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| 2009 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Excessive Long Crank VIN: WAULF78K19 After cylinder head repair and timing chain replacement customer states long crank at times unless you give it gas and transmission does not feel the same to him. We have verified long crank after hot soak of only 20 to 30 minutes it will crank until you give ... Trouble codes: P2188 (System 2 Rich At Idle Bank 1), P2181 (Engine coolant temp below regulating temp) |
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| 2011 BMW 328i xDrive 3.0L Engine VIN: WBAPK5C55B Customer complaint is an engine rattle at higher RPM's and more so after engine is hot. We duplicated complaint with some regularity. The engine has to be revved to 2k to 4k to get the noise and it is a high pitched, "tin" type of noise. The noise sounds lik... |
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| 2006 Cadillac DTS 4.6L Shiftlock-ignition lock VIN: 1G6KD57Y76 One for you GoodWrench gurus. Got this 07 DTS that the ignition lock and shiftlock are inoperative because the BCM is not powering up the rap relay. Checked circuits from BCM to rap relay and all ok. No reference voltages to hood ajar, valet, steering wheel sw... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L engine VIN: 1GNDT13S22 Hello all members out there.this car came in a month ago with miss fire cylinder #5 we did check every thing on it replace pcm , coils and spark plugs , replace crank and cam sensors , smog check , pcm wiring ,check cam shafts, and also competition check and l... |
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| 2004 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTPX14504 This truck came to me from a used car lot. They said it was running fine when it was traded in and one of the owners drove the truck for a week and it was running fine until the battery died on them. After that it ran rough at idle and start up. Seemed to be c... Trouble codes: P0171 (Lean bank 1), P0174 (lean bank 2) |
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| 2007 Ford Fusion S 2.3L Solenoid B VIN: 3FAHP06Z67 I bought this car broken. It had the code p0758. Car locks into limp mode and code sets as soon as the shifter is move out of park or neutral. I went through the diagnostic process of inspecting wires plugs visually and ohms, from trans to TCM, all seems ok. O... |
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| 2013 Hyundai Tucson GLS 2.4L Hesitation, Surge, smokes VIN: KM8JU3AC6D Group one of our local car lots brought this to me for the symptom of looses power and smokes intermittently. I scanned and found no codes in system. Test drove on a short 2 mile loop and had no problems. After discussing exact problem with customer found must... |
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| 2001 Jaguar XK8 4.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJDA42C61 This is a head scratcher here folks. this jag is misfiring and customer complains of an oil leak. i open the air filter box and its got an inch of oil in there and the filter is soaked. the supervisor had me replace the valve covers and plugs and a few coils l... Trouble codes: P0300, P1316 |
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| 2004 Land Rover Discovery S 4.6L Misfire, MIL Lamp on, No power VIN: SALTL19404 # 8 cyl @ 170 psi compresion good spark has injector paulse plug seem to be black like running rich has 16 pounds of vacume fuel pressure at 48 psi Trouble codes: 6C, 4B, 46 (catalyst damaging misfire cyl 8), 08 (misfire with/empty fuel) |
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| 2007 Lexus ES350 3.5L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire VIN: JTHBJ46G47 Hello Lexus techs: I have this 07 ES 350 with a surge under load and hesitation, with DTC P0352D . It came in with misfire on all cylinders, alon with this code. I had just been serviced at dealer and they did oil change and air filter. They left the air inlet... Trouble codes: P0352 |
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| 2004 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Front Upper Control Arm w/Ball Joint VIN: WDBUF65J74 Vehicle came into our facility for a few repair items and during our inspection, we found that the ball joints on both front upper control arms (esp driver side) are loose. Our labor time guide states 4.3 hr for the driver side and 2.3 hr for the passenger si... |
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| 2003 Mercury Sable LS Premium 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MEFM55SX3 I keep getting this code. I replaced the fuel tank pressure sensor 2 times. Customer returns after 2-3 weeks with same code. When testing sensor on top of fuel tank, scanner data always reads 1.4 volts with ignition on and sensor connected. If I unplug the sen... Trouble codes: P1450 (Unable to bleed tank vacuum) |
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| 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GTS 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4A3AE75H33 Client originally came in with the Complaint the car would rough idle stall and set check engine light. We found a plethora of issues, and started with a motor rebuild and get the core healthy After all the work, all is great, but the original issue remains th... Trouble codes: 506 (Idle control system RPM low) |
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| 2003 Oldsmobile Alero GL 3.4L Abs VIN: 1G3NL52E43 We'd appreciate any help that you all could offer. We have a customer whom has this car, that came in with the light on, stating "brake". We scanned on an autel and was able to retrieve a code of co267. We tried on an modis with no success. We checked the code... |
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| 2014 Ram 2500 Lone Star 6.7L No Start, looses power VIN: 3C6UR4HL3E hello , i have this 6.7 ram 2500 that looses power under load towing a trailer when hot. of course it wont act up for me the codes set are po201 thru p0206 and p0087 as well. my question would be , could the p0087 ( low Fuel pressure ) cause the injector circu... Trouble codes: P0201, P0202, P0203, P0204, P0205, P0206 |
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| 1998 Subaru Legacy Outback 2.5L Cam Timing VIN: 4S3BG6856W Here we go, got this 98 Subaru from a customer a couple years ago, had a blown timing belt and customer didn't have the $$ to repair it. We took engine apart and had both cylinder heads rebuilt, installed new drivers side lower idler pulley (as this was the on... |
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| 2006 Toyota Prius 1.5L engine VIN: JTDKB20U06 Engine overheated, Head sent to machine shop. Installed head with new timing chain and guides. Engine now has noise that was not there before. This is when we received the vehicle from another shop. Confirmed noise. Sounded like valve train or timing chain r... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Graduate 2.0L crank no start VIN: ZARBA5414G Thank you everyone for the replies. A couple things contributed to this concern. Battery had dropped charge just enough while sitting in shop and voltage dropping to 10.5 at ECU. Jump pack installed fired up but would die after a few seconds. Verified suffi... |
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| 2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV 6.2L "Thump" under acceleraction VIN: 1GYFK66887 Even though you couldn't see the motor mount flopping around, my friend replaced the differential mounts & motor mounts. Problem solved. Thanks to all that replied. |
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| 2000 Chevrolet K3500 7.4L abs VIN: 1GCHK39J3Y thanks to you all for the replies, I ended up just running new wires from the speed sensor to the vcm and it took care of the problem. thanks to you all again keith |
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| 2005 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Converter/Flexplate VIN: 1FTPW14505 I changed the torque converter again and it is smooth now. In over 40 years as a shop owner this is my first bad converter. Perhaps I have been lucky? Thanks to all that took time to reply to my request; I was convinced that either I or my helper had done some... |
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| 2012 Ford F-150 FX4 5.0L No Start VIN: 1FTFW1EF2C thanks to all it was an easy fix actually!!i talked to the customer again and found out that he tried to start the engine for awhile! he didn't mentioned that first when i talked to him. what happened the engine was completely flooded washed down the cylinder ... Trouble codes: U0422, B10D7. |
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| 2007 Honda Accord EX 2.4L Srs VIN: 1HGCM72687 Hi everyone: Thanks for all replies. After going back and forth with calibration of ODS and SWS with same outcome, we decided to get another module, used/ main SRS, and a pass seat complete, used. We found no issues in wiring and concluded we had bad SRS modul... |
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| 2013 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S4BRDJC4D Well we didn't do anything to this car. When the customer came to pick it up they told us this had been happening when they had the oil changed at the dealer as well. The dealer didn't figure anything out either. I guess they aren't terribly concerned about th... Trouble codes: P0011 (Camshaft position system performance bank 1). |
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| 2004 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5TEWM72N74 well thanks for all that replied. this one was a question mark. some how the tiniest port was some what clogged (I guess). once that was opened up I had ported vacuum through the modulator. But...the VSV was also a contributing factor for the insuffiecent egr ... Trouble codes: P0401. |
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| 1990 Volkswagen Cabriolet 1.8L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: WVWCB0150L Thank you guys for the replies. we scoped the secondary ignition and everything was normal the fix was the wiper motor that made the car cut like that. it must have a short Inside we replaced it and everything came back to normal. Thanks again |
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| 2011 Volkswagen GTI 2.0L electric window VIN: WVWHV7AJ0B hello guys who tried to help me thank you. what it ended up being was i missed a couple things on the coding side of it re checked that noticed something was off from my original, changed it to what it should be reinitialized and good to go. once again thanks ... |
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