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| 2013 Audi A5 Quattro 2.0L No Start, Stall VIN: WAUHFBFR3D This car has an in-tank fuel filter/regulator that is directly attached to the sending unit/fuel pump inside the tank. Also it is a return less fuel system. Car came in for a no start. Had no fuel pressure at the engine, and no fuel coming out of the sending... |
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| 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Cabriolet 8.2L A/C System VIN: 6L67S50413 This Caddy has R12 still and uses the EEVIR system with an A6 compressor. The complaint this year is the A/C blows warm, which it does. Pressures at idle are 60 psi low side and 180 psi high side with ambient air temp of 60°. Sight glass is clear and the evapo... |
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| 2008 Cadillac CTS 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G6DT57V58 Does anyone have a known good cam crank waveform for this car?? I have looked everywhere no luck thanks |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Equinox LT 3.4L Network VIN: 2CNDL53F49 Common problem looks like High speed CAN bus is being pulled down. P/S is electric and Transmission going into limp-in mode when it looses comm. First tested terminating resistors, was only getting 22 ohms. Resistance was slowly increasing if I left the Ohm me... |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Traverse LT 3.6L No Start VIN: 1GNKVGED1B Hello techs.I really need help on this one and thanks in advance for your help.This suv belong to car lot & towed to my shop won't crank/turn over.A week before that it start and ran fine.Detail shop picked it up and after they got it done and tried to start.I... Trouble codes: P0606 |
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| 2015 Chevrolet Equinox LT 2.4L Seat Belt Anchor Pretensioner VIN: 2GNFLFEK9F Vehicle was in a front end collision. None of the airbags were blown. After the body shop repaired the damage the vehicle came to me for a Driver seat Anchor pretensioner deployment loop, short to ground. (B001A Symptom 2) Replaced the pretensioner on the left... |
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| 2006 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5FNRL386X6 Happy Sunday everybody! The MIL comes on - sometimes right after start up - usually sets P0300, p0302, p0304 and p0305. At some point - sometimes right after start up, sometimes much later - the MIL will start flashing, engine idle increases to about 1200 rp... Trouble codes: P0300, P0302, P0304, P0305 |
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| 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 2.4L transaxle VIN: 5NMSG3AB7A I'm not much of a transmission guy and hope someone can help me out or guide me in the right direction. This vehicle has a hard downshift at time it only seems to do it from 6th to 5th gear and when it does it it's like a double bang. Now I could never get it ... |
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| 2008 Jaguar Vanden Plas 4.2L A/C refrigierant system VIN: SAJWA82B08 This car has come back several times now for a poor A/C concern. The technicians that saw it previous to me recovered little refrigerant, but passed visual, vacuum, and sniffer leak tests. The pressures are normal and the A/C blows cold when the fill is correc... |
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| 2003 Nissan Altima 2.5L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1N4AL11D43 i check evrething & still havent find the answer Trouble codes: P0340 |
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| 2007 Nissan Frontier SE 4.0L Limp mode VIN: 1N6AD07W17 Replaced VB/TCM with non-oem reman due to shorted out TCM (coolant damage). Had to rewire power to TCM because it was melted. Afterward, we have K communication and CAN communication. No DTC's. Still drives in 3rd only. Sent to dealer to flash, but they told m... |
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| 2008 Nissan Versa S 1.8L Refrigerant leak VIN: 3N1BC13E98 Hello everyone and thanks for the help with this one. I have this 2008 Versa in that was very low on refrigerant. We did not see most spots on the components under the hood, so we evacuated and recharged. We put in leak dye and put in new schrader valves. 4 ... |
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| 2002 Toyota Prius 1.5L Engine VIN: JT2BK12U32 I had a Prius come in for no A/C. Its been to the dealer 3 times and it still doesn't work. The customer stated they changed the compressor out with a used compressor. Probably an inexperienced tech because once recharged the system works fine. The problem is ... |
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| 2003 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4.7L security VIN: 5TDBT44A83 replacing ignition lock with new keys. The old cylinder would bind and turn correctly making it difficult to turn key to start. so the new cylinder has 2 transponder keys and they are not the same key code (as in the Teeth of the key) as the old key. So i cann... |
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| 2009 Toyota Matrix S 2.4L Passenger seat VIN: 2T1KE40E89 Weird issue- Client is driving vehicle, seat will move with no input from driver or passenger. Passenger seat back levers bounce up and down periodically. I have a video of the levers going up and down on their own. These seats are non-power, totally mechanica... |
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| 2006 Volvo XC90 2.5T 2.5L Steering column VIN: YV4CZ59216 You can pull the steering wheel towards you about 3/4 inch. Does not have telescope adjustment as far as we can tell, just tilt. Pulled the DAB, wheel bolt is tight. No posts here, not much luck on the amature forums, other than loose wheel bolt. Broken column... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2003 Cadillac Seville STS 4.6L a/c compressor VIN: 1G6KY54903 First and foremost i thank everybody who replied. After researching and going over this problem of no a/c, again, checking sensors in the a/c lines, high pressure sensor, and temp sensor in the low side, i came to the conclusion that it had to be the DIM modul... |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS 2.4L Drivers in seat air bag VIN: 1G1ZB5EB1A After cleaning and applying electrical enhancer to the drivers front seat airbag plug and verified good connection through the circuit, we reset DTC's and did not return. |
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| 2007 Chrysler Sebring Touring 2.4L Electronic VIN: 1C3LC56K77 The pin in the connector at the PCM from the range sensor was not making a good connection and causing the lights to flash with any vibration. This took care of the range sensor problem and is now at the transmission shop to have the internal issues repaired.... |
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| 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L Cooling Fans VIN: 1D8GP24R07 So, closing this request with an update, as I already burned my first update. After looking over everything for a couple days, fans do run when the A/C is turned on, they speed up when pressure spikes, normal operation apparently. Then it started working just ... |
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| 2013 Dodge Dart Rallye 2.0L No start, Inst. panel gauges clicking... VIN: 1C3CDFBA9D Well this is quite embarrassing... Although I really knew what to do 1st, I kind of just ignored it and plunged ahead into my diagnostic procedure without eliminating the most obvious cause. At least I must remember to test the simplest possibility first an... |
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| 1997 Ford F-250 HD XL 7.3L no rev above 2000rpm VIN: 1FTHX25F2V This one needs an engine. Also a BPS. One thing which I forgot to write up, was that the injector buzz test showed one injector not working when the engine was cold, but after the engine warmed, that injector worked fine. Probably a broken valve cover gasket. ... Trouble codes: P0275 (Cylinder balance 5), P0263 (cylinder balance 1). |
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| 2016 Ford Explorer Limited 3.5L Compressor kicks in and out VIN: 1FM5K8D81G Sorry it took so long had to get it from my wife. the final problem is the evap temp sensor is defective... watched it on the scanner and goes from 40 degrees to 28 degrees in like 5 sec. and disengages the compressor.as soon as the temp sensor goes over 35 de... |
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| 2000 GMC Jimmy SLE 4.3L Misfire VIN: 1GKCS13WXY I still have not figured out what the cause of this periodic misfire is. I appreciate all the great suggestions given and am continuing to work on finding a fix. This is a vehicle of a personal friend that really doesn't get driven every day and part of the ti... |
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| 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7L Downshift harsh VIN: 1J8HR58P39 Thanks for all the replies. I brought it to work to try a transmission oil change and on the way to work the problem cleared on its own. Did trans oil change anyway. Must of been a sticky valve I hope. |
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| 2008 Kia Optima LX 2.4L Chain Tensioner VIN: KNAGE12328 Thank you everyone who responded. Ty [...] nailed it. I assumed that these were hydraulic lifters and were the cause of the noise. They are not! I did have oil squirting out of the ends of the camshaft so I was pretty sure it wasn't an oiling problem. ... |
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| 2011 Nissan Rogue S 2.5L converter VIN: JN8AS5MT1B Unfortunately I don't have a fix for this vehicle. We gave the vehicle back to the customer and they drove for a few weeks. I talked to them the other day and the problem did not reappear. They think the daughter who drives the car may have had it in the wrong... |
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| 2012 Ram 2500 SLT 6.7L loose ball joint VIN: 3C6UD5ML6C Well we ended up replacing w/ same part. Everything is torqued to spec. It was greased every oil change, about 6 to 8k between I think. The movement was side to side, not up and down. We are going to grease in-between oil changes and see if it will go longer t... |
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| 1996 Toyota Camry DX 2.2L No Start VIN: 4T1BG12K1T finally found the problem. After replacing pcm 2 times and checking wires 3 or 4 times. found that the crank sensor wiring had a short to ground. you would still get a signal thru wiring but it could have been considered degraded. found it pinch behind the... |
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| 1998 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.7L abs VIN: JT3HT05J4W Toyota's bleeding procedure calls for an OE scan tool with bidirectional controls. Neither my Modis or Launch has that capability on a vehicle this old. I bleed the system using my brake flush machine that not only pulls vacuum at the wheels but also creates p... |
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| 1998 Volvo S70 GLT 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1LS5679W Thank you everyone for your assistance. The customer took off for parts unknown and just returned. Barton, it was the cooling fan and it running most the time. A new relay took care of it. Code cleared. Once again, my sincere thanks to you all!!! Trouble codes: P1405 (heated catalyst power switch over temperature condition bank 2). |
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