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2003 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L front driveshaft VIN: 5UXFA53533
This is a very good customer who loves the vehicle and wants it fixed. At about 183k miles the front driveshaft went out the first time. The splines into the driven gear of the transfer case were stripped. We opened up the transfer case and replaced the st...
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2008 BMW 528i 3.0L Hesitation, Misfire, just off idle on acc VIN: WBANU53568
car runs great just if you slam down on throttle in park at idle as it accelerating engine is shaking (miss) at beginning of stomp down on accelerator...as rpm goes up it gets smooth. we did smoke an found smoke coming from cylinder 4 spark plug hole we re...
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2008 BMW 535i 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBANW135X8
I have this 08 BMW 535I with numerous codes and issues. It has a total of 14 codes. Once it starts, the engine surges up and down repeatedly between 1,000 and 1,500 rpm. The throttle responds, but barely. You can get it to move in the parking lot, but that... Trouble codes: 2CEF, 2A9A, 2ACB, 2DEB, 2D09, 2A9F
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2001 Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG 5.5L ABC system VIN: WDBNG73J71
Car came in customer complaint was loud humming noise on driver side so I checked the fluid for the ABC system the fluid was low so I added fluid to full then did a rodeo mode with my autologic scan tool well now I have a c1525 that will not clear. So I en...
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2010 Mercedes-Benz C300 Luxury 3.0L Drive Belt System VIN: WDDGF5EB4A
Customer complaint was a noise from the drive belt system that was audible during cold start-up, but always disappeared after several minutes of driving. Confirmed complaint, and found noise coming from the upper (grooved) idler pulley. I replaced the uppe...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz E350 3.5L Surge VIN: WDDHF5KB6D
Above 30 mph, vehicle surge. Transmission oil level is ok. Anyone come across this problem. My gut feeling is a bad transmission
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2010 Volkswagen Tiguan S 2.0L Mechanical VIN: WVGBV7AX0A
This car was dropped off with CEL on. Had misfire code for all cylinders , P0506 & P2187 stored in computer memory. The engine would start but ran rough for about 10 to 15 seconds & than smooth out after accelerating slightly. According to VW TSB for crank...
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1999 Volvo S70 T5 2.3L Long cranking cold VIN: YV1LS53D4X
replaced blown head gasket, head was machined .015. replaced thermostat, coolant temp sensor and crankshaft position sensor. Engine cranks a very long time before is starts cold ( acts like the ignition timing is retarded). once the engine starts it runs g...
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1999 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L abs code 01276 VIN: 3VWCC21C8X
i ended up replacing the fuse box on top of the battery I had cleaned the contacts but it made no change put a new one in and all seems right with the world, for now, .there is no real way to check amps and I guess that's was what was going on it always had vo...
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