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| 1998 BMW 750iL 5.4L wipers VIN: WBAGK2328W I have this 1998 BMW 750i here with no high speed wipers. Low and intermittent work fine. We diagnosed this as a bad GM III module. We sent the module to BBA for repair. They notified us that they have experienced the problem and done the repair that they thou... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.3L No Start VIN: 1GCEK14W7Y truck was towed in stalled on road, has good fuel pressure no spark at plug check one on each side. also no spark coming from coil. has voltage on both sides of coil no ground, installed new ing. module and coil still no spark, has new dist.replaced crank sens... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche LS 5.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GNFK12368 The p0449 has returned again. I will have to repeat the same, verify continuity and if the solenoid energizes and cycles. It would power a 921 bulb when working. The last time it would not ground so I ran new wire but did not work until I cleared the code, the... Trouble codes: P0449 |
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| 2013 Dodge Challenger SXT 3.6L Steering VIN: 2C3CDYAG4D Here you go... 2012 Challenger comes to us from a Low End used car lot who bought it at an auction. Worse yet, their hack mechanics installed a used steering rack. Our job was to align the front end. Problem is the steering wheel is upside down, when toe is se... |
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| 2001 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L Ignition VIN: 1FAFP53UX1 Same codes stored. ECM-B1602 and GEM-B1352. Very intermittent. No rhyme or reason. Not temperature related. No wiggle test. Either starts with theft light or no start and no theft light. At a loss with this one. Need to back up and start all over again but kee... |
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| 2006 Ford Expedition Limited 5.4L suspension noise VIN: 1FMFU20556 i started hearing a snapping,creaking coming from right rear while driving. can hear it best while turning either direction and while driving slow. it does not do it on rough surface. when i did rear brakes, found right rear axle nut very loose. tightened to s... |
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| 2008 Ford Fusion SE 2.3L Surge VIN: 3FAHP07Z08 has anyone seen this before? this car came in with a broken belt idler pulley and it damaged the front cover.my mechanic removed the cover he locked the two cams in with a special tool he replaced the front cover and then removed the right rear axel to install... |
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| 2009 Ford Fusion SE 2.3L no 4th gear VIN: 3FAHP07Z29 customer came in with transmission fault. had already replace what he thought was correct solenoid A PO754 code. he replaced single wire solenoid towards oil pan (pass side) solenoid A is on Dr side. ordered solenoid per his request. still sets SES light hot! ... |
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| 2003 Honda Civic LX 1.7L Left DRL VIN: 2HGES16683 We have this 2003 Civic with the left DRL very ,very dim, almost out. A transmission shop she goes to replaced the DRL module with no change, we tried another (Dorman parts) with no change, we located and reinstalled the original and the problem is the same. I... |
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| 2007 Hyundai Elantra SE 2.0L abs? mech? VIN: KMHDU46DX7 Car came in with low brake pedal. 4 wheel disc, pads, calipers, sliders, etc all checked good. We replace the master with new master from Auto7 (I've been told its oem, was very expensive). Had trouble getting a good pedal, had to bleed abs with scanner and al... |
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| 2009 Kia Sedona LX 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: KNDMB23309 Looking for help with this. Day 1 car came in misfiring (with above codes) on bank 1 cylinders. Performed oil flush - fixed. 2 Months later problem returns with same codes symptoms. Tried flush but this time problems did not go away. Recommended oil control so... Trouble codes: P0011, P0012, P030X, P0026, P0016 (crank cam correlation fault) |
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| 2006 Mitsubishi Montero Limited 3.8L Traction Control VIN: JA4MW51S96 Hello there and thank you in advance. We replaced the pump on the hbb and with the battery disconnected lost all the traction control initialization. Between the Modis and the Autoland we have been able to initialize everything but one item. The code is 84 for... |
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| 2002 Nissan Sentra CA 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1CB51D42 This vehicle came in with CEL on and it wont pass state inspection because light is on. Car was at another shop that replaced cat & O2 sensor. This engine has two upstream sensors & two downstream sensors. One upstream & one downstream with blue connectors & g... Trouble codes: P0133 (O2 Bank 1 Sesor 1), P0420 (Catalytic Convetrer) |
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| 2012 Porsche Panamera Turbo S 4.8L reduce engine speed VIN: WP0AB2A71C the codes i listed will not clear. during 2 test drives, i never got the reduce engine speed warning. at idle, fuel pressure readings are about 380 kpa - specs according to Alldata are 550 - 580 kpa, so it's a little low of course. we called a friend at the de... Trouble codes: P1538, P1023 (fuel pressure regulator valve short ckt. to ground upper limit value exceeded), P1031, P053F, P1026 |
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| 1998 Subaru Legacy Outback 2.5L Cam Timing VIN: 4S3BG6856W Here we go, got this 98 Subaru from a customer a couple years ago, had a blown timing belt and customer didn't have the $$ to repair it. We took engine apart and had both cylinder heads rebuilt, installed new drivers side lower idler pulley (as this was the on... |
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| 2009 Toyota Prius Touring 1.5L Starting VIN: JTDKB20U69 Afternoon and happy Friday,Had this Prius towed in after cust decided to install his own trans axle,Wont ready up,stuck in park and has the following codes all related to the p con system 2300 2304 2305 2306 p3102 the first 4 codes are all related to the diffe... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 BMW 750Li 4.8L Starting VIN: WBAHN83538 Have an incredible amount of hours on this car. Will need to give up. Was able to get car to start again. Had a fuse at back that was in wrong slot. What I did find was the only way the drain would go away is if fuses F5- 7.5 amp that controlled center con... |
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| 1994 Chevrolet P30 7.4L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1GBKP37N5R Good evening Techs. I will close this post without a fix. Customer is picking up tomorrow. I never found the reason the MAT sensor read -40 degrees. Never found the sensor. Just don't know about this one. Thanks to all that responded and to all that gave it so... |
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| 1997 Dodge Intrepid 3.5L No Start VIN: 2B3HD46F3V Frist of all, thanks to all of you who replied. this is what happened. when the car first came in with no start, and the fuel pressure was good, I replaced the crank sensor with an after market part. I still had no start. I disconnected the cam sensor and sti... |
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| 2006 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.6L Misfire VIN: 1FMEU748X6 Replaced transmission and tcc shudder feel is gone. We removed the a/t pan and opened the filter and found a string of silicone? stoff inside. We suspect this foreign material ( used for sealing the a/t pan) was causing valve body issues that affected internal... Trouble codes: P0300, P0303. |
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| 2006 Honda Odyssey LX 3.5L Main seal VIN: 5FNRL38206 Thanks to all for your help, had the upper intake plate off Clear out passages , because the PCV valve orifice was a bit gummed up. Francesco,s comment about snorkel intake tube plugged got me to thinking. I had replace a couple of months ago at end of day.i d... |
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| 2001 Jaguar XK8 4.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJDA42C61 the valve covers were cleaned thoroughly on the inside before installation with new gaskets and torqued to specs. the blow by is building up so much pressure that oil is just leaking right past the new gaskets especially on the left bank. it just get worse and... Trouble codes: P0300, P1316. |
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| 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450SL 4.5L No Start VIN: 1070441205 Wiring to cold start valve and thermo time switch was broken in harness. made a new harness and all is well |
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| 2003 Mercury Sable LS Premium 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MEFM55SX3 Finally got to the bottom of this car. I traced the wires back to the rear of the vehicle and found that the customer had the fuel pump replaced about a year ago with an aftermarket pump. The pump does not have its own connector, the tank harness comes with th... Trouble codes: P1450 (Unable to bleed tank vacuum). |
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| 2014 Ram 2500 Lone Star 6.7L No Start, looses power VIN: 3C6UR4HL3E Thanks for the reply. the in tank pump would only supply 7 psi and almost 6 oz of fuel after 20 sec at max dutycycle. new pump solved the po87 and power loss. still not sure of the p0201-p0206 as they have not returned.. tsb is out for these and other c... Trouble codes: P0201, P0202, P0203, P0204, P0205, P0206. |
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| 2004 Subaru Outback H6 35th Anniversary Edition 3.0L MIL Lamp on, VIN: 4S3BH81594 Just want to say thanks for your guys help unfortunetly the customers daughter took it back to collage so cant look at car to find cause of light etc. I believe its in the wiring harness in back somewhere . Maybe when she is home again I can look at it and let... Trouble codes: P1443 (evap emissions). |
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| 2014 Toyota Corolla L 1.8L tire sensors VIN: 5YFBURHE8E Vehicle has been fixed. Received additional information on vehicle that it was a stolen, returned vehicle. wheels and tires where from a 2013 corolla. Installed 2014 sensors, wrote id's to module. thanks to those that responded. |
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| 2010 Volkswagen Eos Komfort 2.0L A/C Compressor VIN: WVWAA7AH5A Well I replaced the decoupler about 2 weeks ago and haven't seen the car back. That is a good sign that it is fixed. It's been hot here, so I'm sure the A/C is being used. Thank you all for your help. I am going to check decouplers whenever changing belts now.... |
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| 2010 Volvo V70 3.2 3.2L Awd Disable Light On VIN: YV4BZ9821A Thank you to all members who shared insight to solving this problem. The issue was resolved after replacing the diff oil pump and replacing the screen. After a road test to confirm the fix, the AWD Disable Light is not present anymore. |
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