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Open Help Requests for All Makes and Models
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| 2007 BMW 525i 3.0L cooling/engine VIN: WBANE53577 Need a second opinion here from a BMW tech (no disrespect to anyone else) hope that was polite enough , the coolant is milky car run's great , no misfire , no codes , nothing in the oil, i just can't see it being a head gasket , do they ever have a problem... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L electric windows, door locks VIN: 1GNDS13S92 Went to unlock vehicle. Power locks not working, engine will not crank. Power windows will also not work. Code U1000 present. PCM is getting voltage at pin 31 on blue connector in start position. PCM does not appear to be grounding the start relay. Replace... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Impala LS 3.6L floods cylinders VIN: 2G1WF5E33C Car came in for misfire on #2 cylinder. Check plugs and coils. Removed front and rear fuel rails. Replace #2 injector. After putting everything back together misfire gone on #2 cylinder but now missing on cylinders #1,3 and 5. Removed spark plugs. Back 3 p... Trouble codes: P0300 (misfire) |
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| 2003 Dodge Caravan SE 3.3L No Start, Stall VIN: 1D8GP25313 It can sit overbite and start up,runs 15 20 seconds with old battery batteries was 5 years old so I replaced it with new,fired up and ran a whole day till this morning back to point a,no starter engage, bypass relay and turns over good,no start it appears ... |
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| 2006 Honda Civic EX 1.8L compressor VIN: 2HGFG128X6 I have check ac operation activation relay compressor kicks on i have narrowed it down to thermo switch on compressor has two wires one has power coming from micu second wire goes to ac switch for what i understand ac button will ground thermo and let ac o... |
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| 2007 Honda Civic LX 1.8L Mechanical VIN: 1HGFA16587 Good afternoon, We have this Honda that's acting very strange, after you get past 45-50 the steering wheel shakes on deceleration??? Smooth as glass when in the throttle but soon as you lift off the throttle the steering wheel shakes like a bad axle? Check... |
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| 2006 Kia Sportage EX 2.7L AWD sticks locked VIN: KNDJE72346 This Kia came in with the customer complaining of it sticking in 4x4 and he says it "Feels like the old time fully locked 4x4 pickup locked into 4x4". We raised it on the lift and while we can apply the parking brake and get the front wheels to rotate s... |
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| 1984 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: WDBBA45A6E Looking for the old CIS E Gurus. The vehicle sat for several years. We found no spark and fixed that to get it running, found low fuel pressure and no difference between upper and lower chambers. With a new pump and both pressure regulators now the pressur... |
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| 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante VR-X 3.5L No Start VIN: 6MMAR87P54 This car came in about two months ago was missing on number 4 cylinder but would start and run. There was a small fire under the hood needed to have wiring repaired under the hood and a few sensors replaced customer declined repairs. Car was brought back i... |
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| 2000 Toyota Avalon XL 3.0L mode actuator VIN: 4T1BF28B9Y Suspect the mode actuator as the cause of having air out the defrost only (will not change to vent or floor). Can someone clarify the location of this actuator and the best way to replace it? Does it involve dash removal or ??? Thanks. |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 Chevrolet Colorado LS 3.7L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCCS29E58 thanks for the help, most were right in the internal failure of pcm was the whole problem. so many codes were confusing, but a new pcm was installed, flashed & truck is running great. Thanks again! Trouble codes: U0073 (control mod bus off), P0606 (contr mod internal failure), P1221. |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Equinox LT 2.4L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 2CNALPEW9A im sorry to say this vehicle is not fixed. i really wanted to fix it but customer was already dis heartened by the time it got to me due to the money spent on it. i did however verify that everything that was replaced was in fact needed, and it was so no parts... Trouble codes: P0089 (fuel regulator performance), P0174 (Fuel system rich), P0300 (random misfire). |
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| 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 3B7KF2361G THIS HEADACHE IS FIXED. I BLEED #3,#4,#5 INJECTORS. WAIT ONE HOUR AND BLEED AGAIN. WAIT ANOTHER HOUR AND BLEED AGAIN. POWER IS RESTORE AND FIXED. THANKS FOR ALL THE INPUT. |
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| 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 5.9L 4wd VIN: 1D7HU18ZX2 I ended up replacing the transfer case shift motor and that took care of 4x4 light in cluster. Thanks for the replies. Tom |
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| 2003 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Mechanical VIN: 1FTNW21P03 Got it out thank you and now I have enough words to close the help request |
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| 2009 Ford Escape XLS 2.5L parasitic draw VIN: 1FMCU92739 removed SJB and disassembled found water damage internally. replaced SJB draw gone, now looking for source of water leak, thanks. |
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| 2006 Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG 5.5L Refueling VIN: WDBPJ74J96 I have this AMG fixed. I traced the two lines coming out of the bottom of the canister, one goes to the purge valve and the other goes to what looks like a fuel pressure regulator that is inline with the fuel supply line coming out of the trunk. The fuel tan... |
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