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| 2005 Acura TL 3.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 19UUA66255 Hello, car came in with check engine light on. Code po172 bank one rich. Check fuel trims and verified bank one is running rich -15%ST and -10%LT. Bank 2 is normal. Swapped air/fuel sensors. no change in fuel trims. Removed valve covers and checked valve adjus... Trouble codes: P0172 |
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| 1999 Ford Ranger XL 3.0L speedometer VIN: 1FTYR14V0X The vehicle was brought in with overdrive, abs, and check engine lights on. Customer complained that the transmission was shifting erratically and the speedometer was dropping out. The vehicle is equipped with rear antilock brake system (RABS). Had codes P0503... |
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| 2000 Ford E-350 Econoline Club Wagon Custom 5.4L Hesitation, Cuts out, Bog on accel VIN: 1FTSE34L5Y Van starts and idles fine. On accel it bogs and wont move. Try to snap throttle in neutral and wont rev just bogs. Cant power brake either. Thought it was clogged cat so removed O2 and had same symptoms. Checked backpressure at o2 bung, 0-2 psi when trying to ... |
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| 2014 Ford Focus SE 2.0L Trunk Latch & License Plate Light VIN: 1FADP3F27E Still does not operate with fob or switch |
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| 2006 Honda CR-V LX 2.4L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: SHSRD78586 This car has an intermittent glitch that comes at all speeds and or driving conditions. The car runs fine and then Bucks and has momentary loss of power. The check engine light and vss lights come on instantly. After driving a bit or cycling the key the vss li... Trouble codes: P2647 (VTECH pressure switch voltage high) |
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| 2012 Honda Accord EX-L 2.4L engine VIN: 1HGCP2F82C Engine makes a light rattle noise at about 2500RPM. It is not your typical timing chain cold startup noise. The noise can be heard from inside while driving and it is pretty much constant in neutral at that RPM. It is not a deep knock like a rod bearing or a p... |
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| 2007 Infiniti G35 3.5L Bank 1 Exhaust Timing VIN: JNKBV61E47 Vehicle came in with p0014 exhaust cam bank 1 performance. On test drive snap on scanner showed bank 1 exhaust cam duty percent on acell going as high as 91% while bank 2 exhaust cam duty at 27%. As engine oil was quite dirty we flushed engine and changed oil.... |
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| 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7L air flow VIN: 1JG4W68N7X This vehicle has very poor air flow out all of the ducts. System changes from floor to vent to defrost and blend positions OK, there is just very poor air flow in any position. Changing from cold to hot makes no difference. Dropped the blower motor to check fo... |
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| 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7L Starter VIN: 1J4GW58NX3 Engine will not crank after 10 min warm up. After cool down, cranks ok again. Checked trans gear selection with snapon scanner. It shows park and wont crank |
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250 1.8L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: WDDGJ4HB9C we have this come came in for safety inspection every thing look good ! park the car later on ! we start the car long cranking time engine run but check engine light is on , check found the code above ! clear code engine run normal . after 2 or 3 time long cra... Trouble codes: P3406 |
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| 2010 Toyota Corolla S 1.8L timing cover VIN: 1NXBU4EE4A Hello Techs. I am getting ready to do an oil leak repair on this 2010 Corolla. The timing cover is leaking and needs to be resealed. The book says to remove subframe and engine and transmission. It looks like you can do the repair in the car. If so what did yo... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1998 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L No Spark VIN: 1GCDM19W0W Thank you everyone for the great suggestions. Jay [...] especially. We ended up finding multiple pinched/broken wires including pcm to ign. Fixed wiring and had to swap the old coil back in as the new one was DOA. Just some extra information, we test... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L No Start, Stall VIN: 1GCEC14T02 OK. Since I wouldn't want to ABUSE this system by telling the truth about this vehicle I will tell you that the customer took the vehicle before I could diagnosis it any farther. I pulled on all the grounds at the back of the heads. The crank sensor had alread... Trouble codes: P0706 (Trans. Range Sw. Performance), U1041 (Loss of EBCM Comm.). |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 Z71 5.3L Steering Angle Sensor VIN: 3GNFK163X7 I want to thank everyone that responded. I appreciate that you took the time to help me with no immediate benefit to yourselves. I was at my wits end with this one. I felt that it must have had to do with our replacing the rack and pinion but couldn't figure o... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet HHR LT 2.4L Reduced power VIN: 3GNDA23P97 Found when probing the wires at the pcm engine would not go into reduced power mode. took apart pcm connector and crimped down slightly on tps wires making the connection tighter. After this the vehicle would not go into reduced power mode and has been gone a ... Trouble codes: P2138 (Accelerator pedal APP sensor 1-2 correlation), P0106 (Map sensor performance), P0107 (Map sensor circuit low voltage), U0073 (Control module com bus off). |
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| 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L Transmission VIN: 2D4RN5D12A Well guys thanks for the replies, but this van is fixed, actually it made a lot of sense, when the truck came in, it came in with a code P0750 and after we replace the solenoid pack, we had a different code which was P0846, so we went back and remove the solen... |
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| 1997 Ford Ranger Splash 2.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTCR10A3V Replaced Napa ECM under parts warranty (again) Thanks so much for all the replies, the tech wanted to give props to the person who mentioned the voltage issue. Trouble codes: P1121, P0135, P0141, P1132, P1000. |
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| 2002 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.2L oil pressure VIN: 1FTRE14252 Well after much research and some testing i have found that the oil pressure relief valve in the front cover sticks when the engine gets hot causing the pressure to drop suddenly checked the pan for excessive deposits it is clean and all is working well . Than... |
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| 2007 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L alternator VIN: 1FMYU93107 Well it is finally fixed. According to the vin it is a 2007 the production date is 9-06-06 making it a 2007. All parts distributors only show one alternator for a 2007. I went back to a 2006 and they show two alternators. I ordered the other alternator it list... |
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| 2011 Kia Sedona LX 3.5L Fobs VIN: KNDMG4C70B Thank you Ty and Michael. Followed your instructions and I was done quicker than it takes to keyboard this message ( OK I'm a slow key boarder). |
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| 2000 Lexus LS400 4.0L abs VIN: JT8BH28F8Y we put washer in between brake booster and master cylinder and test drive it every thing work ok |
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| 2009 Mazda 3 i 2.0L tpms light on VIN: JM1BK32FX9 I replaced the sensor that had the ID show up twice in the scan tool data. After about a two mile test drive the TPMS light went out and all is good. Thanks for the reply Mark. Steve |
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| 2008 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JN12345693 After I didn't understand what the readings were from my data screen I checked the VIN# from my scanners automatic id function and it didn't match the trucks VIN#. It turns out that this ECM is out of a 2007 frontier and it's not compatible for the 2008 pathf... Trouble codes: P0052, P1168. |
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| 2005 Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner 2.7L Failed Headgasket VIN: 5TETX62N65 Thank you for all of your input. We have the head off now(in frame). There are very few times we take a chain off and don't go back new.(none come to mind) Customer has not noticed an over heat and we do not see any signs of one. Once the head was removed yo... |
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| 2008 Volkswagen R32 3.2L No Start VIN: WVWKC71K68 Have to close request without fix.Today my last day.Can only add that I did remove valve cover to inspect and found timing marks right on the money. |
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