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Open Help Requests for All Makes and Models
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| 2003 Audi A4 Quattro 3.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WAULT68EX3 Good morning Audi techs. We have this A4 here that the customer states has been sitting for 6 months. We pulled the mentioned codes. The car runs fairly smooth for developing misfires, slightly noticeable misfires at idle, not dead skips. We have swapped coils... Trouble codes: 16684 (Random misfire), 16687 (Cyl. 3 misfire), 16686 (Cyl. 2 misfire), 16685 (Cyl. 1 misfire) |
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| 2007 Buick Lucerne CXL 3.8L Power Door Locks VIN: 1G4HD572X7 Got one here that's got us scratching our heads. 2007 Buick Lucerne came in with power door locks issue. The only lock that works is the passenger front door. First went to driver door harness as we've had many issues with them over the years and found one of ... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L Unknown VIN: 2GCEC19T9Y truck was towed in for rear diff. making noise put used diff. in it. went to test drive will not go in reverse. forward ok. have worked on this several times never had trans problem. there is no codes any where. the thing that bothers me is when you look at tr... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt LT 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1AL58F78 Car came into shop and customer says she was in line at drive threw eng idling and it began to miss. She brought it to us we scanned it and found code for random cyl misfire. With the scanner I can do a cylinder contribution test and I see that the number one ... |
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| 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L radio curcuit VIN: 2D8HN44H18 battery drain 2.2 amp . Radio circuit isolated . changed radio and fuse box , no change . Where is the radio amplifier ??? Mitchell states left 1/4 panel , not there ??? any other items to check ?? Any help would be appreciated Thank you |
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| 2006 Ford Expedition Limited 5.4L drivers door lock switch VIN: 1FMFU20556 This is my personal rig. The drivers door will not unlock with the drivers switch. But will lock It will unlock with passenger door switch. Also it will unlock with the key pad and remote on key ring. If drivers door is open with key in ignition, it will auto ... |
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| 2008 Ford F-550 Super Duty XLT 6.4L mode actuator VIN: 1FDAW57R28 This truck came in with air flow only out of panel. We looked down the defrost vents with a bore scope and could see several sets of ear plugs in the box. We removed the hvac box and cleaned ear plugs, tube of chapstick and a bolt. Cleaned evaporator and heate... |
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| 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLT 4.6L Unknown VIN: 1FMEU5B87A speedo and tach guages will flutter up and down just a 1/8 of inch up and down when key is turned of. trucks runs great otherwise. Something to worry about or not? No codes at all in the IPC I dont have a clue where to begin diagnosis other than send the clust... |
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| 2011 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8L Engine rattle on start up VIN: 5NPDH4AE9B I just bought this car and I know Hyundai is having huge engine problems but wasn't worried about it because the engine was just replaced 10,000km ago. I looked at the invoice and I guess the tensioner failed on the new short block engine as soon as they start... |
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| 2006 Kia Sportage EX 2.7L Airbag VIN: KNDJE72346 Car came in two years ago with a B1495 Seat Belt Pretensioner code. We replaced the passenger seat belt pretensioner assembly (about $350.00 wholesale for just the part) and the airbag warning light went out on it's own. My scan tools don't even tell if this i... |
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| 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 4.5L Mechanical VIN: 1160331208 I need the vacuum diagram for the climate control. I have several vacuum leaks in system and am having trouble tracking down Thanks Mickey |
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| 2006 Subaru Forester X 2.5L Keyless entry VIN: JF1SG65636 Alarm goes off after locking car then unlocking with key in drivers door lock cylinder, key fob does not work as well even with a new battery, I tried to reprogram key fob but car will not enter into program mode. The main concern is disabling the alarm by unl... |
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| 2003 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4.7L ABS Module VIN: 5TDZT34A83 Customer states they here a noise from under hood and the brake do not want to stop vehicle and ABS light is on. Scanned computer and found code #'s C1203 (ECM communication malfunction), C1223 (ABS control system malfunction), C1247 (Stroke sensor malfunction... |
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| 2004 Toyota RAV4 2.4L Anti skid light VIN: JTEHD20V44 Hello everyone and thanks for the help with this one. I have this Rav4 in that intermittently will turn on the anti skid light and it feels like the car is wanting to slow down. The customer has complained about this occurring when going onto the freeway etc. ... |
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| 2007 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 2.5L Cooling fans VIN: 3VWEF71K17 Hello, Thank you for your time. We have this Jetta that the cooling fans will not turn off and run with key out of ignition. The fans turn on to high and will not shut off until battery has drained or fuse or relay pulled. We believe somewhere a relay is s... |
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| 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SE 2.5L No Start, stuck in park VIN: 3VWRM71K39 Need help where to start, Jetta was towed in with a no start condition, when you crank the key sometimes only the center red info center lights up on the dash & sometimes it doesn't. It goes into crank position but does not start & the car won't come out of pa... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 BMW X5 4.8i 4.8L Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5UXFE83508 THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ALL THOSE WHO TOOK OUT OF THEIR VALUABLE TIME TO HELP FIND THIS PROBLEM. Clifford [...] Owner/Manager Route 103 Auto, LLC Chester, Vermont, USA Ron [...] Technician/Technic... Trouble codes: 29CC, 29CD, 29D1, 29D4, 2E27, 2E2B. |
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| 2013 Buick Verano 2.4L no crank VIN: 1G4PS5SK5D Sorry to say this car has been running great for three weeks, but I don't know what fixed it. Checked all connections with a light Did not find anything. Took negative battery cable off and got tied up. Left off all night. Came back next morning, put cable bac... |
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| 2011 Chrysler Town & Country Touring L 3.6L Turn Signals, Tail Lights, Fog Lights VIN: 2A4RR5DG5B First, thank you to all that helped. We did not fix vehicle, after spending more time on it I talked with the local Chrysler dealer and they said they could straighten it out. After a week and a half and two more TIPM modules and direct help from Chrysler it w... |
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| 2002 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L Engine VIN: 1FMZU73E62 Going to close this request. My suspicion is a bearning in the jack shaft or balance shaft. All roller rockers are in place. The chains are tight. Yes all tensioners new, and are tight. No signs of anything touching timing cover. With chains exposed, no noise... |
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| 2014 Ford Taurus SHO 3.5L no assist VIN: 1FAHP2KT2E THANKS FOR YOUR TIME GUYS- DAVE BWAS RIGHT- DEALER ONLY DIAG AT THIS POINT! GREG H |
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| 2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5NPDH4AE2D All suggestions for things to check where things that were already checked, as stated in the original post. The owner was leaving for Florida for several months and will return later for additional diagnostics. Trouble codes: P2096, P2196 (Stuck Rich B1S1). |
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| 2011 Other Ford MV-1 4.6L No Start, Stall VIN: 523MF1A67B Thanks for all the suggestions. The problem turned out to be a short in the Can Bus network internally in the Automatic Level Control module which is under the rear of the van in a nasty location. I connected the two Can plus terminals together and the two can... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLX 2.0L 3rd gear VIN: 3VWDC21V61 This one is fixed, thanks for the replies. After checking all the wiring from the transmission controller to the connector at the transmission we managed to pull and wiggle the wires enough that the intermittently bad wire between the controller and solenoid 3... |
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