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| 2011 Acura RDX 2.3L Unknown VIN: 5J8TB1H55B Hi, This vehicle has a pronounced drivetrain vibration under load. It begins about 30 mph and the harder you accelerate and the faster you go the worse it gets. The mil light comes on with codes p15ba and p2263. The shawd light comes on with code 77-01. This v... |
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| 1999 Chevrolet C2500 Suburban 7.4L Compressor VIN: 1GNGK26J7X The Ot was a black unit with .072" opening. Since the high side is so low, I thought the OT has insufficient resistance. I replaced it with a GM yellow OT with a .062" opening. While charging, I stopped at 3# 8 oz; the low side was 48 and high was 125. The out... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Express 3500 LS 5.7L No Start, Blows Eng-1 fuse VIN: 1GAHG39R1Y Vehicle died while being driven and was towed in. No codes stored. Data showed no RPM signal nor any data coming from CMP or MAF. Wiring diagram led me to Eng-1 fuse which was blown. Replaced fuse and started engine. Check engine light stayed off. This is a co... |
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| 1997 Dodge Dakota SLT 5.2L No Start VIN: 1B7GG23Y2V Vehicle was towed in for crank but no start condition. I tested for spark and injector pulse, neither present. Tested fuses and related relays, including ASD, all good. No communication with my scanner so no codes to go by. Tested 5v ref at TPS, MAP and CKP, a... |
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| 2008 Dodge Avenger SXT 2.7L Unknown VIN: 1B3LC56R28 Vehicle came in on the hook, died while driving. car would start and run but just barely. after running for a little car will totally die and refuse to start at all. if left it will try to start again but very poorly. After inspection of the timing chain and v... |
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| 2004 Ford F-150 STX 4.6L Starting VIN: 1FTRX14W34 This one was towed in, supposedly a bad fuel pump. Well what really is going on with it is: No crank, theft light is flashing and no communication with PCM, all other modules communicate ok. Starter will turn when I ground the terminal going from the PCM at th... |
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| 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLS 4.0L oil pressure question VIN: 1FMZU67K45 We replaced a timing chain set due to rattle 6 months ago. Truck came back 2 weeks ago with same noise engine and has only been 5k since install. Upon teardown found main shaft timing chain tensioner shoe destroyed and found a cracked link in the LH cassette a... |
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| 2007 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L steering VIN: 1FMEU73E37 Techs, tyia, this explorer has the symptom of the front wheels binding on sharp turns in @ direction (like parking lot maneuvers when in 4 w.d.), (over 35 mph. only...), accompanied with the TRAC light coming on. ***ABS light NEVER comes on nor does the feel o... |
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| 2008 Ford Taurus SEL 3.5L reman alternator VIN: 1FAHP24W68 Used car lot bought it with the diagnosis of a pcm being bad as the alternator and battery replacement have not kept the light from coming on. P0625 field circuit low. Went through diagnostic tree, points to alternator. Scoping all three circuits coming out of... |
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| 2009 Ford F-350 Super Duty FX4 6.4L turbochargers VIN: 1FTWW31R69 hello everyone. thanks in advance for all your help. this 6.4 was towed in with a no boost condition and high pitch squeal noise from engine compartment i started the truck and yes there is a terrible noise off idle. I ran it inthe bay and it sounded very much... |
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| 1998 GMC K1500 Suburban SLE 5.7L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 3GKFK16R2W This high mileage suburban stalls or badly hesitates on acceleration but the problem only presents itself when engine or compartment is not to temp. Once warmed or on hot days the problem does not present. O2 sensor disconnect from cats cats appear to not be p... Trouble codes: 171 (bank lean), 174 (bank lean) |
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| 2002 Mazda Protege ES 2.0L Stall VIN: JM1BJ22532 Vehicle will stall very intermittently. Doesnt matter if hot or cold, driving conditions, engine load, ac on or off etc. Vehicle will restart right away, and may not stall for a week. Performed tap and wiggle tests, to try and duplicate stall. Found that when ... Trouble codes: P0340 |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz E350 3.5L Starter VIN: WDBUF56X47 I just need some info on wiring for this Mercedes benz 2007 e350. If anyone knows what module and connector the starter relay gets it's signal from that would b greatly appreciated. |
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| 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG 6.3L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: WDDHF7HB7A Car came into shop with a misfire we found 2 code Cylinder 6 and 7 misfire we CK and found 2 coil and spark plug was bad so we R/R the now the car runs find. then we took it on a road test when i stop at the light and then try to take off i felt a engine vibra... Trouble codes: P0306, P0307 |
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| 2000 Nissan Quest GLE 3.3L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 4N2XN11T7Y When cold this one ran fine, I was ready to drive it out it ran so fine. Then it started missing. GOOD! :-) Hate wasting my time! Hooked up obd2 scanner, no codes. Slightly high bank 2 LTFT 7+ or 8+ maybe. Nothing for this big of a miss. It has a Good shak... |
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| 2008 Toyota Highlander Limited 3.5L Abs , ign VIN: JTEDS42A18 This is a job my coworker did and now it has probs. Whats up is, after repair of evap core, the keyless start wont work normaly. Wont rec. Key fob unless you hold it right up to button and then it takes forever to pick it up and let you start it. Also it has t... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 Audi A6 Quattro 3.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUDH74F48 Pump took care of issue( High Pressure). I'd rather have no information than bad information. Thanks to Haakan for correcting the bad info. This was repaired by the shop I was looking at it for. I read resistance on solenoid of the existing one on the car and... Trouble codes: P0087 (Fuel Rail / System Pressure- Too Low), P2296 (Fuel pressure regulator 2 control circuit High). |
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| 1999 BMW 323i 2.5L Instrument VIN: WBAAM120X0 I was reluctant to close this help request so soon, because I was thinking the car will come back. I left the battery disconnected for more than a day, and when I connected it, it was ok. I would be happier if the car came back so that I can trace k-bus proble... Trouble codes: 87 (K bus), B0E, C0E. |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ 5.3L No Start, Misfire VIN: 1GNFK13017 This Tahoe has ran with out a problem for 200 miles. On a guess I replaced the CMP sensor but it did not want to restart after I installed it. After using carb spray to get it to start we parked it outside and didnt have time to work on it for a few days. I re... Trouble codes: P0300 (Misfire), P0106 (Map sensor). |
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| 2006 Dodge Sprinter 3500 2.7L Compressor VIN: WD0PD54426 I found the refrigerant capacity on the radiator support under paint. As for the oil capacity; I called Denso's tech support and the informed me that 13.9 ounces of oil was correct. The tech that I spoke with also thought that it was an excessive amount of o... |
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| 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8 6.1L Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: 2B3CJ7DW8A All I can say is wow, I got the best of myself on this one. thank you very much to all the replies on this one, one thing I never mentioned on this one is that this car has an aftermarket cold air intake on it (china's finest). thank you to the guys that repli... Trouble codes: P2101. |
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| 2000 Ford Escort ZX2 2.0L V.C.T. camshaft VIN: 3FAKP1137Y Ok I attached the transmission added oil & filter connected a battery to the starter and after oil pressure came up the actuator locked the camshaft into the correct position and every thing looks good. Thanks Dan [...] for the response as you were the only one to... |
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| 2009 Ford Fusion SEL 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3FAHP08Z09 Heys guys. Thanks for all the suggestions. Used labscope to view injector waveforms and found cylinder number was not kicking. Ohmed injector at five. All others at thirteen. Replaced injustor and idle smoothed outand fuel trim returned to zero range. Thank yo... |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4JGAB54E22 I blocked off the EGR passage and have been road testing for several days and only felt the rough idle a couple of times but never encounter the stalling problem. However, there were a couple of times that the engine races to over 2,500 rpm during start up whi... Trouble codes: P0104 (MAF signal - intermittent). |
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| 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L Generator VIN: 2MEFM75V78 I'm closing this post with a repair. We replaced the alternator and fixed the issue. After I replaced the unit and had the charging system working properly I still had my scanner and lab scoped hooked up and rechecked some of the tests. They still didn't make ... |
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| 2008 Volvo C30 T5 2.5L bad rensioner/timing belt VIN: YV1MK67278 Thanks for advice everyone. Head is still at machine shop being repaired. Will go ahead and close thread and post final results (if I can) once car is running. |
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| 2011 Volvo C30 T5 2.5L Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1672MK7B Thank you to all members for the help and insight to the issue. I would like to note that the problem was resolved by replacing the S5 solenoid and thus has resulted in the no reoccurring trouble codes from the computer. The customer was very content with the ... Trouble codes: 0101 (communciation problem between control units with ECM), E001 (Control module communication internal fault), 5100 (Malfumction incidator lamp MIL control module transmission), 010B, 0115 (Brake control module malfunction). |
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