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| 2000 BMW 740i 4.4L LR Door VIN: WBAGG8347Y Customer complaint: LR door won't open. Inside handle worked for a couple years after outside stopped handle working. Look's like the panel wont come off unless you open the door. The door frame felt rests against the door panel, appears non removable withou... |
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| 2006 BMW 325xi 3.0L Speed Sensor VIN: WBAVT13536 Looking for help on this system is supposed to work. AllData isn't helpful, and does not give any description of how system works, or testing procedures. |
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| 2014 Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum 6.2L Suspension VIN: 1GYS4KEF9E This vehicle came in with a stiff rear suspension. Replaced right rear shock because it would not extend out. Found the suspension module reading 18 volts battery voltage and unable to perform trim reset. Installed a new module programmed with SPS through Card... |
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| 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L Anti-Theft VIN: 1G1JC5243X Car starts and dies. Theft light is on solid. Have proper voltages on 1836 and 1459. Should circuit 1835 have ground through passlock module? Wiring diagram shows internal ground in passlock module. Everything else checks out to spec. Codes always set to histo... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT 4.2L No Start VIN: 1GNDT13S47 Looking forward to some help on this on; customer indicates the CEL has been illuminated for about 2 years - this Trailblazer will attempt one start in the morning with a very brief click of the starter. From that point on the tach needles fluctuates between 3... Trouble codes: P0526 (Cooling fan speed sensor circuit), P0121 (Throttle position sensor), P0014 (Camshaft position actuator), P0068 (Throttle body airflow performance) |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Colorado LT 3.7L Cuts out VIN: 1GCDS13E19 Hi all I have the Colorado that blows the inline 5amp tdm fuse and also the inline 10amp SDM fuse. I replaced the ignition switch with an aftermarket part thought I ha the problem solved but after driving for an hour it blew the fuse again. What I need to ment... Trouble codes: P1682 (Ignition 1 switch circuit) |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 2.4L Misfire VIN: 1G1ZE5EU0B when accelerating vehicle shows a #1 cylinder. swapped injector spark plug and coil around. no result or move of misfire. With rail removed did not see contaminants performed injector drop test and all cylinder identical. Was Thinking of a sticking valve or pc... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Equinox LS 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2CNFLCEC8B I don't have any prior history of this car. The owner just bought it the way it is. The shop next door to me replace a mechanical fuel pump. The same three codes came back. After i clear the codes P0089 coming back in two minutes. The low pressure on the scann... Trouble codes: P0089 (Fuel pressure regulator performance), P0172 (Fuel trim system rich), P0300 (Missfire) |
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| 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation VIN: 3C4FY58B14 Hoping someone has ran into this issue before. Vehicle came in with a stumble at idle and acceleration. Acts like timing is getting retarded. We have tested all components that should affect the issue but no resolution. Upon testing we tried to disconnect the... |
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| 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L Mechanical VIN: 2D8HN44H68 Has a skip on cylinder #3 was not skipping on that cylinder until put back together compression is same as other cylinders has water on plug had heads checked and surface said they pass do not see anything wrong with blocks surface are theses heads bad about c... |
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| 1986 Ford F-350 XL 6.9L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1FDJF371XG Hello guys I need some help getting this truck to stop smoking. I have already installed 6 new injectors after performing pop test and finding 3 bad ones. I had the injection pump out and sent out for testing and was told cold start advance was stuck open so I... |
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| 1996 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 4.9L No Start VIN: 1FTEF15Y2T Spark is good. Fuel Pressure is 50psi KOEC. The truck will run start and run perfectly while cold. It will continue to run unless you shut it off. Once you do, it will not restart. Because there was spark, I checked the signature pattern at the #1 Fuel Injec... |
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| 2002 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1FDWX37S32 veh. surges improves as rpm increases .this is a truck that the last motor blew up in all parts have been cleaned and inspected every thing looks good |
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| 2011 Ford Fusion SE 2.5L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 3FAHP0HA0B Ok ford people really stuck here , this fusion came in customer complains cuts out while driving, after driving it a few days it does happen just shuts down as going along. Plugged in verus pro and wont link up instead it lights all the idiot lights on dash i ... |
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| 2013 Ford Focus SE 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FADP3F20D Thanks in advance for helping with my problem. I have this 2013 ford focus that continues to set a p0137 o2 sensor circuit low voltage b1s2 and p00d2 heater control circuit range/performance b1s2. Based on the diagnostic chart i have it starts with checking fo... Trouble codes: P0137 (O2 sensor circuit low voltage b1s2), P00D2 |
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| 2013 Ford E-250 4.6L Misfire VIN: 1FTNEW0DDA Got one here that has us scratching our heads. Very well maintained 2013 Ford E250 Van with the 4.6 engine came in with a check engine light code PO305 #5 cylinder misfire. Went ahead and did a standard tuneup with new plugs and just to be on the safe side rep... Trouble codes: P0305 |
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| 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 2.7L Surge VIN: 5NMSG13DX9 This vehicle arrived a month ago with CEL on and fault codes P2106, P0464, P0463, and P0268. Both fuel level sensors were replaced and corrected the P0464, P0463 and P0268 codes and the gauge registration malfunctions. The P2106 code related to the throttle ac... |
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| 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5XYZK4AG0C Can someone please explain to me how the intake runners work on this car? It came in with a P200A code for intake runner position. Scan data only shows commanded position, no actual position data even though it has a position sensor. What I don't understand is... Trouble codes: P200A |
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| 1991 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L Cuts out VIN: 1J4FJ88S4M this is my personal truck and this just happened to me on my home two nights ago and now its getting worse. cold there are no problems, when you drive the truck for about fifteen minutes, my ride home is almost all 55 mph or 60 mph limits, at 55 my tach is exa... |
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| 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Pure 2.0L No Start VIN: SALVR2BG0D Got this evoque towed in from another shop. Originally customer stated died while driving, had towed to another shop, they put a hi pressure fuel pump in it to no avail. Had it towed to us. When it came in they had the drive belt off for unkown reasons. I pull... Trouble codes: P0C60 |
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| 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander LS 3.0L battery VIN: JA4MT31X47 hopefully someone can help or ran into this issue. battery is dead if left for a couple of days . there is a 700 ma draw. this was an issue twice before. last time the only way to loose the draw was to pull fuse 8 in the ETACS module. you could pull fuse 9 and... |
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| 2001 Nissan Altima GXE 2.4L Engine VIN: 1N4DL01D21 Vehicle came in to shop with p304 and knock sensor code and misfire at idle. I smoked intake and found leak at # 4 cylinder. Removed the dreaded intake cleaned and installed new gaskets on upper and lower, and throttle body. Looked at egr passages for blockage... |
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| 2011 Nissan Titan SL 5.6L 4wd VIN: 1N6AA0EC7B i have a 2001 nissan titan that has a code p1814 wight detection 4wd works but there is no 4wd indicator in the dash all power and grounds ok change wight detection switch same issue swaped 4wd module same problem |
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| 2002 Toyota Highlander 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTEHF21A42 This highlander came in with P0174 code. During idle: Long term FT Bank 1: -5% to +5% Long term FT Bank 2: +40% up Short term FT Bank 1: -3% to +3% Short term FT Bank 2: around +20% Replaced sparks plugs and found out Bank 2 side plugs have carbon deposit, ... Trouble codes: P0174 (System too lean Bank 2) |
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| 2006 Toyota Highlander 3.3L exhaust manifolds VIN: JTEEP21A46 Can cats( exhaust manifolds) be replaced w/o removing engine assembly? No info on component R an R available from Mitchell, Alldata, Identifix,. Toyota tech experience most appreciated on quoting and performing this job. Thank you! |
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| 2010 Toyota Tundra 4.6L Unknown VIN: 5TFUM5F1XA truck belong to used car lot.came with 2wd drive light flashing and shutter from torque converter.P2757 T/C clutch pressure control solenoid control ckt performance or stuck off. has anybody run into this issue before is it torque converter issue or electrical... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2007 BMW 530xi 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBANF73537 Sorry for the delay, the customer decided not to further diagnose the car.He did not want to spend any more money on it. Trouble codes: P0172. |
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| 2010 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid 6.0L Steering VIN: 1GYUKEEJ8A SORRY FORGOT TO CLOSE THE REQUEST.YES THE TRUCK IS FIX.ELECTRIC MOTOR SHAFT WAS BROKEN.TRY TO REMOVE THE MOTOR FROMTHE STEERING RACK WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY CORROSION.BROKE THE MOUNTING WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE IT.WHEN DID COME OUT WE FOUND THE SHAFT WAS B... |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L cooling fans VIN: 1GCEK19B45 After opened this request last night I did find a similar problem in archives on two different Silverados, I had searched before but for some reason didn't find those. My issue was the same, disconnected PCM connectors, C1 had moisture contamination right whe... |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT 3.6L Engine VIN: 1GNLVGED4A Thanks for all the suggestions provided by the techs out there. A lot of techs suggested dropping the oil pan to clean out sludge from the pan and pickup screen. When I replaced the oil pump I could see a good portion of the bottom of the oil pan. surprisingly... |
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| 2000 Chrysler Sebring JX 2.5L Valves VIN: 3C3EL45H8Y Thanks for your advice with this and I used it. Did a leak down test did not bend valves. Showed signs of wear for age. Thanks Roger [...] |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Low power/no boost VIN: 1D7KU28663 Thanks to everyone for their input. As stated, vehicle had a bad PCM affecting the MAP sensor circuit. Once replaced, boost and IAT were reading properly. The power was still low so we followed an IATN members recommendation and replaced the fuel filter. That ... |
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| 2005 Dodge Durango SXT 4.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1D4HB38N15 We have a Redline smoker puts out 2.5 psi. Enough to show leaks with Dawn soap bubbles. The part about 10 psi in the TBS pushing out seals (even with the oil cap off???) makes me scared. And driver's side showed a pin hole after repair, we hate to gunk with ... Trouble codes: P2096 (Bank 1 downstream fuel trim), P0562 (Battery volts low in transmission.). |
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| 2006 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Engine oil cooler? VIN: 1FTWW31P76 thanks to all that replied. Chris and Mike hit the nail on the head. The only way to get this cooling system clean with or without a factory engine oil cooler is with the vc9. Installed an aux cooling system filter with new OE oil cooler and this didn't help s... |
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| 2008 Ford F-150 XLT 4.6L fourth gear or torque converter VIN: 1FTRW12WX8 replaced transmission yesterday. no more slipping and all gears work properly. i greatly appreciate all the quick info. |
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| 2005 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L Fuel gauge VIN: SALMF11495 We found a bad connection at the main pump. There are 2 wires from the secondary sending unit ( driver side) to the main pump. One had pulled back and out of its connector. The ohm reading at the wires (inside the tank) were at 280. The strange thing about thi... |
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| 2007 Mercury Mountaineer Premier 4.0L Temp Guage VIN: 4M2EU48E77 The fix for this was simply air was still trapped in the system, even after using an air lift several times. I dont know why this one had such a difficult time purging the air but it did finally. |
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| 2013 Nissan Sentra S 1.8L fob do not work VIN: 3N1AB7AP2D The probem was the fobic key wrong part Numbers,buy a new key from dealer,jobs done , |
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| 1997 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.6L Hesitation, Surge VIN: WP0AA2995V well as we all know problem vehicles take time , so the shop owner I was diagnosing this for gave the car back to the customer , yes believe it or not 25 thousand for a rebuild and the car had drivability issues and it was given bac... Trouble codes: 00002 (no description), 00034 (o2 sensing range 2 cyl 4-6), 00074 (no description), 00124 (intake air temp sensor). |
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| 2002 Toyota Highlander 3.0L power VIN: JTEGF21A92 after reading some replies i took another look at fuel trims and noticed air-fuel sensor on bank 1 not reacting the way it should, also found a crack in cat around downstream o2...replaced both and what do u know...thanks for all the help guys. |
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