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| 2012 Audi Q7 TDI Premium Plus 3.0L AdBlue needed VIN: WA1LMAFE1C I bought my wife a 2012 Audi Q7 a couple years ago and it’s been the greatest vehicle we ever owned…. Except for an ongoing problem with the AdBlue warning light. It will come on randomly and sometimes it will say “Low AdBlue 600 miles until no start”, oth... |
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| 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 5.0L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1FP87F8G Need help on this challenge. Car came in no start when cold. Would start when primed and then had miss fires. Had codes 33 and 36 having to do with MAF. Idled high and replaced IAC and connectors. After some research found out this tuned port fuel system u... Trouble codes: 33 (mass air flow circuit high), 36 (maf burn off circuit) |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LS 5.3L Starter VIN: 1GNUKHE3XA The vehicle came in via tow truck because it wouldn't start. Tow truck driver started it and drove it off the truck. We finally got it to act up. When it does, the vehicle acts as if it's in gear and will not engage the starter. When this occurs, I noticed... |
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| 2016 Chevrolet Suburban LTZ 5.3L Unknown VIN: 1GNSKHKC7G This Suburban came in with a p0796 and complaint of transmission stuck in low gear. If I clear codes it will get up to speed but shift erratically until code sets again. Are these solenoids replaceable? The fluid is full but smells slightly burnt. Thanks. |
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| 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Cruise wont disengag VIN: 3B7KF23632 Vehicle came in with cruise inop, found bad brake switch installed new switch from napa verified operation sys worked ok. Came back a week later cruise control wont disengage when brake pedal pressed. Installed new brake switch from delealer same concern. ... |
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| 2005 Dodge Dakota SLT 4.7L Poor Idle Quality, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1D7HW48N85 Ok-this is the strangest set of symptoms I have ever seen. This truck got some dual tips installed at our other shop. They shipped it. Customer returned with a rough running complaint. It ran really poorly. Shipped it to me. Found STFT bank 2 pulling 32.8 ... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2013 Dodge Durango Crew 3.6L steering rack replaced leaking power steering rack & pinion. This vehicle has electric power steering. According to customer who brought it back- complaining of hard steering, before could take one finger to turn steering wheel now needs a full hand to turn. I agree. Im... |
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| 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0L injector pulse VIN: 1ZVBP8CF4B vehicle is heavily modified. several other items were repaired not pertaining to this issue. i have battery voltage at one pin on all injectors and 2.5 volts on the breaking signal side. various codes stored in restraint control module and IPC module. vehi... |
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| 1969 Lotus Elan 1.6L No Start, Cuts out, Stall Hi everyone looking for some guidance on this one, customer states that when car sits to long engine wont start, i know that this is common on this engine, it has a new mechanical fuel pump and original stranburg carbs, if i syphon fuel to the carbs and pu... |
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| 1977 Mercedes-Benz 450SL 4.5L No Start, No Spark VIN: 1070441203 Vehicle came to us having been running (two years having sat prior to me getting it from another shop unable to fix it) but with bad timing chains. Replaced chains and vehicle has a no spark issue. Hoping someone has an idea and can point me in a direct... |
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| 2014 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic 3.5L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WDDHF8JB4E A customer of mine brought his vehicle into our shop for running poorly and the check engine light being on. Pulled codes and found multiple misfire codes set on all cylinders except cylinder 1 & 3. Also had two fuel pressure codes P1ccf-00 and p0087. afte... Trouble codes: P1CCF, P0087, P0300, P0304, P0302, P0305 |
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| 2017 Nissan Altima SL 2.5L Temp control VIN: 1N4AL3AP9H A/C will cool normally with outside temperatures below 68 to 70 degrees. When the malfunction happens the compressor is engaged and low side lines are cold. interior T temperature air out of all ducts is warm. When owner cracks open a rear window about 1/4... |
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| 2000 Saab 9-3 Viggen 2.3L HVAC Distribution VIN: YS3DP55G8Y Hi SAAB folks: We have this Viggen here for rebuilding and it has air flow problems. The main distribution drum is not moving because the forked lever/gear is broken. We have sourced five used units and they have all had the same problem. The housing as... |
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| 2009 Toyota Matrix 1.8L Mechanical VIN: 2T1KU40E79 HI ALL,SO THIS MATRIX CAME IN WITH THE COMPLAINT OF NO START.I did a compression check and it was low,cyl #1 & #2 at 70psi,#3 and #4 at 110 psi.so i did a leakdown test,and found 80% leakage.with tester in #1 hole,leakage is coming out #2 cyl plug hole.wit... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2013 BMW X5 xDrive35i 3.0L Vanos VIN: 5UXZV4C5XD OK - CHANGED CAM GEARS - SAME ISSUE - THOUGH WHEN WARM IT WENT AWAY TILL NEXT MORNING SO I THINK THE CAM SEALS ARE THE ISSUE THERE . WAS GOING TO DO THEM BUT I DID NOT HAVE AN INJECTOR PULLER ON HAND WHEN I WAS DOING THE GEARS. ALSO STILL WHISTLES WHEN WARM AN... |
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| 2007 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L exterior lights VIN: 1ZVHT82H37 Look i apologize for blowing up im very frustrated about this job. I was really hopeing I would get some good advise on something I may have over looked. I did not intend to make any body feel stupid I am sorry. That being said James [...] thank you. Glen Hun... |
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| 2013 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.0L power windows VIN: 1GT120CG8D Thank you for the replies, I told the customer I was pretty sure it needed a BCM and I can't program it. He does not want to go to the local dealer. This thing is a beat to death farm truck, how bad of an idea would it be to run a different key on power sour... |
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| 2013 Toyota Prius C 1.5L Misfire VIN: JTDKDTB36D Customer decided to go to dealer as time was of the essence. He was told there was water in the gas that did lots of damage. I got no more information than that! Thanks for all the help. I did learn something from this. |
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