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| 2008 BMW X3 3.0si 3.0L Trans VIN: WBXPC93488 HELLO BMW TECH'S, Customer states that when starting goes to put the trans in gear cold they will get a loud clunck ? Very intermittent, we could never duplicate this issue. Just wondering if there is a common problem, only has 70K on it? Thanks for any help G... |
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| 1985 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1G1YY0786F Customer came in 6 months ago, was hesitating and hunting for an idle really bad. replace plugs wires IAC intake gasket and fuel injectors with 24lbs fuel injectors and the hesitation is gone but it still hunts for an idle.400rpm-900rpm up and down up and down... |
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| 2006 Dodge Stratus SXT 2.4L no shift VIN: 1B3AL46X86 Car came in on hook unable to move due to a broken flexplate. After replacing the flywheel the torque converter bolts to, the car would not shift and it had a LR solenoid code and OSS code. We replaced the output shaft speed sensor with an after market one the... |
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| 1995 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L compressor VIN: 1FALP52U5S Hello, Car starts fine runs great hit the ac on stalls as soon as the clutch engages,fans come on pressure good does not matter if you are at higher rpms or not. |
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| 2001 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L OD Light Flashing VIN: 1FTSX31F31 Truck runs perfect. Shifts normal. No warning lights. No ABS light. No speedometer issues. After driving 1/2 mile the OD "OFF" light at the end of gearshift flashes. Overdrive function works by pushing the button even when it is flashing. FLASHING means "OFF".... Trouble codes: P0500 (VSS Malfunction) |
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| 2008 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1FTRF14V48 has hard misfire like one dead cylinsder both oem obd and mode 6 show multiple cylinders misfiring at idle flow rate normal not picking up misfire to set code but is deffinately a hard miss and please before you chime in know something about a 5.4 and read rep... |
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| 2008 Ford Escape Limited 3.0L Srs VIN: 1FMCU941X8 trying to find a used SRS module for this 2008 escape original module is not available. By VIN, the original module was 8L84 14B321 AJH we have found a module out of a vehicle that did not have deployed air bags or pretensioners. however,the number matches,exc... |
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| 2009 Ford F-150 XLT 4.6L P/T Bus VIN: 1FTRX12859 Hey guys, Vehicle came no crank/no start, which started after rain water got in to the cab. I wasn't the first to touch the vehicle so I have no clue how high the water got. According to my boss who looked at the truck first, the Smart Junction Block (SJB) wa... |
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| 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 WT 4.3L Service trac.control and service stabil.trac ,abs VIN: 1GTN2TEX4B Need help on this one.Dash says service traction and stability systems.ABS lamp,traction lamp and red h-brake warning lamp on.Code is telling me I have no communication with the transfer case module.This truck has no module,it is manual 4 wheel drive.All wheel... |
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| 2010 Honda Civic LX 1.8L A/C control unit VIN: 2HGFA1F55A Hello Friends. This one came to my shop wiht a strange problem. Have a manual A/C control unit. With the blower off, A/C off, recirculation Off and with ignition in on position or engine runnig, the compressor works all the time and the two fans at the engine ... |
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| 2013 Honda Accord EX-L 3.5L Transmission VIN: 1HGCR3F87D Cutomer came in and stated the vehicle is bucking on acelleration. It has a p0777 pressure control soleniod b stuck on as a pending code. It also has abs faults 66-13 pressure sensor inside of vsa modulator control unt malfunction.121-11 vsa solenoid valve mal... |
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| 1990 Jaguar XJS 5.3L Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: SAJNW4845L Greetings, I have a jag that is killing me. I have almost 70psi(spec is 32) of fuel pressure that is causing this thing not to start. It's obviously just flooding out... sometimes you can get it to start if you let it sit over night and hold the throttle open ... |
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| 2015 Lincoln MKC 2.3L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 5LMTJ2AH5F Customer said everything started immediately after an oil change. Car idles ok until you put into drive or reverse. Acts like a misfire you can feel the whole car shake and the engine is visibly shaking. Fuel trims are ok no misfires. Cam and crank sensors are... |
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| 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL550 5.5L Convertible Top VIN: WDBSK71F29 The Convertible Top won't come back up. Does anyone have experience with the code that we have documented on this post? Now the trunk lid opens but doesn't express up on it's own, you would have to push it up. The trunk lid will express down when you push the ... |
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| 2003 Mercury Marauder 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2MEHM75V43 Have a brain teaser here. A p0340 code appears after the second start up after code is cleared. If code is cleared while running, code will not set u til engine is shut down and started again. Found bad diode in alternator and replaced with a Delphi reman unit... Trouble codes: P0340 (Camshaft pos sensor circuit) |
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| 2004 Mitsubishi Galant GTS 3.8L Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 4A3AB76S44 We have this beauty of a mitsubishi that we now are married to. Car was towed in no start apon inspection found coil #6 (Front Driver) melted and ignition fuse blown. Unplugged coil replaced fuse car ran but without cylinder 6. Tried new coil it melted within ... Trouble codes: P0306, P0304 |
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| 2007 Toyota Prius Touring 1.5L abs VIN: JTDKB20U07 Customer said he was getting off the Interstate and some lights came on in the dash and the brake pedal did not feel right.Code C1241 for too low or too high voltage to ABS system.The problem is intermittent and only happened the one time but he is afraid of i... |
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| 2007 Volkswagen Beetle 2.5 2.5L compressor VIN: 3VWRF31Y37 No cold air compressor not pumping is regulator controlled compressor. EEC test P2312 short in ac compressor regulator circuit. Long story short no diag. in All Data for code. Check regulator resistance 10 ohms found spec on line. Code actually pertains to ope... |
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| 2008 Volkswagen Touareg 3.6L Automatic open/close VIN: WVGBE77L18 This vehicle was brought in because the customer damaged the hatch and broke the glass by backing into something with it open. We replaced the hatch door and glass. When the vehicle arrived, the hatch opened and closed electronically. After performing the repa... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2003 Ford F-150 King Ranch 5.4L Blower VIN: 1FTRW08L63 The vehicle is fixed. What was the fix repair was a blower motor from Ford! When I first was assigned this vehicle the blower motor had been replaced, so I assumed it was good. I replaced it with another blower motor of the same part #35061 (Four seasons) and ... |
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| 2003 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L belt VIN: 1FMZU73K63 thanks for the replies, we did not need a belt alignment tool to see the crank pulley was out of alignment, johnathan mentioned timing components being install incorrectly and we suspected that to be the issue. we advised the customer and the customer did not ... |
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| 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLT 4.0L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FMZU77K94 Well there sure are a lot of junk new parts out there.The crank sensor was the problem.I ordered a Borg Warner sensor from Advance Auto,then I let truck run until it heated up,died and would not start.I installed the new sensor from advance,it started and ran ... Trouble codes: P0320. |
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| 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLS 4.0L oil pressure question VIN: 1FMZU67K45 Engine is just dead. Customer doesn't want to go any further. Car is getting scrapped. |
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| 2005 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L 2nd gear, 2-3 shift VIN: 1FAFP53285 Well, after a month, it's finally fixed. I had replaced the transmission twice with both transmissions having the same issue as the original, slipping in 3rd. However, the 2nd transmission had the added issue of a very hard shift in 2nd gear AFTER shifting int... |
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| 2011 Ford Fiesta SEL 1.6L Starter, Shifter VIN: 3FADP4CJ4B hey guys i appreciate the suggestions that every one sent me. I ended up having to move this one back to the back burner again. I havent had a chance to check anything suggested yet. I am just a one person operation and i dont have an indoor shop to work in, t... |
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| 2011 GMC Yukon SLE 5.3L door locks, speedometer, tachometer VIN: 1GKS1AE02B Unfortunately after a couple of days and many test drives we were never able to duplicate the customer complaint. As I said before there were no codes in any modules on the vehicle so we had little to go off of. I did go through and inspect all the grounds b... |
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| 2011 Jeep Patriot Sport 2.4L cvt transmission VIN: 1J4NF1GB0B This customer was a first-time CVT owner. I have passed on the general consensus that cvt's simply feel different. |
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| 2002 Mazda Protege ES 2.0L Stall VIN: JM1BJ22532 customer decided to sell vehicle, stalling was to random to diagnose the problem, and customer didn't want to spend any more money. thanks for the replies. Trouble codes: P0340. |
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| 2002 Mini Cooper S 1.6L no obd communication VIN: WMWRE33402 it was the power steering module. that was causing the no communication. i disconnected it and got communication. after which i replaced it and all good car has run all monitors and got smogged. |
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| 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder 1.8L Misfire VIN: JTDFR32001 It ended up being and injector. Was a little confusing because every time we would make a swap of things, the fuel trims changed on the opposite banks which made us realize that these exhaust manifolds have a cross over, so cylinder 1 and 4 are together and 2 ... Trouble codes: P0303 (Cylinder 3 misfire). |
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| 2011 Toyota Prius 1.8L Hybrid Sys VIN: JTDKN3DUXB What a battle. Had a new compressor when it came in. Cleared the POAOD code, then comes B1498. How lucky. Can issues. After checking the chart, before replacing the power managemenbt ECU, I got another new compressor from Toyota and it works. Remember, you CAN... |
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