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| 2005 Audi A6 Quattro 3.2L Misfire VIN: WAUDG74F85 We noticed the high fuel pressure drops fast after shutting off the engine--perhaps to 4 bar in less than a minute.. We would like to be sure if one or all the injectors are leaking. We have tried to pressurize the injectors in the car to see if we can see... Trouble codes: P0301, P0300 |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Colorado Z85 2.8L Flex plate VIN: 1GCCS19865 I have this Colorado that we put a used transmission in about six months ago. It came back on the hook yesterday. Customer said it revved up and lost all power while driving. He pulled over and shut it off. Then tried to restart it and he said that it woul... |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LTZ 6.0L Trailer Brakes VIN: 1GCHK63K39 Customer states that the trailer brakes have not worked since he has owned the vehicle (2 months). He replaced the TBCM and Relay. Then, took it to the dealership for programming. Still, no trailer brakes. Checking voltage on the DK BLU Relay Feedback ci... |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco 2.4L Starter VIN: 1G11F5RR6D Good day everyone. This Malibu was brought to us from a local used car dealer for a no start no crank situation. When we began our testing we found when the key is turned to crank the dash dims almost out and flickers as though the battery is very low or h... |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 2.5L no start VIN: 1G11H5SA4D Hi guys...This is my girlfriends car. She not a huge maintenance person, even though her boyfriend owns busy repair shop...haha. complained of no start. By coincidence, i jump packed it...started it. Test batt/alt.starter...Batt questionable, so I throw a ... |
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| 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L No Start VIN: 3B7KF26Z2Y Hello techs, i have a 2000 dodge R2500 with a 5.9L that i am pulling my hair out with. It came in the shop on the hook as a no start but would crank. I brought it in and pulled codes. it had a P0500 and P0320 codes. I check the signal out of the crank sens... Trouble codes: P0500, P0320 |
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| 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4.7L No Start VIN: 3D7HU18N02 I came in on the back side of this vehicle. Belongs to one of our students, he blew a water hose and overheated the engine. After he and some of our other students replaced the head gaskets and timing components the vehicle will not start. There is no spar... |
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| 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid 2.3L high voltage battery VIN: 1FMCU49H38 Vehicle came in for will not crank. HVB soc reads 20%. Pressed charge button on left dash panel end cap and it flashes for about 6 minutes. SOC does not increase. In fact, after doing this multiple times, SOC is now down to 7%. No codes in system and BCM d... |
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| 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.4L Brake Lights VIN: 5XYZU3LB5D Good evening, this Hyundai came in with complaint brake lights inop. Cust replaced brake switch. After checking scan data and switch operation I gave the bulbs 12+ all three came on. I use Shop Key for my service information. I will attempt to post my wiri... |
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| 2009 Jeep Liberty Limited 3.7L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J8GN58K39 Ignition is waste spark(cop on left bank and plug wires to right bank).Has a rough idle and slight miss. Mode 6 shows [...] for #2 and [...] for #4. As stated above, ignition, injector flow, basic and running compression, exhaust backpressure, cam/cr... Trouble codes: P0300 (Multiple cylinder misfire), P0302 (2 misfire), P0304 (4misfire) |
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| 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 3.6L Unknown VIN: 1J4RR4GG1B Hello to all. We have this G. Cherokee 3.6l that is acting up. The problem is the evap turns into a block of ice on low speeds. First thing we did was check freon level and it was spot on. Then we checked evap temp sensor and while evap was frozen it was r... |
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| 1989 Mazda B2200 2.2L Poor Idle Quality VIN: JM2UF2132K Help please! Arrived with very rough idle and consistent stall on decel. Sprayed with carb cleaner and idle smooths out nicely. Tested everything under the moon. Even plugged off all vacuum hoses and carb ports and runs the same. Installed three rebuilt ca... |
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| 2000 Mercury Cougar V6 2.5L Cuts out VIN: 1ZWFT61L4Y Thank you for your time on this one. I have had this car in the shop for way too long and it is time to fix it or boot it. It came in with low to no fuel pressure. Customer replaced the fuel pump twice trying to solve the problem. We found that there was l... |
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| 2007 Nissan Maxima SL 3.5L 'Smart" system inop VIN: 1N4BA41EX7 2007 Nissan Maxima--No test data I can pass on as I can't pull codes (can't move the ignition from off ). Two days ago, the owner saw the "battery" light come on when away from home, He managed to get home before the car died. Next morning he charged the b... |
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| 2008 Pontiac G8 3.6L radio and climate control VIN: 6G2ER57718 This is a 2008 Pontiac G8 base with radio option code UWP. These G8’s have a combined radio and climate control unit in the center stack along with a display screen showing the radio and climate info. There is also a separate radio receiver box behind it, ... |
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| 2011 Toyota RAV4 2.5L Mechanical VIN: 2T3BF4DV6B Hi guys need help with this 2.5l customer complaint is too much oil consumption. 2 qts every week.customer had the pcv replaced at another shop.when engine is running if i remove the breather hose from the valve cover going to air claner and place paper do... |
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| 2007 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T 2.0L No Crank, No Circuit 15 VIN: WVWAK73C07 Hello team we have a puzzler here. Car came in with key stuck in ignition and dead battery with the interior torn apart. With a charged battery the key is still stuck, cluster wakes up when door is opened. We suspected blown fuses and checked everyone t... |
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| 2010 Volvo S40 2.4i 2.4L Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Idle Quality VIN: YV1382MS8A no start pull fuel pump fuse out clear every now and then starts and idles for a few seconds anti skid lite will come on and engine stalls acts like flooding its self after in stalling fuel pump fuse removed both o2 sensors exhaust not clogged tried a thro... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2005 Audi A6 Quattro 3.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUDT74F55 Thanks for the help. We did fix this vehicle. Following Aaron's advice we put a lab scope on pin 45 on the 60 pin connector and monitored the cycling voltage for the fuel pressure regulating valve. It produced a standard square wave like that of a fuel injecto... Trouble codes: P2296 (Fuel pressure regulator valve N276 short circuit to B). |
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| 2001 BMW 740iL 4.4L Fuse 114 VIN: WBAGH83491 Thanks for all of the great input. I by passed the TCM to solve the neutral switch problem. I replaced the starter and installed a circuit breaker in place of the fuse. Car has been gone for 4 days. Thanks again. Brad |
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| 2006 Chevrolet HHR LT 2.4L No Comm with Tech 2 VIN: 3GNDA23P36 Round 3 was a TKO. It's done 1. The fob that the customer brought in worked on two other 2006 Chevrolets that we had in the shop. But it was not the right fob for the 2006 HHR. 2. Ken really got me thinking. We made the customer (A body shop) order t... |
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| 2001 Dodge Dakota SLT 3.9L Stall VIN: 1B7HL2AX21 Replaced asd relay as suggested( it was getting pretty hot). However the ambient temp has not risen above the 75'f since winter has moved in. No stalling yet. Returned to customer and no issue has been reported over two weeks. Trouble codes: P0171, P0174. |
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| 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTWW31P35 Thanks for all the replies. Turns out the vehicle has all oil and fuel related criteria to start but a glow plug circuit / cold start only problem. Customer is not interested in diagnosing or repairing this issue at this time since it will start in warmer temp... |
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| 2012 GMC Terrain SLT 2.4L Charging VIN: 2GKFLXEK0C I have a couple of things I would like to add. 1st, I forgot to post that a did a ripple test at idle & high load, both were under 150mv. 2nd, I did unplug the alternator but did not undo the battery cable. 3rd the customer needed his vehicle back before I had... |
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| 2010 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 5.0L leak,engine overheated VIN: SALME1D45A time to close, still waiting for customer decision. I think, and customer agrees, we're going to swap in an LS 6.0 engine. we found a company that makes a conversion kit with everything including a wiring harness.the company is Levels Performance. I'm going to... |
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| 2002 Mazda Tribute ES 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4F2CU091X2 well its fixed. tried new factory iac valve with no improvement. replaced the pcm and it works fine now. thanks all for the help. Trouble codes: P1506. |
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