of cmp and ckp sensors but no luck so far. I`ve read some posts saying the cmp or... |
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| 2005 Chrysler 300 C 5.7L Unknown VIN: 2C3AA63HX5 car came in with lost com with shifter and service park assist. replaced shifter as tested bad , transmission harness was mealted repaired harness and replaced plug , test drove still problem happens , inspected front control module pin tested everything was g... |
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| 1995 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 5.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1FTDF15N0S Truck came in on a tow truck and would start however it is lean popping and as soon as you push the gas it falls on its face. Checked fuel pressure and it was within specifications 35-40 at idle. It also would not fall off under load. Check 02 signal and it is... |
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| 2003 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTNX20P53 Test drove and all looked good. Cleaned engine, on road test found front rotors in need of replacement and parked while waiting for rotors. Parked for about 2 hours. Went to pull it into the shop and no start. Tried to pull codes and no communication with pcm.... |
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| 2004 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMRU15W84 This Expedition came in about a month ago. Complaint was the SES light was on. Well it wasn't and all monitors were incomplete. It did however have a misfire on at least one cylinder. We did the previous repairs listed. It ran fine and left. Now the SES light ... Trouble codes: P0171 (System lean bank one) |
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| 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty XLT 6.8L Reverse Lights VIN: 1FDXF46Y88 Vehicle has reverse lights and alarm coming on when ever it wants. Also has PCM codes P0135, P0155, P0443, and P1910 that show up at random. Checked BJB fuse 74, which powers these components, checked OK, Performed a continuity test on returns to PCM on each c... |
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| 2003 GMC Envoy XL SLE 4.2L Front Differential VIN: 1GKET16S33 Hello fellow Techs...Happy Friday! This GMC has a pretty loud hum noise from left side of front diff. Ran truck in 4WD off ground to get the front spinning to recreate noise. Read tons about the right front having issues but when I let that side spin, it is q... |
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| 2011 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GT220C8XB This vehicle came to us with the service diesel exhaust fluid system message and reduced engine power limited to 55mph. The customer stated that the low DEF message came on and they added 5 gallons. they drove it 200 miles and the light never went out. they go... |
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| 2004 Honda Accord LX 2.4L ac VIN: 3HGCM56344 My low side reads 40 and my high side is at 90 right under 100 and it pushes the freon out the pop off valve at compressor when you speed up the motor. The pressure stays the same and it pushes it out. Replace valve still pushes it out without pressure coming ... |
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| 1967 Jaguar XKE 4.2L brake pedal take up VIN: 1E33567123 Customer complains of low brake pedal on first push of brake pedal.I have driven car to verify complaint and pulled all 4 wheels to inspect brakes. Everything looks to be in order. When I took the wheels off you can see some gap between the pads and rotors . I... |
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| 1989 Jaguar Vanden Plas 3.6L All VIN: SAJKY1549K Hello all, Thank You for any help offered This Jag's climate control is totally inoperative. The control head will not turn on. There is no power to the gray/blue wire at the climate control head. I traced this to the a/c microprocessor. There is power coming... |
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| 2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4FT48S51 Vehicle came from another shop that just gave up.the crank sensor,cam sensor,coil pack,spark plugs,pcm and all o2 sensors and fuel pump have been changed.vehicle will idle all day without misfire and around town.drive at constant highway speed for 3 miles or m... Trouble codes: P0301 (Cyl 1 misfire), P0302 (Cyl 2 misfire), P0305 (Cyl 5 misfire) |
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| 2000 Lincoln Town Car Signature 4.6L Pcm, Abs, Sc, Ipc VIN: 1LNHM82W0Y We checked comm on all modules, all communicate EXPECT PCM, ABS, Speed control servo, IPC, Air suspension. Monitored network while disconnecting modules(except IPC, we'll do that tomorrow) with no change. We looking for the location of splice S142. It is commo... |
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 2.1L MIL Lamp on VIN: WD3PE7DC5F ok guys i beg for some assistance. I made the mistake of agreeing to work on a german car even though i gave it up years ago for my mental well-being. all i did was an oil change and replaced fuel filter, now i have 3 codes which immediately set which all have... Trouble codes: P2463, 208A, 20FA |
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| 2004 Oldsmobile Alero GX 2.2L Accessories VIN: 1G3NK12F34 Customer bought this Alero to us because the battery keeps discharging and they need to jump start it. We charged the battery. We found with the key out of the ignition the following lights are lit on the cluster: change oil, seat belt, low oil pressure indica... |
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| 2015 Ram 1500 SLT 5.7L Eps VIN: 3C6RR7KTXF Customer complained about no p/s assist. Since we have had it we haven't been able to duplicate problem. We have checked with chrysler canada to see if a recall had been done or if one was outstanding and the answer was "no outstanding recalls on this vehicle"... |
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| 2004 Subaru Forester XS 2.5L instrument cluster VIN: 1F1SG65654 This vehicle will turn off fuel guage, tach and have both turn signal I dicators on and blinking with headlights turned on. With headlights turned off, signal indicators will still both show but the instrument cluster functions normally. Have looked at grouind... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L Fuel in oil VIN: 1GCHC23111 After removing the injectors we sent them out for testing get, they found that after testing 4, one was leaking, 3 were over fueling, they decided to stop testing based on the results, recommended replacing all injectors. |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Classic LS 6.0L Left rear brake rotor VIN: 1GCHC23U47 We had to replace the entire rear end assembly with a used one. the truck apparently was severely overloaded one day, and driven at highway speeds when the problem started. Again, replacing the entire rear end did the trick. I guess one on the axle tubes bent ... |
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| 2006 Ford Focus ZX4 2.0L starting VIN: 1FAFP34N96 using a used pcm replaced it and reprogrammed keys. returned to customer with no return. did not make since on the b1601 but the b1681 code was more of my concern since it related with the signal be passed from reciever to pcm. Vehicle gone for a week with no... |
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| 2014 Ford Fusion SE 2.5L Unknown VIN: 3FA6P0H77E Thank you all again for your replies and help. Of course the vehicle would not act up again but have told the customer the possibilities especially the MFS. It will be the first place I point my meter to if it comes back. Thanks again you all are a big help. |
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| 2003 Lincoln Aviator 4.6L Misfire VIN: 5LMEU78H43 sory for not more info customer replaced cam sensor ohmed out sensor ok replaced computer reflashed c tighten plug on sensor and dielectric greased it it seemed to go away after a dozen start up it goes back to fault no data for sensor either has fault or not Trouble codes: P0340. |
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| 2004 Mini Cooper 1.6L Stall, Misfire VIN: WMWRC33454 Thank You for the replies all of them were great suggestions! It turns out it was the coil pack and the aftermarket BERU Coil packs are defective. The problem was occurring with a new BERU Coil pack and we got another new one due to the codes and symptoms, tha... Trouble codes: 2303 (Ignition coil 2 primary / secondary circuit input low), 2300 (Ignition coil 1 primary / secondary circuit input low). |
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| 2007 Saturn Ion 2 2.2L Fuel Gauge VIN: 1G8AJ55F97 As I was already planning on doing, I put an OE pump in and the gauge started working as intended. The problem i had, was that in all of my searching, i didnt hear of anyone else having problems with aftermarket pumps in theses Saturns. I guess i was the fir... |
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| 2002 Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner 2.7L No Start, Starts and dies VIN: 5TEWM72NX2 FAULTY CYLINDER # 1 IGNITION COIL HAD SPARK, BUT ECU USES SIGNAL FROM COIL FOR INJECTOR TRIGGER. THANK YOU LANE [...] FOR YOUR TIME. Trouble codes: P1300 (Coil igniter 1 fail). |
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