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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for October 22, 2022 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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1997 Ford Thunderbird LX 4.6L Alignment / Steering VIN: 1FALP62W3V Lady brought car in complaining of sluggish steering and creeking noises in the front end after her son in law replaced the struts. Up on the rack inspecting all components and hardware appears secure, pinch bolts and control arms etc all look normal. noth... |
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited 2.4L Smart Key System VIN: 5NPEC4AC8B Hi all, Thanks in advance for the help. This car shows a "key not detected" message and will not crank unless one of the 2 FOBs is put in the "holder" in the console, and then it will crank and run fine. This car does sit for long periods, but it was f... |
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2008 Kia Optima LX 2.4L No Start VIN: KNAGE12398 The car stall on the road,came in my shop the car have injection pulse but no spark,no code, crank rpm raise to 280,300 on the scanner,i scope the cam ,crank ,the voltage at the ignition coil always there even when we start, But i remark that the immobilis... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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1998 Ford Ranger Splash 3.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1FTYR10U2W Okay it's fixed. Thanks to all that contributed their excellent thoughts and sound advice. I took the EGR valve off again, and went after cleaning the EGR port in the intake manifold with a vengeance. I poked a digital camera probe into the EGR hole, and foun... |
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2013 Ford Escape SE 1.6L Starting VIN: 1FMCU9GX2D Many of the replies said to ck the connections on the BCM. All were marked by me before removing. Spencer said to pay special attention to the left lower connector. I was wiggling all the connectors and noticed the interior light below where the glove box goes... |
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2000 Toyota Avalon XL 3.0L No Start VIN: 4T1BF28B9Y Strange one for me as I've never worked on an immobilizer problem. I've worked on a few of the Passkey systems but never an immobilizer system. When this vehicle was towed in with a no start problem, the first thig I had to do was charge a dead battery. Engine... |
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