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| 2003 Buick Regal GS 3.8L No Start, Surge, Stall VIN: 2G4WF52143 Customer towed car in and stated it died while driving down the road. Car will start and run fine right up until the coolant temp reaches about 150 degrees. Then car starts to stumble and idle surges up and down. You can watch the IAC motor steps go up and dow... |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ 5.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GCRKTE34A Truck is coming back on Monday and need a diagnostic strategy for this issue. Thank you Trouble codes: P069E, P018C |
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| 1998 Chrysler Sebring JXi 2.5L No Start VIN: 3C3EL55H9W have this car no spark or inj pulse replaced the crank sensor again still wont start went further into the diag and found the computer will ground the auto shutdown relay when you turn the key on but when you crank it the ground for the relay goes away and get... |
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| 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Limited 2.4L Stall, MIL Lamp on, it's a Chrysler... VIN: 3C8FY68814 OK friends, this car is the devil's. here goes: came in with a p1604 (internal fault pcm) hard fault. car ran fine except a MIL on dash. checked pcm powers and grounds and they are good (no voltage drop greater than .5 on powers or grounds). so deemed it a f... Trouble codes: P1604 (Internal fault), P0031 (O2 sensor heater control circuit low b1/s1), P0037 (O2 sensor heater control circuit low b1/s2), P0032 (O2 sensor heater control circuit high b1/s2), P0038 (O2 sensor heater control circuit high b1/s2) |
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| 2006 Chrysler Town & Country Touring 3.8L No Start VIN: 2A4GP54L96 cleaned all the grounds I could find. has new battery ignition switch was melted so I replaced it. auto is very well maintained. no cummucation on any module. check all fuses |
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| 2003 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.0L No Start, Surge, Stall VIN: 1FTNW21P73 Truck ran very poorly, and stalled after maybe ten minutes running. Has codes for EGR, but has at some point in its life had an EGR elimination kit installed. Only other codes are for a couple of glow plugs. After replacing parts listed, the truck runs perfect... |
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| 2006 Ford F-550 Super Duty XL 6.8L MIL Lamp on, no acceleration VIN: 1F6NF53Y86 replaced listed parts. When running throttle body won't open. Engine off key on throttle body opens and everything is in specs. Start up refuse to open Trouble codes: P2104, P2111 |
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| 2007 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 5.4L Fuel Gauge VIN: 1FTSW21527 This truck was brought to us from another shop not running. It had 0 fuel pressure and they had tried replacing the fuel pump driver module but that did not fix it. They did not want to deal with it so it was towed to us. We diagnosed it and determined it need... |
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| 2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 6.2L battery VIN: 1FTBF2B63B I have a 250 ma draw after 45 min shutdown.My question is to eliminate the radio as the cause do I have to remove the radio completely? Also on the scanner all the doors report closed am I safe to assume that the door latches are not the problem. thanks |
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| 2013 Ford F-150 FX4 5.0L network VIN: 1FTFW1EF2D This vehicle came in as had been struck by lightning. Found all fuses in GEM module were dead and had nothing working in vehicle. Upon replacing GEM, we got door locks power windows and some other minor operations. Now at connector c248 pins 16 and 17 are show... |
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| 1994 Honda Civic del Sol VTEC 1.6L Engine VIN: JHMEG2178R Customers Del Sol been sitting for 4 years and brought in for us to recondition. Replaced timing belt, water pump, tensioners and such for preventative maintenance. Cleaned fuel system and replaced fuel filter. Car started fine but makes loud lifter type noise... |
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| 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 4.7L Hvac vent and blend VIN: 1J8GW68J64 Customer vehicle with automatic temperature control(atc) and dual zone climate control. Vehicle has had dash torn apart due to failed passenger blend door actuator and failed recirculation door actuator. Also recently failed blower control switch. Vehicle blow... |
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| 2002 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.6L brake pedal VIN: SALPM16472 hello, this range rover came in with a broken brake line to left rear caliper. replaced the line and bled according to procedure. problem is, I don't know how the brakes were before the repair and now the brake pedal kicks back when I apply the brakes even li... |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz R350 4Matic 3.5L Mechanical VIN: 4JGCB65E37 car in from another shop with 0893 code in transmisson.car has some amazingly hard shifts that make you think that two gears are engaged at same time..i have found very little info and am looking for some guidance as to best place to start before digging in.we... |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz R320 CDI 3.0L turbo VIN: 4JGCB22E98 car came in with compliant of not being to get to highway speeds(82);also said down on power..had codes 2359-001/002 for to low or high boost..also had 2510-001 boost regulator for positioner fault..sent boost regulator for repair got it back and reinstalled..... |
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| 2010 Nissan Sentra S 2.0L No Start VIN: 3N1AB6AP6A Hello Fellow Technicians, I have crank no start 2010 Sentra. No communication with engine ECU. U1000 CAN communication codes in several ECU's. I have no 5 volt reference. Unplugged throttle body, accelerator position sensor, crank sensor, cam sensor, transmiss... Trouble codes: U1000 (CAN Communication Circuit) |
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| 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix 3.8L No Start VIN: 2G2WP55267 hello I have a grand prix with a 3.8 that we installed a different engine.it was a used engine, now I have no injector pulse.the funny thing is when I disconnect an injector to check pulse ,it has pulse but when I hook it back up to the injector I lose the pul... |
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| 2011 Volkswagen Jetta SE 2.5L Air Bag VIN: 3VWDZ7AJ3B I am trying to remove the air bag as to remove the steering wheel. The All Data directions match the 2010 model Jetta. Looks straight forward,just move the 2 metal retainers on the back of the steering wheel with a screwdriver. I can see the retainers with a m... |
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| 2012 Volkswagen Passat S 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1VWAP7A39C Ok, I have a VW Passat with a 2.5l with a reoccurring P0106 DTC. I smoked the Intake and there is no leaks. I found in another IATN post to check for oil contamination of the MAP sensor from the valve cover. After checking I did in fact find oil in the intake ... Trouble codes: P0106 (Manifold Absolute Pressure Range / Performance) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2003 BMW 745Li 4.4L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation VIN: WBAGN63463 thanx for ur help guys the car is fixed. I replaced the bank 2 valvetronics control motor and performed relearn with scantool now it doesn't set codes for valvetronics runs great and no more vacuum in crankase Trouble codes: 2866 (vvt stops leaning necessary), 285B, 2865 (power supply limit vvt-emergency), 27CC, 274E, 2743 (misfire cly. 5). |
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| 1987 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 5.0L fan VIN: 1G1FP21F8H Thank you all for your replies. The fans operate as Bill described (LH Fan PCM controlled, on with AC, RH Fan controlled by Temp switch, operated through Relay turns on at approximately 230 deg F) My problem was a restriction in the refrigerant circuit of the ... |
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| 2014 Chevrolet Traverse LT 3.6L Hesitation VIN: 1GNKRHKD7E Fixed this puppy. Had 8 responses and 6 of them said to clean throttle body. Gave it a good cleaning and she runs great. Thanks to all that responded and to all who gave it some thought. |
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| 2004 Dodge Durango Limited 5.7L No Start VIN: 1D4HB58D64 We ordered a IPM and will install when it comes in. Until then we cut the two dark blue / orange wire about three inches from the connector (to made reconnection easier) and used a heat shrink connector to put the wire from the relay and the wire to the fuel p... |
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| 2006 Dodge Stratus SXT 2.4L Unknown VIN: 1B3EL46X26 COULD NOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER CONCERN AFTER MULTIPLE DAYS AND ATTEMPTS. CUSTOMER DECIDED TO GET A NEW VEHICLE ANYWAY. REPAIR NOT CONFIRMED |
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| 2005 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L No Start VIN: 3FTEF17225 Thank you very much for all of your valuable comments regarding this issue. I finally pinned down the cause of the intermittent no start. The cause was the cam sensor synchronizer. We found the issue when we took several cam/crank waveform samples while crank... |
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| 2007 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Stall, Fuel in engine oil VIN: 1FTWW33P17 So some have said to look at the injector cups & or O-rings, those problems would have put fuel into the antifreeze. My problem was fuel into the engine oil! I was able to call Alliant power direct, the guy I talked to actually does the testing was very helpfu... |
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| 2007 Hyundai Elantra SE 2.0L sensor VIN: KMHDU46D27 thank you for your help first off it ended up being the wrong sensor even though the dealer said it was the same part # I went down to the local junkyard an took one out of a junk car and it worked perfectly the dealer still swears that the sensor is the right... |
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| 2002 Jaguar X-Type 3.0L Engagement VIN: SAJEA51C72 Hi to all! I have this one finally fixed! so here it is. we hooked up a pressure gauge to it and checked line pressure and when car seats overnight initial start oil pressure takes about 5 seconds to rice up and then when it does it kind of flickers and event... |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz C240 2.6L Stability control / ABS VIN: WDBRF61J22 Many thanks to all that replied, esp Steve [...]. It must surely have been obvious from my post that I am not a MB specialist (it is certainly obvious to me). I would like to tell you all that there was a very obscure and difficult to diagnose problem with this car... |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz C320 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: WDBRF64J12 Thanks to all who response my call. I performed fuel injection service on this car and the car runs smooth idle on every stop. Apparently the injectors have never been serviced before and got dirty. Fuel trims on both sides are now balanced. Thanks again IATN.... |
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| 2005 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 2.4L Tbd VIN: 4A3AC44G85 it seems that there was too much oil in the system and that seemed to have been the problem. i recharged the system, pressures look fine, air is cold |
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| 2003 Subaru Outback VDC 3.0L Front diff stub axle VIN: 4S3BH89593 Ordered a snap ring from the dealer and installed. I don't know the whole back story of this car but if I were to guess, the snap-ring was "lost" during a previous axle seal repair. The seal/outer bearing race should be removed when installing the stub shaft t... |
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| 2003 Subaru Forester X 2.5L Surge VIN: JF1SG63693 I would like to thank everyone for the help we did replace the ign. coil and wires and new spark plugs. It takes a long drive on a hot day before it will start the power drop, most of the time it would take a two hour drive on a hot day so we are waiting for ... |
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| 2006 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L occupancy system VIN: 5TENX22N06 I was able to use a potentiometer in place of the seat sensor and get counts down to zero. I am confident the issue is in the seat pad. The part is on national back order so I will not has this vehicle fix before having to close. The responses I got confirm r... |
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