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| 2002 Audi Allroad Quattro 2.7L transmission VIN: WA1YD64B62 hi AUDI techs here I have one with small vibration when turning at very low speed or parking, I felt this before at a chevy suv and it turn out to be the transfer case but on this audi I cant find any thing like it, I feel like is bidding but I'm not sure, ano... |
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| 2001 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1G4HP54K41 This car runs great until you try to cold-start it when the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It seems to flood. If it does start, it'll run rough(flashing MIL) for a few minutes while it warms up. After that it runs smoothly for the rest of the d... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2008 Cadillac STS 3.6L transmission VIN: 1G6DW67VX8 Trying to understand this transmission. Found the stated codes. Trans is filled properly and fluid looks ok, dropped pan to see inside and pan looks good, little setiment. Following identifix tips,I normally dont overhaul transmissions. Using tech2, I can turn... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ 5.3L Rear Brake lights VIN: 1GNFC13J77 Vehicle came in with no Left rear brake lights. Tested connector and wiring, had battery voltage when brakes applied and ground. Replaced bulb anyway, same thing. So I just took the bulb out of the working Right rear (DID NOT install a bulb in right rear) an... |
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| 2001 Chrysler Voyager 3.3L Ignition, fuel pump, trans VIN: 1C4GJ253X1 Need some help on this guys, While driving the customer noticed the speedo bouncing and check engine light came on. Trans went in to limp mode so customer pulled over and cut it off. It would not start again. Pulled codes and found codes p1389, p1282 and p149... |
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| 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.9L MIL Lamp on, No bus VIN: 1B7HF13Z7Y The vehicle came in and the only complaint is "no bus" message displayed in odometer area, overhead console display shows "CCD", and all guages inoperative. The truck starts, runs, shifts and drives normal. The only code is P1687 (PCM not receiving bus massage... Trouble codes: P1687 (Pcm not receiving bus message from cluster) |
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| 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie 5.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3D7KS28C95 Removed fuel pump first and drain diesel fuel and replaced pump ,would crank no start had p0251 code present and p0088 replaced fuel filter and check for debris none evident ,no pump pressure replaced cp3 pump ,and fuel injectors and tubes and seals vehicle ra... Trouble codes: P0088 (Fuel rail pressure high), P0251 (Fuel control actautor) |
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| 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTNX21P14 Hello all. This truck arrived with a strange clunking cranking condition and intermittent no crank. It never starts. After checking for a hydro-lock condition and ruling that out. I discovered the starter relay coil was not being energized by the PCM, or rathe... |
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| 2005 Ford F-150 STX 4.6L egine VIN: 1FTRX14W45 this truck originally came into my shop with timing chain noise, we replaced chains, tensioners, and guides. at that time we also noticed right cam shaft had wore into journals, found plug oil galley, replaced right cylinder head. truck runs good, mayb lacks p... |
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| 2010 Ford F-150 STX 4.6L No Start VIN: 1FTEX1CW1A Hello, This truck came to me with the customer complaining of a no start about once every 2 weeks. He would let set and try later and it would start. He did listen for fuel pump and when it acted up did not hear it. He also switched relays, which didn't matter... Trouble codes: P025A, U0109 (lost communication with FP), P0201 (-P0208 all injectors circuits open) |
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| 2013 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.0L Hydraulic Booster VIN: 1GT220CG6D Thanks iATN, This a great resource and we appreciate you much as well as all those who respond to help requests. Thank you. I'm working on a 2013 GMC 2500 HD with a 6.0 VIN G . The problem is repeat failure of the hydraulic brake booster ( See History ) The br... |
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| 2008 Kia Sportage EX 2.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: KNDJE72308 Graphed bank 1 and 2 upstream sensors which are fluctuating similarly at idle and look really good. Graphed both downstream sensors at idle, bank 1 is holding steady above 600mV as it should, bank 2 downstream will mirror bank 1 for a minute or two (after dece... Trouble codes: P0159 |
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| 2005 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L Fuel gauge VIN: SALMF11495 The vehicle came in with the fuel gauge reading empty. The mileage counter on the display just reads ( - - mileage ). It does not have a numerical number. The customer went to the gas station to fill up before she brought the vehicle in. She put $45 dollars an... |
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| 1999 Mazda Miata 10th Anniversary 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: JM1NB3536X This car came in with a check engine light on and a P0300 Random Misfire fault code stored. No other faults are stored. The misfire can be felt only at idle and the fault always returns whenever it's cleared. The ignition coil, all spark plugs, spark plug wire... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire) |
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| 2016 Ram 2500 Limited 6.7L Fuel Filters VIN: 1C6TR5TL9G I have a customer with a Dodge Ram 2500 pick-up with a 6.7l Diesel engine. He wants me to change the 2 fuel filters. From what I've seen on the internet it seems pretty straight forward but I don't do diesels. Do any of you have any suggestions about this job ... |
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| 1992 Subaru SVX LS 3.3L No Start, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JF1CX3530N hello, this is a subaru svx 3.3 motor that i put into a vanagon. so its a bit tricky to know whats right and whats not,because i had to splice into the wiring harness and all. so, whats happening now is it dumps in way to much fuel on cold start. so much so th... |
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| 2000 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG22K7Y Hi need some assistance from the Toyota gurus out there. This Camry came in with a mil on and a code p0505 the car would not idle it stalled as soon as you let off the throttle. We replaced the idle air control motor with a new federal emissions iac. The car n... Trouble codes: P0505 |
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| 2003 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L Stall, Misfire VIN: 5TEWM72N03 truck is back in again with same codes. p0351 p0301 p0300. Wires from engine control module tested good all grounds good. installed used engine control module 5 months ago and truck run good. Trouble codes: P0351, P0301, P0300 |
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| 2005 Toyota Corolla XRS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T1BY32E95 I have not been able to confirm anything wrong with this sec air system. I checked freeze frame to look for icing up of the control valve. IAT was 44 degrees F when the code set. Toyota's code set strategy states that the on board test for P2441 is run with th... Trouble codes: P2441 (Sec. air control valve stuck closed) |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Golf R32 3.2L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: WVWKG61J04 Vehicle towed in from another shop- they had the cam/crank codes - replaced the sensors- was running- the tech went further with the exhaust flap and the car wouldn't run after that. I first had to replace the battery- only code was for the intake man. valve(i... Trouble codes: P0018, P1347, P0011, P3019, P1516 |
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| 2011 Volkswagen CC Sport 2.0L 4-5-6 shift VIN: WVWMN7AN4B Customer stated when vehicle got warm felt like trans was going into neutral, Found code p2711 which states if over 19k miles replace clutch assembly. After doing so and resetting basic setting and adaptations, vehicle shifted fine. After extended road test di... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 Audi A6 Quattro 4.2L compressor regulator VIN: WAUEL74F46 After running in complete circles. Everyone one was right. On direct drive compressors. NEVER BUY AFTER MARKET COMPRESSORS. Returned both of them to the parts house and bought one from Audi, imediatly could tell the difference just spinning it by hand you coul... |
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| 2006 Audi A6 Quattro 4.2L AC system VIN: WAUEL74F46 After running in complete circles. Everyone one was right. On direct drive compressors. NEVER BUY AFTER MARKET COMPRESSORS. Returned both of them to the parts house and bought one from Audi, imediatly could tell the difference just spinning it by hand you coul... |
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| 1994 Chevrolet Lumina 3.1L Rear main seal/ oil pan gasket VIN: 2G1WL54T8R We wound up replacing the pan gasket, but it still leaked. After replacing the rear main seal, that took care of the problem. We did also put the o-ring on the distributor plug/oil pump drive, but that wasn't the leak. |
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| 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L No Start VIN: 2D4GP44L77 Found the problem, but not fixing it. Tim and Seth were right on with power sliding door wiring. Found pass sliding door wires all chewed up, possibly getting stuck in track so I sealed the ends of wires with shrink tube and tape and laid them back into the ch... Trouble codes: U110C. |
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| 2003 Ford Excursion XLT 6.8L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMNU41S13 Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. Almost immediately after I asked for help, Brian suggested an ignition coil back feeding the pcm. I decided to let it run and unplug the ignition coils one at a time and see what happened. Well, when I unplugged the coil fo... Trouble codes: P0720 (Output speed sensor circuit fault), P0722 (Output speed sensor no signal). |
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| 2013 Ford Escape SE 1.6L Stall VIN: 1FMCU9GX0D well after locating fuel pump control module and testing powers and grounds everything seemed ok but could never get car to stall with test equipment hooked up so we just put a new module in and sent her on her way I will update in a few weeks to let everybody... Trouble codes: P0087. |
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| 2015 Ford F-150 XL 5.0L Programming key VIN: 1FTEW1EF3F Customer did not come back with vehicle so I do not know if keys got programmed or what happened. Thanks all Rik |
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| 1999 GMC Jimmy SL 4.3L No Start VIN: 1GKDT13W2X Ok I want to start by thanking everybody for taking the time to help. All of your suggestions are appreciated. It is embarrassing to say something like this had me stumped for a good while. On several occasions I sprayed down the secondary ignition system and... |
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| 2009 Hyundai Sonata SE 2.4L engine bad VIN: 5NPEU46C39 It looks like I should stick with California emissions. I will see what I can find. Maybe to costly. Thank you to all that replied. |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L ABS Module VIN: WDBSK75F03 Thank you to everyone who replied to my request. I apologize for the lengthy delay in reply. Without much info regarding this DTC or this system, I didn't have much to go on. I verified power and ground circuits were good and verified no problems with the wiri... |
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| 2006 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic 5.0L Start Enable VIN: WDBNG84J36 So I over thought this one. After replacing the ignition switch and the shifter, isolating high and low can networks, turns out to be an issue with the right front fuse box, but not the SAM. tapping the box would cause the vehicle to stall. Replaced the primar... |
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 2.1L Tpms VIN: WD3PE7DC0F So we just clicked Not Fixed, as the truck hasn't been back. What learned though is VDO is wrong about sensor SE10003. We just updated the [...], if you have one there was a new update 2-13, there are now 86 Mercedes models covered. Just scanned the V... |
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| 2007 Mini Cooper 1.6L Engine VIN: WMWMF33577 So, I was able to verify the intake valve(s) is leaking by getting the engine hot enough to really misfire good, then quickly shutting it off, pull the plug, set the cylinder on TDC compression and smoke the cylinder. I got a pretty good amount of smoke using... |
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| 2012 Subaru Impreza WRX Premium 2.5L VDC warning lights VIN: JF1GVEKD3C Hi all, Thanks for the prompt replies. The issue was that the ABS system should not have a 'P' code recorded. The fault code that the GScan2 was interpreting as P04C1 was in fact incorrect. When I searched the genuine factory manual with the 'P' deleted eg 04C... |
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| 1990 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L Transfer case VIN: JT3VN39W9L Let me first clear up the mention of a range fork. This is an automatic transmission as stated in my post. The manual transmission may have a range fork, but this transfer case doesn?t have a range fork. We did check the ohms on the three shift solenoids in th... |
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| 2007 Volvo S40 2.4i 2.4L ride control VIN: YV1MS38237 just wanted to thank all the techs that replied to my post it did end up to replacing the right engine mount it was broken and making the noise |
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