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| 2010 BMW 750Li 4.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: WBAKC8C52A Hey guys. So I have this 2010 750li RWD. The main complaint was a jerking under acceleration. I took the car for a test drive and immediately felt the jerking under acceleration. One other thing I noticed was it has a slightly rough idle. Not a dead misfire, b... |
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| 2011 Cadillac CTS Luxury 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G6DE5EY6B hello gm experts this car has lean code boths bank o2 low voltage boths bank fuel pressure on gauge show 60 koeo about 46 koer scanner show 43 psi fuel rail pressure shows 2.1 mpa I am thinking about high pressure fuel pump.any suggestions are welcome ,thanks. Trouble codes: P0131, P0151 |
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| 1995 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 5.7L 1-2 Shift VIN: 2G1FP22P2S This is my sons car. We bought this and rebuilt engine (was locked up). Transmission will not shift unless you let off the throttle then go back into it. I did pull the following codes out of it. 21 TPS, 83 Torque converter quad module. Looking for as much i... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet SSR 6.0L Top Cylinder VIN: 1GCES14H86 LOOKING TO FIND A CONV TOP CYLINDER FOR SSR TRUCK PART #GM PART # [...] needs rt side top mid cover switch part of piston no part avlb customer given # to find one WE TRIED TO FIND AND COMP TO REPAIR AND NONE FOUND THANKS KENNY S |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT 4.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNDT13S87 This Trailblazer sets a p0017 within seconds after startup. The cam actuator solenoid was replaced by a used car dealer. That didn't fix it, so they brought it to us. Suspecting a cam timing issue, we scoped the cam and crank sensors, and by looking at the pat... Trouble codes: P0017 (Ckp to exhaust cmp correlation) |
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| 2007 Chrysler Sebring Touring 2.4L Electronic VIN: 1C3LC56K77 Vehicle is setting a P0706 range sensor rationality. Reverse lights strobe when vehicle is running, gear indicator on dash is flashing all gears except reverse which is lit solid. Vehicle will not come out of park when running but will when key is on and engin... |
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| 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L Cooling Fans VIN: 1D8GP24R07 Hello everyone, just wanted to run this by the group to make sure I have come up with the correct diagnosis. Don't want to send this to the dealer if I am wrong. Fans work most of the time, always work when a/c pressure gets too high and always come on to co... |
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| 2004 Ford E-450 Super Duty 6.0L Oil Pressure VIN: 1FDXE45P14 Our customer brought this vehicle in after doing a BG oil system flush and changing oil & filter.It has OE filter and cap.As vehicle warms op it looses oil pres at idle.If the ERPM is raised slightly,the gauge pops back up and check gauge light goes out.We hav... |
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| 2012 Ford Focus SEL 2.0L Starting VIN: 1FAHP3M25C Hi guys need some help with this 2012 Ford Focus some times it does not want to crank and sometimes crank no problem . I reflash the engine ecm and the tcm same problem replace starter and starter relay same problem any help thank you guys |
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| 2008 GMC Yukon Denali 6.2L Starter VIN: 1GKFK63878 Hey guys, I have this 08 Yukon, it won't crank once it gets hot and sits for a short period of time. After it cools down a few hours it will crank and start,I have no codes stored in any modules. The theft deterrent light comes on and proves out, battery is go... |
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| 1983 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L Engine Block VIN: WDBBA45A2D This Mercedes has a screw in plug in the block just behind the oil filter housing on the right side of the engine. It is about a 30mm plug or so and it has started to leak and looks badly corroded. I have never replaced one of these, and my concern is that it ... |
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| 2004 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L troof VIN: WDBSK75F94 Fellow profesiona auto technician, This vehicle came in for inop top. Rear hydraulics leaking. We received 8 hydraulic rebuilt cylinders as we recommend replacing all of the cylinders. We have replaced many a set of cylinders on the 129 and 208 chassis, but t... |
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| 2005 Mercedes-Benz C240 4Matic 2.6L Timing chain VIN: WDBRF81J35 Hi Guys, I'm trying to figure out if I want to do this or if the customer wants to do it. This car has what HAS to be timing chain noise. It is at the front of the engine. Removing the belt did not take the noise away so it's certainly in the engine. The frequ... |
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| 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS 2.4L Charging VIN: 4A3EA45G03 hi all,this car came in with battery and brake light on.checked and tester said charging system was low.had battery replaced 2 mos ago.recharged battery.tested good. checked all fuses and fuse links,all tested good.replaced alternator and belts.retested and sa... |
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| 2012 Ram 2500 SLT 6.7L loose ball joint VIN: 3C6UD5ML6C Hello and thanks in advance. I've got a 2012 dodge ram 2500, diesel. and we have an upper ball joint loose on the drivers front. We replaced it about 25k ago w/ moog K7448 that is adjustable to get alignment into specs and now it is loose. This seems like it s... |
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| 2001 Saab 9-5 2.3t 2.3L No Start VIN: YS3ED55E21 Tearing my hair out on this one- Car was towed here after alternator failed, and car wouldn't restart after driven home due to low battery voltage. Customer installed new battery, still no restart. The car cranks and fires up for 5 to 10 seconds, but has no th... |
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| 2005 Subaru Outback VDC Limited 3.0L abs VIN: 4S4BP85C95 We can clear it and drive it 5-15 miles and the light returns there are no apparent issues driving and operating the car, but the light returns every time and illuminates the ABS and Skid lights come on. Any insight about these codes would be appreciated ver... |
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| 2013 Subaru Outback 2.5i 2.5L bearing noise in ctv VIN: 4S4BRBJC9D need to replace this cvt transaxle. does anyone know if other model years transaxle can be installed. everything I find say only 2013 outback. transaxle is a [...] Does any one know how to repair these?? any help would be ... |
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| 1998 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Alternator VIN: 4T1BG22K1W We saw this car for the first time 4 weeks ago for a reoccurring dead battery. Customer stated he turned the ignition off but when he opened the hood the belt was still spinning. He unplugged the alternator to stop the belt from turning. Diagnosed the alternat... |
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| 2011 Volkswagen Jetta SEL 2.5L No Start VIN: 3VWLZ7AJ5B Hello guys here I'm one more time looking for your help. We have this 2011 VW JETTA in the shop. It came in for alternator replace we hardly work in those cars but we thought "well it's only the alternator," so we replaced it. The car was running fine, the cos... Trouble codes: 03396 (Supply voltage terminal 30) |
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| 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan S 2.0L Misfire VIN: WVGAV7AX4B VW Tech, please help on this bad boy here. Car came in with a dead misfire on cylinder #3 & a slight misfire on cylinder #4. Black smoke & fuel from tailpipe. Leaking injectors on #3 & #4. Replace 2 injectors, send customer away. Car run fine, but check engine... Trouble codes: P0301 (Misfire on cylinder 1) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1995 Acura Integra LS 1.8L Mechanical VIN: JH4DC4452S The problem ended up being the "cam" wheel that the cable goes onto at the transmission was 180 degrees off. We flipped it and now the cable pulls same direction when accelerator is pushed. Thanks guys. |
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| 2007 BMW X3 3.0si 3.0L Misfire VIN: WBXPC934X7 WELL IM NOT SURE WHAT FIX IT BUT IS FIXED, I TOOK THE O2 SENSOR OUT TO SEE IF CATALITIC IS K AND LOOKS FINE TO ME SO I PUT BACK AND I NOTICES IN MY SCANNER THERE IS A OPTION TO RESET THE VALVETRONIC MOTOR IS THAT IS WHAT I DID AND IT GOT FIXED , I DONT KNOW WH... Trouble codes: P0301 (Cylinder 1 misfire), P0303 (Cylinder 3 misfire), C342D, P0055 (HO2S heater resistance B 1 S 3). |
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| 2002 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L Stall, Misfire VIN: 1G4HP54K72 Thank you all for all of your suggestions and comments. Also thank you to Mick from the picogroup at Autonerdz for all of the testing and support! I was not able to figure out a way to post all of my waveform captures and pictures, but it was determined the ... |
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| 1999 Chevrolet K1500 Suburban 5.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GNFK16R2X replaced mass air flow sensor with oem sensor. brought fuel trims to normal. honestly none of the numbers changed from one sensor to the other except the fuel trims. Trouble codes: P0171, P0174. |
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| 2003 Hummer H2 6.0L Misfire VIN: 5GRGN23U23 We went back and double checked everything we could and made sure no injectors had gotten crosswired as some of you suggested. The owner decided he'd had enough and decided to try and sell the vehicle as is. I talked to a couple of guys at a shop that spe... Trouble codes: P0300 (Multiple Cylinder Misfire). |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz C300 4Matic Sport 3.0L Tcm VIN: WDDGF81X58 WELL I COULDNT FIX THIS ONE BECAUSE I COULDNT GET THE PARTS AND WASNT ABLE TO REPROGRAM THE NEW MODULE, CUSTOMER TOOK IT TO DEALER, THEY CHARGED HIM $1200 TO FIX IT, THANKS TO ALL |
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| 2007 Nissan Frontier SE 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N6AD09U17 First of all thank you to all of you that helped me out on this one. Timothy [...] got it on this one. The motor was mechanically correct on time but electronically it was not. The fix to this problem was a damaged flywheel that was making the crank positio... Trouble codes: P0011 (Ivt control over advanced), P0021 (Ivt control over advanced). |
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| 2015 Nissan Rogue SL 2.5L Tire Monitors VIN: 5N1AT2M79F First I would like to thank Michael. Jonathan. Mickey and Timothy for their suggestions. Unfortunately I was not able to find anywhere on the Bcm menu to input sensor I D s. Long trips did not reset. I assume at this time that the sensors are wrong (first time... |
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| 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i 2.5L Undercar VIN: 4S4BRBAC0A As almost all the responses suggested, it was the sway bar bushings. A good suggestion from Dave [...]: "Best way i find to check them is to rock vehicle side to side with all 4 wheels on the ground. the bar should only rotate in a good bushing, any up and do... |
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