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| 2004 Acura TL 3.2L No Start VIN: 19UUA66244 Hello Techs, This vehicle was towed in, according to driver it suddenly would not start. We checked for codes, there were many to the point it made no sense so I cleared all and started again but noted one code was a P1607 (internal PCM failure). Vehicle h... |
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| 1979 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce 2.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: AR11541000 '78 Spider. Spica mechanical fuel injection, Air Pump, Catalytic Converter. California The owner of this Spider has a small fleet of cars and his Spider is the orphan. The car passed the tailpipe emissions test in 2015 and 2014 at 14510 mi and 14397 miles.... |
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| 2005 BMW X3 3.0i 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBXPA934X5 Need some assistance from the bmw techs out there. This x3 came in with a lot of codes in vtg module and had codes in stability control module. All relating to transfer case. drained fluid and found a lot of metallic debris. I removed the actuator motor on... Trouble codes: 5DEC |
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| 2010 BMW 750i xDrive 4.4L No Start VIN: WBAKC6C5XA The are no codes to read out, I road tested the car and found very negative (-18) long term fuel trims. The short term trims are fine as is the performance. What is odd, is that the long term trims actually change substantially in real time...drop down to ... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LS 1.8L MIL Lamp on, reduced engine power VIN: 1G1PC5SH6C test drove vehicle approx. 15 miles after parts replacement.check engine light and reduced power message returned. same codes returned after 15 miles. disconnected connector 1 at ecm tested voltage at connector end. had approx. 4-5 volts with fluke 88 .cut... Trouble codes: P0627, P0629 |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Cruze Eco 1.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1PK5SC8C Engine is misfiring on cylinder #1 and melting/ smoking the #1 coil. Replaced coil multiple times and ecm. Tested #1 coil wire from ECM to coil and opened up harness to inspect. All ok. If i swap #1 and #4 coil wires from ecm it will smoke/melt #4. 12v pow... Trouble codes: P0351, P0301 |
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| 1997 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L Main brg VIN: 1FALP45X7V Mustang peoples: Engine swap question. I have a 1997 Mustang 4.6 R romeo code engine. Does anyone know if my 2002 grand marquis engine 4.6 will go in at all w/head swap? or it wont go? Jim |
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| 1997 Ford F-250 HD XLT 7.3L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: 1FTHX25F8V This 7.3 starts ok and runs decent however it seems to have a misfire mostly when warmed up. Especially when pulling a grade. It smokes a little when cold but pretty much nothing when warm. It pulls ok around 1500 rpm but stutters after that most of the ti... |
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| 2007 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L SRS Warning Chime VIN: 1FMEU63E17 SRS light is inop. It is the LED style that is soldered in place. The car was in an accident previously and has multiple SRS codes. The SRS warning chime intermittently goes off due to the light being out. The customer only wants to get rid of the chime. F... |
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| 2012 Ford Transit Connect XL 2.0L compressor Thanks in advance for looking.i have a 2012 ford transit connect that has a weird problem.no compressor command from ecm when blower speed switch is set on 2 or higher.when it is on 1 compressor command comes back.it blows cold on speed 1.pressures are fin... |
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| 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.7L lifter noise? VIN: 1J4GW48N14 This should be an easy one. Not happening for me though. I believe I have a legit lifter noise coming from cylinder 1. It's hard to tell with a stethoscope, but I have an accurate sound level meter, and it confirms that it's loudest at the front. I ... |
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| 2013 Mercedes-Benz ML350 3.5L MIL Lamp on, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4JGDA5HB9D vehicle was at dealer , they found oil in engine harness at computer mounted on engine , i have removed cam sensors and other position sensors , no oil found , according to mercedes this vehicle does not have an oil pressure sensor pins on engine con... Trouble codes: P14B0 |
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| 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander SE 2.4L Engine oil VIN: JMFXLGF6WD Hi, This one got DPF service Waring in yellow,oil level too high fault active in ECU. Drained 7.5 liter instead of 5liter capacity. I service this car before 5000km ago. |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2002 Chrysler 300M 3.5L Shift VIN: 2C3AE66G22 Didn't get a lot of response on this one which sorta surprised me. I did a little extra research on my own and found out the wiring harness going down to the solenoid pack on these gives a lot of trouble. Of course it is no longer available from Mother Chrysle... |
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| 2013 Ford Escape SE 1.6L lift gate VIN: 1FMCU0GX1D Hi, i have replaced the latch again and everything is fine, it was confusing since the part was new oem and it was defect, never thought of that. thanks to every body shared the info |
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| 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J8HS58N45 The customer declined to replace the computer. The dealer no longer supplies one. We had trouble finding one at all The 12 replies to this post indicated both the ground circuit and the PCM heater circuit as probable culprits. We performed volt drop tests on t... Trouble codes: P0031 (O2 sensor 1/1 heater circuit low), P0057 (2/2 same), P0037 (1/2 same), P0051 (2/1 same). |
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| 2013 Ram 2500 Tradesman 5.7L Compressor VIN: 3C6TR5HT7D The truck is fixed. But, cannot seem to get an absolute description, other than "bad connection behind radio". As it was fixed at dealer... In short, the scan data in HVAC was all correct, EXCEPT data FROM the PCM. The ambient and core temps were good. But the... |
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