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| 2011 BMW 550i 4.4L oil level/life monitor VIN: WBAFR9C53B When resetting the oil service reminder the date will reset but oil life does not reset and mileage continues to count down, vehicle states "Measurement Inactive. Service interval adjusted. Have the system checked at the next oil change." There is a 2E7C bit s... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Malibu LT 3.5L Cooling Systems VIN: 1G1ZT58N87 I'm looking for information. Alldata says you have to remove the oil pan in order to remove the timing cover to replace the timing cover gaskets. Is it possible to not disturb the oil pan, or is there a hidden reason for removal? This will be the 1st one I've ... |
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| 2000 Chrysler Concorde LXi 3.2L only code VIN: 2C3HD36J7Y 2000 cyrs concord got fdh 253 replace pcm and program hard code fredral car due to that failed smog any help Trouble codes: FDH25 |
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| 2006 Dodge Durango Limited 5.7L Misfire VIN: 1D8HD58206 to dodge gurus out there. got this Durango with a hemi engine that got me pulling hair. has a misfire on cylinder #4. has 150 psi of compression. have replaced spark plugs, coil, injector to no avail. decarboned with seafoam top engine cleaner as well. pulled ... Trouble codes: P0304, P1414 |
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| 2010 Dodge Journey R/T 3.5L Rear Differential VIN: 3D4PH6FVXA This is an R/T 4WD Journey. Front diff was broken including the housing. Remanufactured unit installed. Drives fine for 5-10 min and then rear diff starts to lock up putting extreme strain on the front transfer case. I am sure it will break again. It is worse ... |
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| 2001 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L abs module VIN: 1FMZU73E31 After repair road tested and found ABS to engage when not needed. Checked data and wheel speed sensors are all functioning and not dropping out. Did find that scanner data would go away when problem occurred. Customer claims ABS worked fine before repair.The v... |
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| 2004 Ford Ranger Edge 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FTZR45E74 Okay ford techs thanks in advance for any input on this one. This truck was towed in the shop from a body shop no start. Found fuel pressure low and water in tank replaced fuel pump and filter cleaned out tank and added fresh fuel installed a used inertia swit... |
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| 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Gray smoke from tail VIN: 1FTSW21P86 Truck smokes while idling and on acceleration. Smoke out tail pipe is grayish / white. You can lightly power brake it at a stop light, will smoke initially then go away after about five seconds. Same on acceleration once at about 10mph will smoke and then go a... |
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| 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.4L Stall VIN: 1FTWW33R08 I seem to have walked in to a mess on this truck. Any help will be much appreciated. Truck will start and drive around under 10 mph with no issue. With any acceleration, truck will stall and take 30 seconds of cranking to restart. Scan data shows injection vol... Trouble codes: P0087, P2291 |
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| 2008 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L Hesitation, Surge, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FTPX14V48 K guys this is a weird one, i think is the computer but need to know for sure and how a can prove it. Truck starts and runs fine until you drive it for a while and try to park it when you have to use the steering assist, or adding load to engine i noticed, sta... |
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| 2010 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L B2872 Tire pressure sensor fault VIN: 1FMEU6DE2A TPMS system goes into training mode but it will not register any sensors. Also the range for key fob is very short. Key fob only woks 12 inches from the driver door handle. I was able to train all 4 sensors on another ford. So I know the sensors are good, and ... |
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| 2007 Honda Accord EX 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire VIN: 1HGCM56717 Need some help with this Accord. Car runs very rough and surges at idle, seems to rev up just fine .Replaced plugs and checked all coils, cleaned throttle body and air flow sensor and idle learn procedure. Sprayed around intake for vac. leak and none found. Oh... |
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| 2005 Infiniti G35 X 3.5L electric window VIN: JNKCV51F95 I have this g35x in the shop. The windows operate as should. The problem is when the windows are up key is removed and the door is closed both front windows roll all the way down. Im not seeing any info on no data on this issue. If anyone can point me in the r... |
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| 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7L air door VIN: 1J4GW58N5Y i have automatic climate control in this jeep.driver side i get good heat but passenger side i get cold air only!i know about the tsb. my question is is there a way to fix the air door with out removing the whole dash and heater assy? thanks for any input. lik... |
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| 2008 Jeep Commander Limited 5.7L No Start, No Communication VIN: 1J8HG58218 I'm hoping someone has seen this before and can point me in the right direction. 2008 Commander came in on the hook for no start. Found no crank and no communication with PCM/TCM. I could talk to everything else (ABS, FCM, etc..) Got the famous u0100 and u0101... |
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| 1990 Lincoln Town Car 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1LNCM81F8L Okay so I have this nightmare Lincoln that has been to 3 other shops already. This thing idles terrible with a bad surge that mostly occurs in gear. Occasionally it will do a slight surge in park. Checking codes I have two O2 codes for both banks (installed t... Trouble codes: 41 (lack of 02 switching), 91 (lack of 02 switching), 34 (egr), 85 (canister purge) |
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| 1993 Mercedes-Benz 500SL 5.0L Starting engine not starting,no ignition to fuel pump relay,no ignition to engine,cannot read star HHT scanner,says turn on ignition,all fuses ok,could possibly be ignition switch,or GM module only 1 of the 4 fuses in GM module power up with key on,i think i check this... |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz S430 4.3L Ride Height VIN: WDBNG70J93 Hello Mercedes Techs. I need some suspension help. I have this S430 with a problem. The suspension drops in the front on both sides while I am watching it. The compressor(looks like it has been replaced because it has the updated line that leak, its a Wabco an... |
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| 2010 Mini Cooper 1.6L exhaust camshaft VIN: WMWMF3C57A Thanks in advance. We are replacing VVT cam sprockets and solenoids.I didn't diag. the car or have the fault code but was told an exhaust cam posistion code was the sympton.Timing chain, rails, etc. look too good to be original (We have done a couple MINI t-ch... |
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| 2005 Nissan Altima SE-R 3.5L No Start VIN: 1N4BL11E85 Howdy! Kind of a strange one here. So vehicle was towed in as a crank no start. No data from ECM on DLC but com no problem with other modules. Faint clicking heard from engine fuse panel. Isolated clcking to Fuel pump relay. ECM grounding relay at 266hz con... |
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| 2003 Toyota Camry SE 2.4L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BE32K33 we have this 2003 camry that has multiple codes stored in it and if you clear them out they all come right back. the coolant temp on the guage is reading about half way always and the coolant temp on the scanner shows -40 degrees. the throttle plate does not m... Trouble codes: P0118, P0121, P0122, P0222, P2135, P2138 |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2004 Audi Allroad Quattro 2.7L No Start VIN: WA1YD64B44 thanks to all that replied. I scoped the temp sensor and found it to be bad. replaced it and car has yet to fail again. Trouble codes: P0118. |
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| 2005 Audi A8 Quattro L 6.0L Won't pass smog VIN: WAUMR44E75 The two issues well three the client being the third is traveling plus dragging his heels on spending $$$! Thank you all for the replies. We are suggesting Oxygen sensors to start due to the fact they a very slow in response. On the MMI (Multi Media Interface)... |
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| 2009 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L low compression cylinder 4 VIN: WAUSF78K99 Thanks for all the replies. Turns out one exhaust valve was slightly bent. It took longer to seal the cylinder bleeding pressure during the operation of the motor but holding pressure during leakdown test. |
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| 2006 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L No message from DSC VIN: 5UXFA13586 thank you all of you for replying. I am pretty sure it needs Yaw sensor. Customer wanted to wait on the repair because of the cost of the sensor which was about $900. Thank you guys |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L Readiness VIN: 1GNDM19W0Y Well after driving it for more than 200 miles it still hasn't set. Customer said he wasn't too worried at this point and will take it. Thanks to everyone who chimed in!!! |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer North Face 4.2L No Start, fuse 28 PCM 1 blown VIN: 1GNDT13SX3 Thanks for all the information, Christopher actually led me in the right direction, although the pink wire circuit does not run under the intake the ground circuit does! after lifting the vehicle to take a look under the intake I found 2 ground eyelets loose, ... |
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| 2002 Ford Explorer XLT 4.6L Intake VIN: 1FMZU73W22 Installed without insulation with owners authorization. As to some of the comments: Yes we inform customer from the beginning the warranty is between them and engine supplier. He bought a Jasper so it shouldn't be a problem. |
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| 2011 Ford F-150 Platinum 3.5L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTFW1ET1B THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE HELP. IN THE END CUSTOMER DECLINED ANY FURTHER DIAGNOS AND REPAIRS. WE AGREE WITH THE MAJORITY THAT IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN LOOSE/ JUMPED TOOTH ON THIS MOTOR COUSING SAID SYMPTOMS. TOO BAD WE DIDNT GET A CHANCE TO TACKLE IT THIS TIM [...].... Trouble codes: P0016. |
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| 2005 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.6L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: 1GTHK23275 The replies were all geared toward checking the balance rates and repairing from there. I was hoping for a little more information in regards to identifying which cylinder misfired when the condition presented itself. |
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| 2009 Mazda CX-7 Touring 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM3ER29319 HI EVERY ONE: THE PROBLEM WAS OIL PUMP, NEW OIL PUMP FIXED THE PROBLEM . THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND REPLY. THANKS AGAIN MATT Trouble codes: P0012, P0300. |
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| 2005 Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI 3.2L Starting VIN: WDBUF26JX5 Hello techs, thank you for being patient, I realize I have had the request open quite some time, and have not updated because I was hoping to get the car fully repaired before doing so.I have not shipped the car although it is running it is not completely repa... |
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| 2006 Mitsubishi Raider XLS 4.7L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1Z3HC48N56 First I want to deeply thank all of you for helping me get this truck fixed. After all the testing we decided to get the customer to put a new engine in it since there wasn't any definite conclusion as to the erratic misfiring on #3 cyl. I wasn't going to sell... Trouble codes: P0303. |
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| 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5L MIL Lamp on, High Idle Speed VIN: 1N4AL11D72 To everyone who replied to my help request "Thank You". However, after advising the customer of the need for a new electronic throttle body and PCM flash, the customer went into sticker shock, declined any repairs, and left. Hasta la vista baby!! And I'm prett... Trouble codes: P0507 (Idle Speed Control). |
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| 2006 Nissan Frontier SE 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N6AD06U46 I want to say thank you very much to all that took the time and shared some information with me, finally this truck is out of my hands. I rechecked for vacuum leak, fuel pressure, exhaust leak, etc, all seems in normal range. The final resource was to disconne... Trouble codes: P2A00, P2A03. |
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| 2011 Nissan Sentra SR 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1AB6AP6B I tied in an additional ground wire into the circuit, and so far the light has stayed off, so I'm calling it fixed... A big thank you to all those who took the time to help Trouble codes: P0101. |
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| 2000 Pontiac Bonneville SE 3.8L hard start warm VIN: 1G2HX54KXY Ok here's what ended up happening to this one. As mentioned in the post we originally replaced the ignition module with an aftermarket one. Every thing was fine with the exception of a hard start, extended cranking when warmed up. Ran just fine, started perfec... |
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| 2009 Saturn Outlook XE 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5GZEV13D19 We replaced all 3 chains again and the codes are gone. These chains were just replaced 15,000 miles ago comparing the new chains to the old could see they were about 3/8 inch longer. Thank you to all the provided input. Trouble codes: P0008 (p0017-), P0017. |
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| 2008 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L MIL Lamp on, High fuel trim VIN: 5TBBV54148 Thanks for the help, but I wasn't able to fix this thing. I'm pretty sure I know the problem, but I can't really [...] much about it. Performed an injection clean, no change. My scan tool doesn't allow me to buzz the injectors to test flow. I performed a vo... Trouble codes: P0171. |
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