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| 2008 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L heat VIN: WAUDF78E18 This Audi has had low heat since 2013 we flushed it a few time and they drove it with the low heat for 3 year now. We did the timing belt and water pump 2/17 should we just replace the heater core ? Is there an easier way than pulling the dash off on an 08... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT 4.2L Check engine light, Fuel trims VIN: 1GNDT13S36 Vehicle sets a p0171 at idle. LTFT @ 15-20% at idle and 3-5% under load and on decel. Intake gaskets and MAf were done first by another tech to no success. he is now away and i am now checking. at this point i have smoke tested multiple times, as well as s... |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 LT 6.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNWKMEGXB This Suburban comes to me with a list of codes and kind of has a mind of its own. It will always start and run but while driving all the gauges will stop working and abs, traction control lights will come on. Then as quickly as it happened, it will go away... Trouble codes: P2135 (c0242-), C0242 (u0155-), U0155 (b0413-), B0413 (b0423-), B0423 (b0433-), B0433 |
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| 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 6.2L Communications VIN: 1G1YB2D7XE GM Corvette Techs, I'm looking to see if a GM Tech 2 will communicate with a 2014 and newer Corvette. The current Tech 2 I have is a real GM Tech 2 with latest/last software. The most current year in the Tech 2 is 2013. With that said I was able to Scan... |
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| 2000 Dodge Dakota 3.9L Cluster inop VIN: 1B7FL26XXY Truck was brought in after it died on road. Tested and found no spark, no pulse at coil, and no injector pulse. Ordered and replaced PCM with reman unit. Started rough. Additionally found crank sensor wires pulled from connector. (pulled motor without disc... |
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| 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTNX21F9Y I need some help from the diesel techs. I have a NO START and am lost on how to diagnose it. I am very good a diagnosing gas engines, but am at a loss, here. Originally, to my understanding, this 7.3L had a rough idle/drive ability issue that the owner |
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| 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTNX21F9Y I need some help from the diesel techs. I have a NO START and am lost on how to diagnose it. I am very good a diagnosing gas engines, but am at a loss, here. Originally, to my understanding, this 7.3L had a rough idle/drive ability issue that the owner |
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| 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTNX21F9Y This is my THIRD time trying to post. For some reason, my description, is not getting posted. I need some help from the diesel techs. I have a NO START and am lost on how to diagnose it. I am very good a diagnosing gas engines, but am at a loss, here. ... |
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| 2005 Honda Accord LX 2.4L 1-2 and 2-3 shift VIN: 1HGCM56435 Ok I am at a loss here, this is my own personal car. Owned since new by my dad and now it's mine. Intermittently there is a flare from 1-2 and 2-3 under heavy acceleration. I have done drain and fills every 15k or so since new and also replaced BOTH pre... |
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| 2002 Jaguar X-Type 2.5L no crank VIN: SAJEB51D72 I have a 2002 jaguar that will not start.Has code p1638. as far as i can tell going through the factory manual on line i have no wiring issues even went as far as to make a 120 ohm resistor to check for can/bus integrity with cluster out and resistor in pi... |
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| 2006 Lexus GS300 3.0L No Start VIN: JTHCH96S86 This vehicle is a crank no start. Good spark. Low pressure side 45 to 70 while cranking. No codes. My data shows a pid for fuel pressure. Same reading as the low pressure. This pid is for the high pressure side. My question is what pid readings should be e... |
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| 2011 Mazda CX-9 Touring 3.7L abs module VIN: JM3TB3CA2B Car came in low pedal grinding brakes. Rear right wheel wss grinding.Uneven brake wear on other 3 wheels. Replaced pads, rotors, calipers and hoses on all 4 wheels.Gravity bleed brake system and bleed abs unit with the scanner.Also had a hard brake pedal a... |
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| 2015 Mini Cooper Roadster John Cooper Works 1.6L Terminal 15 VIN: WMWZP3C50F Mini brought to me with no start or no terminal 15. Icom will not communicate but my autel will and can read cas unit with no codes. Hall switch for key inserted will not activate with key in switch. Inserted key from another mini and I get the warning of wron... |
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| 2002 Nissan Xterra XE 2.4L Hesitation, Stall VIN: 5N1DD28T52 Vehicle doesn't set any codes and this i 3rd repair attempt. Does not happen often at all. Can drive and run vehicle all day and will run like a champ. No loss of power, no stalling, so hesitation, no stumbling, no quit. Out of the blue, customer states ... |
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| 2010 Nissan Altima S 2.5L electric windows,power locks VIN: 1N4AL2EP1A Vehicle came in with complaint of windows opening by themselves.Removed batteries from remotes,disconnect connectors at door lock cylinder and power lock, windows and locks activated on their own.With scanner-unlock pid cycles off and on by itself and then... |
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| 2014 Ram 1500 Tradesman 5.7L Misfire VIN: 1C6RR7KT2E Oil is clean and vehicle is well maintained. My scanner says the #6 soleniod is active all the time. Before i tear into this thing...are solenoid failures common??? thanks in advance. Trouble codes: P1416 (Cylinder 6 reactivation control performance) |
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| 2001 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.4L Converter VIN: JT3HN86R71 Hello to all, there is a rattling type noise heard in Park at idle and also on hwy in O/D and also driving slowing on decel, noise goes a away with O/D button turned off, except for in park at idle. This trans performance is fine, no slips and shifts at pr... |
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| 2003 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L engine VIN: JTDBR32E03 We replaced the engine on this vehicle due to main bearing failure, got motor back together, now has a rough idle and all 4 cylinders are misfiring at idle, drives and shifts out fine. Have checked and rechecked to no avail. Tried smoke test to see if poss... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 BMW 530i 3.0L Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBANE73546 So thanks to all who helped, figured out the TDC tool and had to grind down a bit to get to fit. We got the proper tools for the cams. We replaced the sealing rings for the Vanos on the exhaust cam and reset all settings and we have a fixed car!:-) The cam and... Trouble codes: 2A87. |
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| 2011 BMW 328i 3.0L Camshaft Sensor VIN: WBAPH7G56B Technician found that the Vanos bolts were broken on the exhaust camshaft. Technician found that there is a recall SI B12 14 12 that is dealing with the 2A11 Hard fault and Vanos Bolts. Vehicle was sent to the dealership. Thank you for all of your input. |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Equinox LS 3.4L lack of acceleration VIN: 2CNDL13F18 Customer has been bounced from dealer, to us, to transmission shop and back to us. He has decided to live with the issue. I asked him to let me know if it ever gets fixed. We felt, and still do, that it is an electronic issue or, as some suggested, a flash iss... |
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| 2000 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU62X2Y after all test i did to this truck and all of them pass ok, i decide to replaced the fuel pressure damper (looks like a fuel pressure regulator) and then reset KAM and all parameter went back to normal. Long and fuel terms are within specs. thanks again for yo... Trouble codes: P0172, P0175. |
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| 2013 Ford Escape SEL 1.6L Timing Belt VIN: 1FMCU9HX9D It looks like many different techs do it many different ways. To each their own, I guess, and I appreciate the feedback. Personally, I prefer to just invest in the tools and know I'm going to nail it the first time. The answer to my question about the pulle... |
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| 2009 Honda Accord LX-P 2.4L No Start VIN: 1HGCP26449 I know I closed this request already but just got a notice that's it's still open. I did repair this vehicle. It did have a jumped timing chain as most replies suggested. Thank you all for your help. |
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| 2005 Jeep Liberty Limited 3.7L Engine VIN: 1J4GK58K45 Customer picked up Jeep tonight, and said she would trade it before she puts another dime into it. Her father was the one who intiated the repairs before and had a junk yard engine installed at a cost of around $1800.00. Had he sprung for a professionally rebu... |
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| 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara 3.8L dome lights VIN: 1J4GA59197 well thanks too all that replied as it turned out to be the cluster used one from another jeep as one of you suggested however we sent the jeep to the dealer for final repair (shop was busy and its cold haha) again thanks |
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| 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan S 2.0L fail emissions VIN: WVGAV7AX9A ok you guys are my life line .. im so glad us techs offer help when needed ..this VW kicked my but an ere is what we did we installed new ecm and programmed at dealer and now ecm vin number matches the car vin number so it will go threw az emissions . but i w... |
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| 2005 Volvo S40 T5 2.5L Noise VIN: YV1MH68295 Thanks for the help guys. The right side engine mount was indeed the culprit. The rubber mount was broken completely, it came off in two pieced instead of one. So, fixed, customer happy. |
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