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| 2012 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L oil VIN: WAUBFAFL0C Customer had oil added message did not clear, Customer replaced engine oil level sensor, message did not clear, dove past 40 miles message did not clear, checked with VAG actual level sensor reading during warm up at 75mm oil warning threshold 40mm after drivi... |
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| 2006 BMW M5 5.0L Transmission VIN: WBSNB93556 Hello BMW techs. Vehicle initially came in for not being able to shift/start. Hydraulic fluid had leaked out. Hoist inspection revealed a blown out clutch slave cylinder. We removed the transmission and replaced the slave cylinder and clutch kit (from Worldpac... |
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| 2007 BMW 328i 3.0L valvetronic replacement and no run condition VIN: WBAVA33517 Replaced valvetronic motor at customer request I followed procedure from all data and Mitchell and engine won't run has new coils and new plugs oe |
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| 2011 BMW X5 xDrive35i 3.0L High Speed Fan VIN: 5UXZV4C51B Customer concern was vehicle overheats after awhile and engine cooling fan loud all the time. Customer mentioned he added almost 1 gallon of coolant to engine after initially noticing concern. Pressure tested cooling system and found only lost .5 psi of press... |
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| 2007 Buick Lucerne CXL 3.8L Battery Drain VIN: 1G4HD57277 Having issue's with Parasitic Drain on this Buick. Vehicle came in shop after customer had battery replaced last week due to needing consistent jump starts, and after sitting for 1-2 days will be completely dead. Performed initial Parasitic Drain test and foun... |
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| 1976 Cadillac Eldorado 8.2L Excessive Emissions VIN: 6L67S60147 Vehicle came in for failed smog diagnosis. Failed for nox at 15mph and 25mph. Did a quick check of egr valve is getting vacuum and vehicle does stumble and stall at when egr valve is activated at idle but what found was that the back pressure port of the egr v... |
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| 1997 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L Multiple Electrical issues, now "Bad Diodes" VIN: 1GNDT13W9V -FAMILY MEMBERS VEHICLE- Vehicle has had multiple POWER related issues. First issue was an intermittent no start. Had no power to PCM. Diagnosed broken wire to PCM. Ran fused 12V straight to PCM. Vehicle ran fine. Did not dig for broken wire, considering ve... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L Fuel in oil VIN: 1GCHC23111 Fuel in oil, we put dye in fuel, removed the upper valve covers and see no dye leaking from the injectors or lines. But the biggest concern is the rear injectors have what looks like rusty, sandy grit in the injector, when we removed the injector lines it's i... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Impala 3.4L no start VIN: 2G1WF52EX3 This 03 impala came into shop as a no crank no start. i hooked a scan tool up and found no comm with pcm but had comms with everything else(were codes for no class2 checked pcm relay all good. checked the fuses found a bcm/brake fuse blown in the interior fuse... |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD LT 6.6L Electrical VIN: 1GC4K0C80B Jacked up back wheels put in gear noise is not there only when driving down road noise comes in. Flushed power steering no affect on noise. Can turn truck off in neutral and coast between 25-30 noise is heard. Noise sounds like it is coming from dash area can ... |
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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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| 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser Limited 2.4L hard start VIN: 3A4FY58B97 I replaced the timing belt and water pump on this pt cruiser. Now on cold start it is a hard start. I have to hold gas pedal to the floor to get it to start. After that it will start good until the vehicle sits for a few hours. The cam and crank sync on my Mod... |
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| 1997 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 3FTHF25F0V In Australia, these vehicles are imported and relatively rare. I need to access the OBD II plug, but am unable to find any info on its location. Pre- OBD they had a old type plug in the engine bay, but this newer model has me and others stumped. Any help would... |
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| 2005 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L Hesitation, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1ZVHT82H75 This Mustang is coding a P0349. The P0345 that is also common with this code is not there with it. P0349 is a circuit code for the drivers side cam position sensor intermittent. I have swapped sensors from left to right. I have scoped both sensors and they bot... Trouble codes: P0349 |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz S500 5.0L No Start VIN: WDBGA51G9V Hi Guys,I sure hope someone can help because I'm stumped! Here is the story. Customer left car sit over the winter and the battery died. He jumped the car and it ran for a while (I think he said a few minutes) and died. He thought it was low on gas and and add... Trouble codes: P1570 (DAS To ECM faulty), P1584 |
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| 2011 Mercedes-Benz C300 Luxury 3.0L Quiesicent VIN: WDDGF5EBXB Looking for some help from MB Techs on this one. My name is Adric a master tech who needs a little help. Customer stated that car runs and works great with a certain connector under hood that another shop disconnected, but if plugged in he "Very Intermittently... |
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| 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart 2.4L Blend door VIN: JA3AJ66F44 Need to replace heater blend door as per TSB 05-55-003 for blend doors moving difficult. Identifix and other online repair sites state the instrument panel assembly, (A pillar to A pillar), needs to come off or apart in pieces. Has anyone out there replaced or... |
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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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| 2007 Nissan Versa SL 1.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1BC11E77 I have a solus edge scanner and it has no clear way of monitoring cylinder misfire. Want to monitor cylinders to find which one is misfiring. Does any one know a way to do this or the mode 6 id # on this 2007 nissan versa 1.8l engine. Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire) |
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| 2011 Porsche Panamera 3.6L Sound System VIN: WP0AA2A78B Hello Porsche Techs, We have no codes! The sound system turns on but we have no sound out of the speakers. The system use to be intermittent, there would be sound and it would quit and come back. Now there is no sound at all. The Amplifier is mounted at the pa... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2004 Audi A6 Quattro 3.0L rack VIN: WAULT64B14 Thank You Kindly, It was the pump. Had one at 76,000 miles. Was not flushed; my theory is that the old fluid had enough moisture to rust the rotor pieces. It did lie on the bench a week. |
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| 2006 BMW 325xi 3.0L Speed Sensor VIN: WBAVT13536 Well sometimes you need to read the service procedure fully. Clear codes, turn key off for 10 seconds, clear codes second time. Recheck operation. Both sensors reading correctly, no codes returned. No I'm wondering why the two step clear code process. Why is ... |
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| 2011 BMW 528i 3.0L Inst cluster, trans control module VIN: WBAFR1C52B After going round and round with online BMW programming I sent the BMW off to the dealer where the reprogrammed the entire car and all is well. $169.00! |
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| 2004 Cadillac SRX 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GYDE63A64 THANKS TO EVERYONE WHE RESPONDED. I ENDED UP REPLACING THE MAP SENSOR, THE LIGHT IS GONE, AND THE CAR PASSED SMOG. AL [...] GOOD. THANK YOU Trouble codes: P0101. |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Impala SS 3.8L left axle VIN: 2G1WP55145 Customer didn't want to change trans and cutting the filter open revealed very little metal. I was able to take the diff side apart and pull it out enough to get the intermediate shaft out of the way. Then I could get a hold of it with a 3 jaw expanding pilot ... |
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| 2002 Dodge Caravan SE 2.4L Power steering VIN: 1B4GP25BX2 Thanks to all who gave advice other than plugged reservoir. As John & others mentioned, the 4 cylinder models do not have a screen in their reservoir. I had "fluid flushed" the system at the start, to remove old, contaminated fluid. However, I was able to chec... |
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| 1999 Ford Ranger XL 2.5L coolng system VIN: 1FTYR14C0X sorry for the delay in closing as I have been in the hospital with nuemonia for 6 days we replaced t-stat housing as Bill [...] had suggested and all is good now Thanks to all who responded as always I know I can count on y... |
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| 2015 Ford F-150 Platinum 5.0L Suspension VIN: 1FTEW1EF3F Thank you for all the replies. Unfortunately with this vehicle the problem was so random, I was unable to duplicate & repair. Many posts indicated front end issues and the possibilities of early IWE or wheel bearing failures which I believe to be right on tr... |
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| 2006 Honda Element LX 2.4L No Start VIN: 5J6YH27356 Thanks to those who read the request and gave thoughtful replies. I had checked powers and grounds (voltage drop testing), both at the ECM and the grounds at the engine/transmission previous to the request. I triple checked them and added redundant grounds t... |
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| 2003 Kia Sorento EX 3.5L Electronic VIN: KNDJC733X3 the customer finaly came back and I put a different transfer case motor on it and fixed it. thank you keith |
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| 2006 Kia Sportage EX 2.7L 2/3 3/4 shift VIN: KNDJF723X6 After considering your replies, we flushed the tranny, reset the adaptive memory, the car shifted much better. Customer has not returned, see my update information on when it shifts. Thank you for your help |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500SL 5.0L Misfire VIN: WDBFA66E3N ok sorry not fixed yet I am going to pull upper and lower intake and put new rubbers on injectors. will repost then We have been to busy to play with it lately. Thanks for reply's as these are a lot rarer than hens teeth in this area |
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| 2005 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L Vario Roof VIN: WDBSK75F65 Sorry gentlemen for taking too long to close this post. Thank you for all the great reply's. We took a long look @ all that we had tested. We kept getting a "continuity" reading in testing circuits for the s119 switches even when we would physically move said... |
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| 2006 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic 3.5L CEL on VIN: WDBUF87J26 First off, thank you all for your input. We did pull just the motor. It really isn't a bad job, I wish I had a line of them to do. Good money in it. The MB dealer does a great job at prepping the customer to write a big check. Thank you again, Iatn is awesome.... |
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| 2001 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L cooling fans VIN: 4A3AA46G51 Thanks for the info guys. I was overthinking this one. You all were right. The temp had to get up around 230 before fans would kick on. Thanks again |
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| 2006 Nissan Maxima SL 3.5L Chains VIN: 1N4BA41E96 The tech that wrote the original help request seen that the IDPM was a problem on these so rather spending time checking it he just replaced it.One of the pitfalls of relying on information instead of testing.It did have good compression on the 1 cylinder he c... |
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| 2011 Porsche Panamera 3.6L Trans in limp mode VIN: WP0AA2A73B ... |
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| 2016 Ram 2500 Limited 6.7L Fuel Filters VIN: 1C6TR5TL9G The customer gave me the wrong mileage. It only has 2600 miles on it. Most replies said it's a good idea to change the 2 fuel filters based on the original posting of over 5000 miles on it but at 2600 miles we just changed the oil. I just wished the factory ... |
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| 2004 Subaru Forester XT 2.5L MIL Lamp on, Turbo noise VIN: JF1SG69604 Well, after waiting upon the customer feedback, I can close this fix with confidence. I replaced the turbo and related parts from the dealer. That was my biggest hurdle. Seems the knowledgeable parts person was on vacation and I swear I was dealing with the us... Trouble codes: P0011 (Camshaft Position Timing over advanced or Sys Perf B1), P0021 (Camshaft Position Timing over advanced or Sys Perf B2). |
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