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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Engine VIN: WAUDF78E27 Vehicle came to us on a flatbed, Customer stated that the vehicle just "shut off" while he was driving. Vehicle has a history of extended oil changes (almost 10,000 over sticker) on a turbo engine. Compression test was done and revealed 0 ,40 ,80 ,0. Upon ... |
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| 2004 GMC Envoy SLE 4.2L Electro-viscous fan clutch VIN: 1GKDT13S64 The original clutch was fully locked up, even when unplugged it would spin at pulley speed. The aftermarket clutch worked fine for a couple of days, then got noisy all the time, set overspeed code, was running 2x desired speed when code set. Replaced with ... |
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| 2008 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6L compressor VIN: 1GKEV33778 The car came in for a vibration only with the A/C compressor engaged. With the pressures reading equally, and the air conditioning was not working. A complete kit was installed with both expansion valves and condenser, and system was flushed. The air condi... |
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| 2015 Kia Sedona EX 3.3L Tailgate Latch VIN: KNDMB5C19F The tailgate will not open when doors are unlocked and actuate tailgate switch. If you hold the key fob button and actuate the switch the tailgate will open. Latch only works when you hold down the fob button and actuate the tailgate switch. In the wiring ... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz S420 4.2L No Start VIN: WDBGA43G0X car came to us for no start. customer has hands allover this thing,new coils plugs ect.. has good fuel pressure and tries to start but will not. can get to run on spray. the injector pulse is present at cranking but when car is running on spray the injecto... |
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| 2010 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500 3.0L Engine oil seal VIN: WDAPF3CC2A Gentlemen, OM642 Diesel engine. Truck came with oil leaking from front of the engine. Removed a fan clutch (driven by the belt without the tension-er from the crankshaft) and was able to see the oil leaking from the front crank oil seal. Replaced with th... |
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| 2011 Mini Cooper 1.6L No accel VIN: WMWSU3C52B Hello, im adding to my grey hair 8mo ago we install a used engine because lady ran out of oil, had ses light on since day 1 for various vanos faults, i replaced vanos solnoid and sprocket because they failed diag tests,, ses stayed off 1 mo then back on,... Trouble codes: 3045 (Protection against tampering swt engine speed reduction stage 2) |
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| 2011 Porsche Cayenne S 4.8L parking brake VIN: WP1AB2A29B Nw customer just bought ths car came in for a Oil change and check car out after buying it. Also complained that it felt like brakes were engaging at every stop. Scan showed codes for parking brake actuator not releasing fully. Tried to cycle parking pra... |
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| 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S 3.8L Cooling Systems VIN: WP0CB2A92D Cooling System Malfunction / comes up on the cluster and we don't have a cooling system problem! There are no leaks and the coolant isn't low. We have a Code: P1433 Vacuum System leaks- cooling system fault implausible signal? There are 8 solenoid vacuum v... |
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| 2002 Toyota RAV4 2.0L Monitor VIN: JTEGH20V72 Hello everyone. I am hoping to get some insight/ assistance on this Rav 4. It came to me after the customer failed a California smog test for readiness monitors being incomplete. Specifically catalyst. All other monitors are complete. Customer tried to dri... |
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| 2009 Toyota Corolla S 1.8L No Start, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 2T1BU40E39 it will not start intermitently and when no start happens pulse width stays at 34 ms, when does start and warms idle is irratic @ 900 to 400 |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2004 Audi Allroad Quattro 2.7L p/s VIN: WA1YD64B04 Prior to my original post, Yes, I did remove reservoir, & blow out screen, as well as release tie rods to check for any ball joint binding-which was ok (sorry forgot to note that), afterwards I ohmed P/S rack servotronic solenoid(as per Charles [...]) 8.5 Oh... |
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| 1976 BMW 2002 2.0L Brake THIS VEHICLE IS NOT FIX. I TOLD THE OWNER, IF I PULL OUT THE FRAGILE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, IT MIGHT BREAK AND WILL HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING OLD PARTS TO TRACE THE PARKING BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WIRES . THANKS FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK |
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| 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport 3.3L Compressor VIN: 2D4GP44303 This unit is not yet repaired. Many techs thought condenser. I have since replaced the condenser and the reciever dryer. Still have low pressures dropping too low and compressor cycling too much. Compressor is being commanded on so soon that high side pre... |
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| 2003 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.0L no fit VIN: 1FDWW37P93 Well, thanks for the quick replies. I was never able to find any pictures or service procedures for replacing the return line. I took a fresh look at it today and found out that the return line bends were perfect for running down through an opening in the back... |
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| 2010 Ford Taurus SEL 3.5L Spongy brake pedal VIN: 1FAHP2EW4A replaced the master cyclinder ,in doing so found out that the master cyclinder was replaced with the wrong unit . thanks for all the help |
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| 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T Track 2.0L vibration VIN: KMHHT6KD3A Well the car isnt fixed yet the customer didnt want to go any further at this time,I am suspecting the flywheel because the engine still had a good vibration with the engine jacked up off the mounts. |
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| 2003 Jeep Liberty Sport 3.7L Stall VIN: 1J4GL48K03 After posting this invoice I drove the vehicle for several days totaling over 100 miles with no incidents of stalling at all. I was connected to the 12 volt supply to the PCM to see if I was losing that in any way, but the stalling never happened again so I g... |
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| 2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo 4.8L pasm VIN: WP0AC2A74A I was unsuccessful with this one. the customer was understanding but, picked the vehicle up and is taking it to the dealership. Good luck to them. even with the porsche program I was unable to determine the cause of the system failure. Can't win them all. ... |
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| 2006 Saturn Vue 3.5L starting VIN: 5GZCZ63416 I 'd like to say I know exactly what I did that eliminated the starting issue such as cleaning grounds, disconnecting and connecting the BCM and ECM modules, performing a soft reset, etc. But the problem hasn't happened again in nearly a month. Thanks for the ... |
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