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| 2000 BMW 323Ci 2.5L No Start VIN: WBABM3344Y This 2000 BMW came to us after it died while driving and so he sent it to another shop.. It originally was diagnosed as a no start – no fuel diagnosis. The other shop replaced the fuel pump, and fuel pump relay with genuine BMW parts. Car had never had fue... |
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| 2008 Cadillac DTS 4.6L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G6KD57Y78 I have a 2008 cadi DTS that came in with a crank no start.I pulled the codes and cleared them. The only code to come back was P1682 (ignition 1 circuit 2). So after doing some reading I found that this code is common with blowing fuse #9 and #1 also with b... Trouble codes: P1682, P1682, P1682 |
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| 1993 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 4.3L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1GCEC14Z0P Hello It’s been A while since I am pretty much retired now but an old customer had his pick up die here and asked me to look at it. I was sure it would be a bad pick up coil causing no spark so I used my test distributor and it would start but slobber and ... Trouble codes: 32 (Map sensor) |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L transfer case VIN: 1GCEK19T21 hello everyone, i have this silverado that the 6 nuts for the transfer case keep coming loose. luckily this is my bosses truck. but this is the third time now it has come loose and this time it cracked the extension housing. I have replaced tons of these t... |
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| 2004 Dodge Sprinter 3500 2.7L battery starting VIN: WD2PD44444 Hello, appreciate any advice I can get on this issue with a 04 dodge sprinter. The battery goes dead overnight and there is a draw on about 120ma, the egr valve has a slight hum. Also, the instrument cluster will stay on after the glow light flashes for a ... |
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| 2006 Dodge Sprinter 3500 2.7L front end shake and howling noise associated VIN: WD0PD44466 i have worked on a few sprinter vans and have had bad drive lines cause this same condition but after having the drive line tested and balanced and the condition still exists I purchased a new drive line and the condition still exists. i have checked all r... |
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| 1993 Ford F-150 XL 4.9L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FTDF15Y2P i have ran map circuit straight to ecm no change have 5 volts on refernce and map circuit tried new map also Trouble codes: 52 (power steering pressure switch), 25 (knock sensor not sensed), 22 (map out of range) |
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| 2006 Ford Fusion SEL 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3FAFP08156 This client was in Florida and his car sat in the garage for six months.When he came home his battery was dead so he charged it for a day.After charging he noticed his wrench lite was on.He brought it in and we played around with diagnosing it.Even if we c... Trouble codes: P2121 (Accelerator pedal) |
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| 2011 Ford F-150 Platinum 3.5L variable valve timing VIN: 1FTFW1ET6B Replace Primary Timing Chain guides and tensioner per for TSB 15-0044 3,000 miles ago. Timing was at 8 degrees on bank one and good on bank 2 before repair. Truck is back with timing at 10 to 12 degrees on both banks. Checked VVT solenoids and all appear to ap... |
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| 2007 Hyundai Tiburon SE 2.7L Temp VIN: KMHHN66F67 Hi guys, I've got a head scratcher here. Thank you all for your time and contribution! This vehicle came in with the CEL light on, and no other symptoms whatsoever. Pulled the codes and i got a P0711 - trans temp "a" performance. I went for a test drive an... |
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| 2003 Jeep Liberty Sport 3.7L Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1J8GL48K83 hello people here i'm one more time looking for some ideas with this JEEP LIBERTY it has been in to many shops, and a other shop reference to us. well long story short this car after 15 or 20 miles drive start misfire, it was the p0320 code but I replace t... Trouble codes: P0320, P0300, P0303, P0305, P0303, P0306 |
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| 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i 2.5L engine VIN: 4S4BRCKC2A This car belongs to a friends son. I worked for Subaru in 70's and 80's but have not worked on one in 15 years. Complaint is red coolant warning comes on after 20 minutes of driving. CEL came on with code for t/stat not operating properly. I found coolant ... |
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| 2005 Volvo XC90 T6 2.9L looks like head gasket leak VIN: YV1CZ91135 hi i am just wondering if anyone has had issues with oil leaks on these engines. it appears to be coming from RF corner of head when sitting in driver seat nearest to RF HL. i have done head gasket job twice now on this vehicle. my thought are bad gasket m... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2009 Audi A3 2.0L Charging VIN: WAUHE78P39 Thank you for all the reply's, Did a voltage drop on the b+ and was ok, checked neg- side and found 2.75 voltage drop, BINGO found it, the stud for the ground wire at the starter was bad, was able to clean up and is charging 13.9 volt now. Thanks again. |
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| 2008 Cadillac DTS 4.6L convertor VIN: 1G6KD57Y08 Much thanks to all that took time to reply. I decided to stay the course I've always took and go with GM parts. Just looking for a little feedback and you guys came through as always. Bottom line...YOU CAN'T BEAT FACTORY PARTS! |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Impala LT 3.5L Tcc VIN: 2G1WB5EK6A I'm closing this post with a fix. We replaced the TCC solenoid (PWM) and the transmission is working properly. I want to thank all that responded with advise. |
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| 2014 Chevrolet Cruze LS 1.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1PA5SH0E I am sorry to say I did not fix this car. We opened up all wiring to check for pinched wires. We took off new parts and re-installed old parts. Same problem. Got another computer and coil assembly. Had computer reprogramed, same problem. Customer wanted his ca... Trouble codes: P0300, P0351, P2301 (Ignition coil 1 control circuit high voltage-malfunction). |
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| 2006 Ford LCF C550 4.5L No Start VIN: 3FRML55Z06 checking powers and grounds to pcm repair damaged harness to pcm reinstall harness and road test truck runs fine Trouble codes: FM18, FM12, FM110. |
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| 2007 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L No Start, No Communication VIN: 5FNRL38437 Thanks everyone for the help and all the time some of you spent looking into my issue. I decided to triple check all the PCM power and ground supplies, yet again the only ones I did not have were the ground supply for the "Main PGM-FI" relay and of course its... |
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| 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sport 3.8L Electronic VIN: 1J4GA2D19B ok. Fixed ! replaced the transmission and torque converter. The slip RPM is now zero RPM during lock up. Thank you for aqll the input. |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz C240 2.6L No Start VIN: WDBRF61J73 The car is fixed, the steering lock was replaced this morning and now it is OK - lesson learned the very hard way - the loss of CAN circuit 50 was the original issue - thank you everyone that offered help, IATN still has not resolved the problem where I can't ... |
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| 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL550 5.5L trunk release switch VIN: WDBSK7BA5B THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT REPLAY, WE REPLACE THE TRUNK LATCH AND TRUNK OPEN WARNING LIGHT AT DRIVER'S DOOR PANEL IS WORKING AS DESIGN.. |
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