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| 2004 BMW 530i 3.0L Electronic VIN: WBANA73574 Vehicle came in and the vehicle has transmission malfunction on the indicator and was stuck in limp mode. Checked codes found 5088 transmission selector gear switch codes and found vehicle would not shift past 4000 rpms only in one gear. Replaced gear shifter ... |
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| 2006 BMW 325i 3.0L wiper VIN: WBAVB17516 hello bmw techs. this beemer has had lots of work done on it. now im working on this wiper issue. they were staying on all the time. so i found the realy burnt and still running all the time. after i replaced the motor now they dont come on. i think it might b... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Express 2500 6.0L Oil Pressure VIN: 1GCGG25U77 This van came in with a low oil pressure complaint. we checked oil pressure at the filter we have 40lbs. at idle, and off idle we have around 60 lbs. We the put another gage at the oil sender there we were getting only 20 lbs at idle and it did not go up much ... |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Cruze LT 1.4L overheat at idle VIN: 1G1PF5S90B Car will overheat intermittently at idle. We have pressure checked the coolant, and have no leaks, coolant is always full. Fan is working as designed. Overheat happens after ten minutes or so of idling and then the fan stays on continuously. Not sure where to ... |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Cruze LT 1.4L cooling system VIN: 1G1PC5SB9D This cruz has become a real pain on what should be simple job. It came in with a complaint of over heating last week and had to add coolant. System passed the leak test and was not over heating. i did notice some dried coolant around the water pump, so a pump ... |
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| 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3C8FY68B35 k guys, heres the deal. coil wires and plugs, plus injector 1 all replaced. replacing the injector helped the misfire at idle, but put the peddle down and it misses every time, runs terrible. i have no crank cam correlation codes. im leaning toward the timing ... Trouble codes: P0301 |
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| 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L no power VIN: 2D4GP44L35 van was brought in 2 months ago. was at another shop and a cam position sensor was installed.vehicle would cut out at 3000 rpm, and have a sync. code in it. after a little research found that previous shop did not due a relearn procedure to computer. after get... |
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| 2004 Jaguar X-Type 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJEA51C84 Hello Jag fans. I have a strange problem here. I tried doing a search for this and of course there was nothing? This car will run good when you first start it but after about 15 seconds it will start misfiring and and turn on check engine light. I checked posi... Trouble codes: P1352, P1354, P1356, P1368 |
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| 2002 Jeep Liberty Limited 3.7L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1J4GL58K72 this jeep is giving me fits. we just did the head gaskets and everything was fine . now jeep is back with no engine light on at all,but it will run for a few minutes and then idle dies way down it starts to flutter and the headlights flicker and then it dies. ... |
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| 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 3.0L Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J8HR48MX8 Jeep starts up Good. Drive short distance, CEL comes on low power then stalls. It drops out as if key turned off. Starts immediately up and then will shut down again and again. Codes for injection low circuit on all cylinders. No code for crankshaft or camshaf... Trouble codes: P0261, P0264, P0267, P0270, P0273, P0276 |
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| 1997 Land Rover Discovery SD 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: SALJY1242V I've had this 1997 Land Rover Dicovery with me for a few weeks, it was bought with the customer knowing that it will need quite a bit of work to make it road worthy especially runnability wise. The customer was given many spare parts with the vehicle when he b... Trouble codes: P1316 |
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| 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: SALLSAAE3C Hi All, hoping for a little direction with this one, may be a bit out of my depth here. This Range Rover presents with an idle surge/not quite misfire when coming to a stop after any sort of driving. Surge settles slightly after 5 or so seconds stationary. Als... |
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| 2007 Mini Cooper S 1.6L engine oil consumption VIN: WMWMF73547 engine is consuming roughly 2.5L of oil every 500-600km it was around 3L prior to doing valve cover prior to this i did timing chain due to the guides letting go and could hear slop in chain. found lots chunks of guide in pan and oil pick up but cleaned out of... |
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| 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan S 2.0L Misfire VIN: WVGAV7AX2A Vehicle came in misfiring bad on cyls 2,4. After pulling codes I swapped coils and plugs with no change. I then Scoped the injectors at the 8 pin harness connector and they all look the same, also scoped coils and they all look the same. Checked compression on... Trouble codes: P0300, P0302 (Misfire cyl 2), P0304 (Misfire cyl4), P130A, P0506 (Idle Control System RPM lower than expected) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2001 BMW X5 4.4i 4.4L brake system VIN: WBAFB33541 Thank you to all that have replied to my help request. As far as fluid contamination owner said no, but his buddy that replaced booster and master cylinder said "red fluid added to reservoir". Unclear as to why parts were replaced. Owner supplied us with a ... |
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| 2010 BMW X5 xDrive35d 3.0L aux heater VIN: 5UXFF0C52A autologic programming was not working properly so took to dealer and got codes to go away with proper retrofitting |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Equinox LT 3.4L Excessive Emissions, Surge VIN: 2CNDL63F95 Group Thanks for all the excellent replies. I checked for proper fuel injectors, vacuum leaks and proper egr operation. All good. What the problem ended up being was contamination from all the coolant at the o2 sensors. I sat and watched and found the upstream... |
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| 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L Mechanical VIN: 2D8HN44H68 FINALLY GOT A NEW HEAD IN INSTALLED AND PROBLEM WAS FIXED MUST BE A CRACK INTERNLLY IN HEAD THAT DID NOT SHOW UP WITH TO MACHINE SHOPS THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT REPLIED SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG HAD TO ORDER HEAD |
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| 2000 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FDXF47F9Y thanks guys found a broken wire in the main connector on drivers side valve cover repaired wire all good thanks again! |
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| 2002 Ford Focus ZTW 2.0L no reversecode set VIN: 1FAFP36382 found that the trans has problems and will need to be replaced due to overdrive not working due to a shift solenoid problem and no reverse and a cracked drum and the transmission will need to be replaced |
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| 2004 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L speedometer VIN: 2FAFP71W34 Thanks for all the replies, it's amazing what the correct part number PCM will do! Once again thanks a lot. |
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| 2005 Hyundai Tiburon GT 2.7L No Start VIN: KMHHN65F35 Thank you all for the replies and help. Michael [...] hit this one on the head it was the SMARTRA system that kicked in. My main problem was the BCM and ECM werent communicating but after fixing those problems the immobilizer kicked in. Mitchel wiring diag... |
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| 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5XYZK4AG0C Thanks to everyone that replied. It has been a week since the car left so I am going to close this as a fix. The problem that made be post a help request was that the new lower intake manifold we got from the dealership was missing a part. Originally I was as... Trouble codes: P200A. |
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| 2005 Jeep Liberty Limited 3.7L Tpms VIN: 1J4GL58K55 WE TRIED MULTIPLE METHODS AND SCAN TOOLS WITH NO HELP FROM ANY. SENSORS WERE I'D THEY ALL WORK BUT SYSTEM WOULD NOT RESET, OWNER DECLINED TO HAVE US SPEND ANY MORE TIME ON IT. THANKS FOR THE REPLY S |
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| 2006 Mercedes-Benz R350 4Matic 3.5L Mechanical VIN: 4JGCB65EX6 SORRY FOR THE LATE CLOSE, ENDED UP BEING THE TRANSFER CASE CAUSING THE VIBRATION/GROWL NOISE. IT ALSO NEEDS A TORQUE CONVERTER FOR THE SHUTTER BUT CUSTOMER DECLINED THAT REPAIR. THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLYS |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Beetle GLX 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 3VWDD21C51 still working on vehicle did not find a solution yet!!! Trouble codes: 17705 (throttle valve pressure hose). |
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