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| 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L ABS system VIN: 2GCEK19T52 Greetings! This truck is activating ABS when almost stopped. I'm aware of the typical problem requiring the replacement of hub and bearing assy's but that does not appear to be the case with this one. No codes. When monitoring the speed sensors with a Snap-on ... |
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| 1996 Chrysler Town & Country 3.8L Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1C4GP54L7T Thanks for taking time to help. Customer came in with a p0300 random/ multiple misfire code. Customer wanted to just do plugs and wires, no real need to throw plugs and wires w/ all the CCD codes. The wires look fairly new and plugs look great. I have checked ... Trouble codes: P1698, P1695 (No CCD messages from BCM), P1391, P0300 (p0700-), P0700 (p0600-), P0600 |
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| 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT 5.9L none VIN: 3D7LX39C86 none |
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| 1994 Ford Thunderbird LX 4.6L No Start, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP62W3R Vehicle came in for long crank time intermittently. Seemed to happen more after it sat overnight or for an hour or more. After it starts it runs fine, no issues. Checked fuel and spark and watched scanner. Fuel psi ok, spark ok, fuel injector pulse seems ok bu... |
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| 2008 Ford Taurus X SEL 3.5L Shift VIN: 1FMDK02WX8 Hello, I am not a trans tech, but the local transmission shop brought this car to me believing it is not a base transmission issue- but I am not sure I agree. Here is what I got. This is a 6 spd trans. When driving casually along it shifts fine into all gear... |
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| 2010 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L No Start VIN: 1FTFW1EV9A Just replaced a leaking purge solenoid with no mishaps, probing, or electrical testing. Ran the "Evap Test" to verify would now pass the test using the Modis Ultra. As the test goes, upon reaching the target pressure of the evap system, "the fuel system will b... |
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| 2011 Jaguar XF Premium 5.0L TPMS light comes on intermittently VIN: SAJWA0GB8B Checked all tire pressures and test drove. During test drive TPMS light will flash on briefly - never stays on. After test drive we check for fault codes - no codes present. Lowered all tire pressures and then aired back up while car was running. Test drove ag... |
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| 2006 Kia Sedona LX 3.8L Drive-axles VIN: KNDMB23376 Hi, everyone this van came in with no rivers and also 4th. Gear problem,because customer could not pay for rebuilt trani. We sold him an used transmission which work perfect ,(real smooth shifting)the problem is , (r) light flashing,while the rivers gear is in... |
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| 2008 Mazda 3 i 2.0L OBD Readiiness VIN: JM1BK12G18 Cust complaint, that failed inspection for OBD readiness monitors 'Not Ready'. We Scan PCM and confirmed. No Check Engine light or stored codes. C.E light does work.Fuel Tank full. Customer has driven vehicle over 700 miles, mixed highway and city driving. S... |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz C240 2.6L steering box VIN: WDBRH61J23 When steering car around left or right turns at any speed the steering wheel kicks back the opposite direction in a pulsing manner. Feels normal driving straight ahead. Fluid level correct, has correct fluid, no air in fluid. Nothing in suspension or steering ... |
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| 2008 Saab 9-3 Aero 2.8L No Start VIN: YS3FH41U88 Cranks and no start. Will fire very intermittently. No engine codes. Has fuel pressure and consistent injector pulse. However, losses primary ignition signal (atleast to front 3 cylinders) from ECM. Seems to usually fire coils twice then stops, while cranking.... |
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| 2011 Saab 9-5 Turbo4 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: YS3GN4AR2B Cant get any live data due to snap on not having SAAB in their database. Anyone run into something common or more precise testing? Trouble codes: P0299 (Turbo underboost) |
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| 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line 2.4L Hybrid Operation VIN: 5GZCZ33Z57 Had code P0AC0, battery control module was replaced now have P0AC0-00 and P1A8D-00. Noticed 2 cut connectors in area of alternator, one had 4 wires the other had 8 wires. Anyone know what they go to? All wires plugged into generator, these 2 sets of wire loome... |
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| 2009 Smart Fortwo Passion 1.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WMEEJ31X59 this p0497 evap code keeps returning. customer had another shop erase the code first time around so i had no code to trace at that time. now it's back and i got the code. alldata has no description of it either. car runs fine. i see the purge valve/solenoid is... Trouble codes: P0497 |
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| 2005 Suzuki Aerio SX 2.3L horn VIN: JS2RC61H65 Alarm, horn, will sound off intermittently sometimes even while driving. I don't have an aftermarket alarm it does have keyless entry and key fobs work. I don't have data for keyless entry functions on Tech 2 (Suzuki software) it is not one of the options. I t... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2002 Acura RL Premium 3.5L No Start VIN: JH4KA96572 after more research the PCM was in theft lock down, key passed immobilizer fine sent car to Honda for PCM re-flash to clear theft. There was no code for theft but data showed ban |
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| 2008 BMW 328i 3.0L Hesitation, Restricted power VIN: WBAWV13578 Thank you for the time everyone took to reply and help! We replaced the water pump and thermostat and I believe the car is fixed. We were using an Autel scanner and it was pulling those codes in enhanced mode. Since I couldn't duplicate the complaint it's t... Trouble codes: C0F17, C0F1E, E587 (FRM K-CAN communication fault), 2F9E, 2E81, A559 (Instrument cluster Power supply has been switched off closed circuit current cutoff relay). |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt LS 2.2L long crank/start VIN: 1G1AK55F57 Well decided to close this down with summary unfixed. Many of you suggested scoping the CKP sensor signal. When my Uscope arrived (very neat device for $150) checked the signal and sure enough 5v flat line. Car lot tech had replaced the sensor but I decided t... Trouble codes: P0315. |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 ST 5.9L No Start VIN: 3D3KU28C33 this truck is fixed thanks to Dan and Walter and Luke. they looked up part numbers checked them.to see if I had made a mistake. I found the usual way I would program a dodge to be confusing[may be just me ] on this truck. But this is what I will do one with a ... |
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| 2001 Ford Ranger Edge 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1FTZR15E31 Sorry for the delay, (I thought my tech closed this). Replaced the intake manifold gaskets and that fixed the lean condition on one bank. Tested further and found still had an engine miss when truck was warm. Found and replaced #1 fuel injector (electric fail... Trouble codes: P0301, P0171. |
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| 2007 Ford F-150 XLT 4.6L Long crank time VIN: 1FTRF14WX7 Thanks everyone for your replies to my request. I should have included more test information when posting for help but I forgot to tell you that we did test for spark, fuel ect when the truck would not start and it had spark, fuel pressure, injectors were spra... |
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| 2016 Honda Pilot EX-L 3.5L suspention or brake VIN: 5FNYF6H53G good morning all and thankyou for all the replies. i am closing this as fixed but not really. went to another dealer this weekend and drove with another honda tech, he was confused as well. we then drove a 2017 and yes, the same noise. so then we go looking an... |
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| 2008 Hyundai Entourage Limited 3.8L Battery VIN: KNDMC23338 After check a few more things we believe the under hood fuse box is bad. The customer declined any repairs at this time due to the high cost of the fuse box. Thank you all for the help you provided. |
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| 2005 Jeep Liberty Limited 3.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J8GL58K35 So all of the help was great, first off many people asked why we replaced the downstream sensors. When we removed them from the old converter they were stripped and all 4 sensors appeared to be fully functional before repairs so we only replaced the rears. ... Trouble codes: P0420 (Catalyist Efficiency Bank 1). |
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| 1990 Mercedes-Benz 300E 4Matic 3.0L Cuts out VIN: WDBED30D7L thank you all for your advise on this vehicle i did check the cap and rotor and it looked worn out,, after replacing it the car ran very good...thank you agian |
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| 1994 Mercury Sable LS 3.8L No Start VIN: 1MELM5841R The real clue here was hot car. We've had 5 weeks of rainy or just cloudy, but we three days of hot and sunny, the car never started with the spout in. The interior was hot enough to make the PCM die. But the customer doesn't want to fix it. And yes we all m... |
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| 1989 Mitsubishi Van LS 2.4L Transmission VIN: P25W020534 Well this post has to go as unsolved. :((. Since no one can come up with any diagrams or photos of how the internal shift mechanism is put together I'm going to have to try and buy another used transmission to get this van gone. Thanks again for all your help. |
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