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| 2003 Cadillac Escalade 6.0L Air Compressor VIN: 1GYEK63N83 However, I have yet to hear the air compressor run. I tried to command it to run manually using my Snap On Modis. No joy! AllData claims that the relay for the air compressor is located below/in front of the underhood relay/fuse box. It's NOT there! Anyone... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT 6.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCHK23D56 Found codes u0101- loss of communication to tcm. U0106- loss of communication to glow plug control module. P0500- vehicle speed sensor. Can wires would go from 2.3v to ground on one circuit and 1.3v to ground on other circuit. Run new communication wires f... Trouble codes: U0101 (Loss of comm. To tcm), U0106 (Loss of comm. To glow plug module), U0100 (Loss of comm. To ecm), P0500 (Vehicle speed sensor) |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT 5.3L Excessive Emissions, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GCRKSE31A Today we removed valve cover to check valve operation. All ok. Performed compression test, 165 psi. Running compression was 120 psi. Swapped coil and plug wire, misfire is still on #5. Performed BG fuel injection cleaning and intake plenum cleaning. Test d... Trouble codes: P0305 (Misfire 5 cylinder) |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Impala LT 3.6L Cuts out VIN: 2G1WG5E39C After a few miles of running good the car rolled backwards while in gear on a SLIGHT grade. Now suddenly the car will rev up usually in park or neutral but not in gear unless trac is turned off. Then it while go then in 2 seconds lose power (not go) altern... Trouble codes: P2534, P0443, P0102, P0097 |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L Battery VIN: 1G1ZC5E05C Thank's in advance for any help. wiring has been looked over pretty closely, connections checked and cleaned, grounds checked also. |
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| 2005 Dodge Durango SLT 4.7L Transmission VIN: 1D4HB48N35 Hi all. This vehicle was towed in for possible transmission failure. When it's put into reverse or drive, there is no engagement felt. When I try to put it back in park, it sounds like the parking pawl is against a moving object. If I turn the vehicle off,... |
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| 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4.0L Heater VIN: 2D4RN6DXXA Thanks in advance for your help. Vehicle came in with a concern of poor heat from vents. I verified concern and found front dual zone system had poor heat temp, and rear system blowing cold air. Cooling system level in radiator and reserve tank was ok, and... |
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| 2002 Ford E-350 Super Duty 5.4L L/S Brakelight/turnsignal VIN: 1FDWE35L82 I would like to thank all ahead of time for taking time out from your busy schedule to help me out. Here is my problem. I have this here 02 Ford E-350 box truck that has a problem with the tailights on the left hand side.When I started,it had nothing on th... |
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| 2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty King Ranch 6.7L Calipers VIN: 1FT7W2BT2B Vehicle came in last month for brake noise. Found the LF pads were metal to metal the right side pads were considerably thicker still. We had replaced the pads and calipers and machined the rotors 4 months and 14k miles ago (customer goes cross country a l... |
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| 2001 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Hvac VIN: 1HGCG16581 Loosing my mind here,vehicle came in with no heat.customer stated his mechanic replace the heater core,thermostat and water pump.it's used car dealer vehicle.heater control side hose is hot and other hose is cool.so we have flow issue.try another thermostat,no... |
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| 2015 Honda CR-V EX 2.4L Cooling Systems VIN: 5J6RM4H31F The customer said after a 20 minute warm up he was getting very little heat and the temp gauge was sitting on cold. After driving at highway speeds for several miles the temp gauge would go into the normal range and it would blow ok heat. When testing the ... |
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| 2003 Jaguar X-Type 2.5L Cooling Systems VIN: SAJEA51D13 Hello Group, Engine has a coolant leak between the block and transmission.First time I am seeing this problem and am trying to get a heads-up on the exact part that would be leaking so that owner could decide to do the repair or not.I am hoping someone ... |
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| 2000 Lexus RX300 3.0L Trans/Transfer case VIN: JT6HF10U8Y OK weird one here.I have seen and repaired several of these as well as Highlanders for gear oil pissing out the bearing retainer vent, I will repeat GEAR OIL LEAK AT VENT so to be clear.This one has ATF leaking out of the vent on the bearing retainer on th... |
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| 2013 Mercedes-Benz C300 4Matic Luxury 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDDGF8AB5D Hello, I've got this low mile MB has extended cranking & code P0016. I replaced crankshaft sensor but problem still there. I know early years 3.5 have a problem with balance shaft sprocket but this engine has different timing setup. I suspect chain tension... Trouble codes: P0016 (Crankshaft Position - Camshaft Position Correlation B1 Sensor A), P0016 (Crankshaft Position - Camshaft Position Correlation B1 Sensor A) |
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| 2013 Nissan Versa 1.6 SV 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1CN7APXD random misfire, rough running intermittently, misfire counter on Modis sometime indicates all cylinder misfire. plugs look ok, sometime runs ok, sometimes not so much. not seeing any thing out of the norm to go after. Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2010 Porsche Cayenne S 4.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WP1AB2AP5A Would like to know if any one has come across the p1539 and or p1025; ive heard and lot about the replacing the high pressure fuel pump under the intake manifold. Mainly concerned about the p1539, i just can find any info on the p1539? asking for adv... Trouble codes: P1025 (Fuel high pressure adaptation exceeds limit value), P1539 (Oil pump activation below limit value), P0455 (Tank system major leak no signal), P2404 (Leakage diagnosis pump-reed switch exceeds limit value) |
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| 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid 2.4L Starting VIN: 4T1BB46K89 Hello all you hybrid tech, god bless, i'm getting to old for this stuff, just kidding, i have this vehicle towed in late today and just trying to get a few ideas of were to start, Thanksahead o time, i will give more info tomorrow as needed, but i know the... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2003 Acura RSX 2.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: JH4DC54893 thanks for all the inputs. but when i came back on monday to start making more checks - i started vehicle vehicle i had scanner on and data was all in place . trims were near zero and map sensor was down from .9 volts too .87 volts . injector pulse was same as... Trouble codes: P0172, P0172. |
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| 2009 BMW 128i 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAUL73579 First off thank you to all took time and responded to my request. Everyone was right on , we replaced the valve cover and the eccentric shaft sensor and two coils. The sensor did have oil coming through to the connector and when I removed the valve cover I fou... Trouble codes: 29DC, 29E0, 29E1, 2A32, 2A34, 2C39. |
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| 2009 Cadillac DTS 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G6KD57Y09 Vehicle went to the dealer, they diagnosed it as clogged passages in the cylinder head. They removed the exhaust manifold on the cylinder head & cleaned the secondary air ports. Trouble codes: P0411 (secondary air injection incorrect flow detected). |
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| 2004 Dodge Dakota Sport 3.7L shift VIN: 1D7HG38K94 Thanks for the response. I called the custemor and tolled him that the trans would have to be removed. The other option is to cut a hole in the floor to have ackses to the shaf to clean and to drive it down. We opted to cut a hole. and was able to repair the ... |
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| 2012 Ford F-150 XL 3.5L Surge, Misfire VIN: 1FTFX1ET2C Unfortunately I have not fixed this vehicle, customer picked up and wasn't overly concerned, as this was an intermittent problem. Forcing low side pump to run at 100%, vehicle ran great, and pump was able to supply full pressure and volume. I'm not sure if I h... Trouble codes: P0087. |
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| 2012 Ford Edge Limited 3.5L brake pedal VIN: 2FMDK4KC4C Thank you all for your help. As I said, I did ABS bleeds, And wondered how a bad booster could have a low pedal, which I still wonder because I have never seen that happen, hard pedal but never low pedal. I pinched off the ft. brakes which brought up the pedal... |
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| 2015 Ford Transit Connect XLT 1.6L Surge VIN: NM0LS7FX0F The fix was to replace the "Boost regulator Valve" near the turbocharger and controls the waste gate actuator on the turbo. I tested the "waste gate" actuator with pressure pump and gauge and it was fully open at 10psi and held pressure. Then I eliminated the ... |
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| 2006 Hyundai Tucson GLS 2.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: KM8JM72D06 Vehicle had 2 new aftermarket MAF sensor installed elsewhere, and although they worked and graphed close to good, as everyone suspected, not close enough. Dealer MAF fixed this car. Thanks for all the input. Trouble codes: P0170, P0173. |
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| 2014 Mazda CX-5 Touring 2.5L heater VIN: JM3KE4CY2E Thank you all for your suggestions. I particularly want to thank Mark [...]. He wrote that I could obtain oxalic acid and it's neutralizer sodium carbonate from a paint store (as it is used to bleach wood) and included a very informative link to a corvett... |
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| 2014 Nissan Maxima SV 3.5L parasitic draw VIN: 1N4AA5AP8E Thanks for all the replies. Pulled fuses with no change in draw. R&I inside fuse panel, apparently the remote start is aftermarket. Disconnected ground wire, pulled one of the main fuses, draw dropped to 10ma. |
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| 2012 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 2.4L Hesitation, hard start VIN: JS2RF9A66C Sorry it took me so long to close this one but we had a hard time getting a headgasket and had to special order it out of Japan. We determined that the problem was in the valves. Our head shop came out and checked it out. we pulled the head and tested the valv... |
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| 2009 Volvo C70 T5 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1MC67249 Performed a cold compression test #1 -130 #2 -126 #3 -135 #4 -125 #5 -140 Swapped coil and plug out to cly and client came and picked up car, will return when cel returns. Trouble codes: P0303 (Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected). |
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