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| 2011 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L compressor VIN: WAUMFAFL8B Hello Techs, Thanks for your help in advance. This Audi has NO A/C, system uses a Sanden clutchless A/C compressor. HVAC control head ops seem normal, (NOT locked out). Refrigerant level full, BOTH Hi and Low sides pressures equalized at 95 psi. Scan with VCDS... |
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| 2005 BMW 530i 3.0L no power to dash VIN: WBANA73545 Battery tests good. Has no power to ignition to starter. Starter does function manually. Has no headlights or instrument lights. All fuses are good--located in trunk-glove box-underneath cabin filters. Does have parking front & rear. Am thinking of the ignitio... |
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| 2004 Cadillac CTS 3.6L Cooling Systems VIN: 1G6DM57714 Cooling system has oil in it. From what I can tell there is an oil cooler under the intake manifold that can mix oil into the cooling system. I am waiting on information from Mitchell about this vehicle. While waiting I thought I would ask here if many of you ... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L Seals VIN: 1GNDT13SX2 I recently replaced the high and low pressure hoses on a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer, after about a month the vehicle came back and the lines were both leaking where they enter the power steering rack, I did some research and found the seals in the power steering r... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 ST 5.9L Power Steering VIN: 3D7KU28C83 Thanks in advance.. This truck has no power assist at idle. Driving down the highway the truck steers fine. Sitting in the bay idling you cannot turn the wheels. Reving the engine does not help much. Have replaced power steering pump, gear box and hydroboost. ... |
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| 2004 Dodge Dakota SLT 4.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1D7HG48N94 Thank you to anyone who reads this post. Customer states that he drove to work and it was fine. When he went to go to lunch he stared the truck and it was running poorly. The truck has a consistent misfire on cylinders 1,2,3,4, and intermittent misfire on cyli... Trouble codes: P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304 |
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| 2012 Dodge Durango Citadel 3.6L No Start VIN: 1C4RDJEG7C Hi Guys, I'm in a jamb here. I purchased a new PCM for this Durango and I can't write the VIN to the new PCM. I tried going through the wireless module, selected PCM replaced, then entered the pin number and the VIN write failed. I tried with a Snap On tool,... |
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| 1999 Ford E-150 Econoline 5.4L steering VIN: 1FDRE14L0X having a problem with memory steer on this van, started with replaceing linkage that had loosness and the gear box had a catch in it did align next unhooked outer tie rods ball joints some stiffness replaced them still same problem. replace caster camber bushi... |
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| 2005 Ford Mustang 4.0L Excessive Emissions, VIN: 1ZVFT80N85 Hi All, Well I hope you guys can help me see this one back to the IEPA emissions test. It will only set EVAP and EGR monitors to ready in that order. O2, O2 Heater and CAT will not run. In 2015, car passed IEPA test with all monitors ready. Running the drive... |
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| 2011 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L a/c VIN: 1FMCU0DG8B The a/c will operate for a short period of time but will shut down when the high side pressure gets too high. The cooling fans operate properly. The system has the right amount of Freon. When the outside temps are lower it operates for a longer period of time ... |
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| 2006 Kia Sedona LX 3.8L alternator VIN: KNDMB23366 I hava a 2006 kia sedona in for a charging issue. Battery was replaced before it came. Battery dies soon after being replaced. The customer brings me the vehicle and says they had it tested and the alternator needs to be replaced. I replaced the alternator, an... |
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| 1997 Lexus LS400 4.0L No Start, runs 30 seconds VIN: JT8BH28F7V we are trying to test transponder system to determine if its working or key may be issue only has one key fro car and the fob is locking and unlocking car but no security light on dash |
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| 2005 Mazda 6 i 2.3L Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YVFP80C55 Hit the gas to pull out in traffic and its stutters and sometimes stalls. feather it and it goes. ltft -20 at idle stft -4. slightest touch of throttle ltft jumps down to about 2 stft 0. Cleaned the throttle plate, same results. Replaced MAF with known good ma... Trouble codes: P2195, P0300, P2177, P2188, P0126 |
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| 2004 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L Misfire VIN: WDBSK75F94 Vehicle came in for a tune up because it was intermittently having misfires on cyl. 5 and 7. replaced all ignition related parts. After replacing parts the car ran good down the freeway until I decelled off the freeway and check engine light came on with the p... Trouble codes: P0300 (random misfire detected), P0305 (Cyl. 5 misfire Damages CAT), P0307 (Cyl. 7 misfire Damages CAT), P0306 (Cyl. 6 misfire Damages CAT) |
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| 2010 Mercedes-Benz R350 Bluetec 4Matic 3.0L Fuel pressure VIN: 4JGCB2FE3A Hi all, first time here!Happy to be part of the community:) I have a 2010 Mercedes-Benz Bluetec with roughly 130000 kmw on it. Came in for a no start since then resolved. Now I constantly get from my scanner(autel maxisys) codes 11B800 and 11B900. Rail pres... |
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| 2013 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S4BRDJC4D This Subaru belongs to a newer customer. We first saw this car back in January of this year at 57,000 miles. All we have done to this car is a couple of oil changes, one at 57,000 and another at 64,000 miles. The customer says the check engine light comes on a... Trouble codes: P0011 (Camshaft position system performance bank 1) |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Cabrio GLX 2.0L coolant bypass VIN: 3VWDC21V82 One year ago i replaced the plastic coolant bypass assembly that houses the coolant temp. sensor on the drivers side of the engine because it was leaking coolant where it mates to the head...it has come back and i replaced it with a new assembly and oring and ... |
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| 2006 Volvo XC70 2.5L Mechanical VIN: YV4SZ59296 We have this Volvo here from a body shop that cannot get the a/c to work properly. If a proper full charge of 2.19lbs (35oz) is put into the system when it runs it pulls the low side AND high side into vacuum. At first we though maybe the belt was on wrong and... |
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| 2007 Volvo XC90 V8 4.4L Misfire VIN: YV4CZ852X7 After replacing the vc gaskets, a misfire in 4 cyls exists.1,4,6,7. Wiring diagram shows a common junction for these 4 cyls. Could we have done something? Scope shows signals to coils very unsteady and random. Signals to good coils are steady and regular, We r... Trouble codes: P3510, 35400 (coil 4), 35600 (coil6), 35700 (coil 7) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1999 Audi A4 1.8L Power Steering VIN: WAUCB28D7X Thanks for all the info, we wound up replacing all the lines, and reservoir, this took care of the problem. Thanks all for the great info. |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LS 5.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GNEC16Z13 I have been back home in Illinois for almost two weeks and the whole time I was in texas and driving that suburban, it never acted up. My brother in law ended up replacing the tac module with a used unit and shipped and hasn't heard anything back. I wasn't for... Trouble codes: P0220 (Throttle position sensor 2 circuit), 2135 (tp sensor 12 disagree or outside performance). |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LS 2.4L oil life reset VIN: 2GNALBEK5D we installed a new battery and reset the oil life monitor and have not had a issue since we completed that the customer has driven over 1,000 miles and the monitor is reading still 90% |
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| 2010 Chrysler Sebring Touring 2.7L No Start VIN: 1C3BC5ED5A problems continued to come and go then the a/c control mod went dead and we followed that problem as it stayed inop long enough to diag. Found bad tipm which fixed the intermittent problems with asd relay and t/body THANKS TO AL [...] FOR THE HELP Trouble codes: P0688, P2101. |
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| 2007 Dodge Sprinter 2500 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation VIN: WD0PE745X7 thank you for all the tips had another sprinter same year in looked at turbo hose on both vehicles found on the bad truck some one had installed the hoses wrong corrected the hoses road tested all good thanks Trouble codes: 2510 (boost pressure regulator circuit performance). |
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| 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.6L transmission VIN: 2C4RDGBG0D nothing helped just another trans failure. used one on the way from LKQ |
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| 1999 Ford Ranger XL 3.0L speedometer VIN: 1FTYR14V0X After inspecting all the work that we did we unhooked the ABS control module for a short time, reinstalled the connection and now everything is working as needed. Have driven it several times without concern. Unsure what the real fix is, possible connection ... |
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| 2010 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch 6.4L No Start VIN: 1FTWW3DR0A Thank you all for your help after performing all the test that were mentioned it ended up being the hp pump found alot of debris also so we are going to replace the injectors also. Trouble codes: P2291. |
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| 2013 Ford F-150 XL 5.0L Start/Stall VIN: 1FTNF1CF2D I don't know if it was just coincidence that i was getting the P0230 Code while i was having the start/Run issue But i figured out that None of the injectors were shutting down So that means that the fuel wasn't being shut off i had 60 lbs of fuel when the tru... Trouble codes: P0230. |
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| 2003 Toyota Tacoma 2.4L No Start VIN: 5TEVL52N33 Thanks for your replies Dan,IATN had nothing on this vehicle,but fortunately the PICO sight did. The cam sensor on this vehicle was dead,not sure why it didn't code? Amazing 21st century electronics!!! lol |
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| 2013 Volvo XC90 3.2 3.2L A/C Drain VIN: YV4952CZXD The replies were all correct. We were brain locked on the passenger side where the heater drain and some other drain are located. The driver's side is the access to the plugged a/c drain. Thanks to all!!! |
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