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| 2004 BMW 530i 3.0L shift solenoid VIN: WBANA73514 looking for a direct trouble shooting for this code can't seem to find a chart i replaced solenoids and code still returns when car is put in to gear |
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| 2006 BMW 650i 4.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: WBAEH13406 This vehicle has a rough idle and 1200 rpm/stumble when worm, feels more like a vibration/out out of balance. Possible something to do with variable intake runners. |
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| 2010 BMW 535i xDrive 3.0L steering indicator VIN: WBANV9C53A alldata and Mitchell says it has active steering this vehicle does not it has sevrotronic steering alldata and Mitchell no help verus will not talk to active steering since it is not equip. drive vehicle for 4 miles and the stering indicror comes on at the... |
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| 2008 Buick Enclave CX 3.6L Loss of reverse, default gear in forward VIN: 5GAEV137X8 Greetings Members. This vehicle came to me first on a hook a couple of weeks ago. Complaint was that it lost reverse and had only what sounds to me like 2nd gear forward. Once it was unloaded and before I could hook up to it it began working properly. Code... |
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| 2002 Cadillac Escalade 6.0L Abs Pump VIN: 3GYEK63N32 Car came in with the abs fuse pulled. I installed fuse and when i went for test drive the abs keep engageing all the time. Even just driving down road you can here the pump going off.I install 2 new MOOG front hubs. Still same problem. When driving everyth... |
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| 2007 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L Lights, rear wiper VIN: 1GYFK63837 Customer has had work done here before, walked in yesterday in a panic, says his rear wiper and lights stay on and drained his battery overnight. He found the wiper fuse and pulled it out stopped the rear wiper from ruining his rear window. Headlights (... |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L Camshaft Sensor VIN: 1G1ZD5EU6B Check engine light is on. Codes P0016 and P0017. Vehicle runs seemingly fine. When codes are cleared vehicle will code at idle. On a scanner I can see the VVT data shortly. The variance bounces around between 1 and 7 for a few seconds and as soon as it cod... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Equinox LT 2.4L power assist VIN: 2GNALDEK6C thanks in advance guys installed a used engine in a 2012 equinox 2.4 w/electric power starring now the eletric sterring is not working the p/s module is not powering up ,no communication ,power and ground on big wires to motor ,not sure what else to check,... |
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| 1997 Dodge B3500 5.9L Poor Idle Quality, Engine wobble VIN: 2B7KB31Z3V Hello, Old school dodge 5.9l gas engine has a "wobble" very slight in nature, but customer is not happy. no misfires observed, no drivability issue as it drives good, except for an intermittent slight hesitation when accelerating. suspect IAC, tested ok... |
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| 2000 Dodge Durango 5.9L coolant VIN: 1B4HR28ZXY This is my fun car which I bought new in 2000. Many techs who have attended my electrical training workshops in Dallas have ridden it to go to lunch. I call her "old Faithful." I am losing coolant. If I top off coolant and drive 800-900 miles the radiat... |
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| 2006 Dodge Durango SXT 4.7L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1D4HB38N36 Good customer, patient. He has had us do some work in past. When he described problem he said it was very intermittent. Confirmed. He says it's happened at least a dozen times. He says, as he is slowing down, feels a harsh downshift and engine dies (warn... Trouble codes: P0884 (Power-Up at Speed-Stored transmission code), U |
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| 1993 Ford Probe 2.0L Rear Main Crankshaft Seal VIN: 1ZVCT20A5P This is going to sound silly, but I am wondering if anyone with experience with the 2.0 Ford engine can remember specifically servicing the rear main seal before? On the bottom of the seal retainer, there are two studs that extend through the bottom block ... |
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| 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 6.4L Stall VIN: 1FDSX20R98 had 3 injectors missing so replaced all injectors driver said was going in to limp mode. I don't think it was going in to limp mode .After replacing injectors idles fine will run for a bout 2 miles and acts like it is running out of fuel let it set 4to5 minute... |
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| 2010 Ford F-150 STX 4.6L Compressor VIN: 1FTMF1CW4A Customer original concern: ac cycling 30 secs on 30 secs off. All temperature sensors are reading properly. Ac pressure slightly below spec. Attempted to replace transducer, no change. Replaced ac kit. Concern still present. Low side pressure drops to 15 p... |
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| 2013 Ford Escape SE 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FMCU0GX4D Hi, thank ya'll so much an advance. I have this nightmare 2013 ford escape 1.6 turbo.the original engine ran strong and had full power,no check engine light. It was just knocking. Installed the used engine now im getting a p0017 and has no power. I checked... Trouble codes: P0017 |
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| 2003 Honda Civic LX 1.7L No Start VIN: 1HGEM22523 Vehicle returned today, with same intermittent no start when cold complaint. This time engine was seriously flooded, with fuel wet spark plugs and cylinders. Scan tested, found no codes, but found ECT and IAT sensors both reading -40 degrees. Unplugged sen... |
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| 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Grand Touring 3.8L Vent temperature VIN: KMHHU6KJ3D We have these two codes for the door actuators. We were wondering if there is any calibration procedure for the blend doors. We have not found a lot of information about this system. |
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| 2006 Nissan Titan XE 5.6L Evap VIN: 1N6AA06AX6 Vehicle had several codes PO443, 448,452,453. After the Purge valve, and Evap canister were replaced. The only one gone was PO448. Customer stated the was about 3 LBs of dirt in the canister, when He replaced it. The other codes have remained with PO453 se... |
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| 2003 Toyota Tundra SR5 4.7L Brakes VIN: 5TBKT44133 This should be a no brainer, but. The truck had a seized right frt caliper. I thought that was the vibration and pulling. We didn't test drive very far since the problem seemed obvious. We replaced the frt calipers and the rotor on the right side and both ... |
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| 2012 Volkswagen CC Sport 2.0L Camshaft positioner VIN: WVWMP7AN7C Brought in by a used car shop. Scanned for fault codes: 000010 - 000A - CAMSHAFT POSITIONER (BANK 1 INTAKE). SLOW RESPONSE. MIL ON. [...] - BANK 1: CAMSHAFT A (INTAKE). RETARD SETPOINT NOT REACH (OVER-ADVANCED)., INTERMITTENT. MIL ON. We checked th... |
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| 2014 Volkswagen Passat SE 1.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1VWAT7A31E car runs good cold and hot but at 121-138 degrees at idle it lopes a little as if the MAF sensor was unplugged, or running rich. 02 sensor shows rich and stft goes to -8. upon driving the car it runs fine and stft and ltft both are around -1 to 2. Fuel pre... |
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| 2012 Volvo S60 T5 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1622FS0C I'm asking Volvo techs for some help here. I've got this 2012 S60 with a P008900 code. The car appears to run fine. The fuel pressure requested and the actual pressure measured with a gauge and with a scan tool all are the same. The fuel pump duty cycle at... Trouble codes: P0890 |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L Cuts out VIN: 1G1ZC5EU1C ok guys this one is fixed. sry for the late response. I cahnged the valve cover,no change. i was bumpuzzeled for a few days on this so i took a gmable and changed the intake. wala fixed . the intake i took off looked like it had been hot at one time or another... |
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| 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 5.7L Stall VIN: 1D7HU18DX5 Many people here kept saying to replace the IAC motor but the 5.7L does not use one, instead it has an electronic throttle body (which I had already cleaned). I kept suspecting the P2161 code was the cause of the stall. This truck is equipped with rear wheel... Trouble codes: P2161 (Vehicle speed sensor 2 erratic). |
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| 2007 Dodge Charger 2.7L speedo inop VIN: 2B3KA43R17 THE FIX WAS PROGRAMMING THE VEHICLE WITH THE STAR SCAN NOT THE WI TECH, THANKS TO ALL THE HELPED. GOD BLESS AND ON TO THE NEXT ONE. Trouble codes: 501 (vehicle speed). |
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| 2009 Dodge Caliber SE 2.0L No Start VIN: 1B3HB28A79 Thanks so much for all of your input. It is good to bounce things off other veterans! The customer has decided against fixing the car and is going to scrap it. Having all of your input helped me be at ease with this decision (we are like doctors and like to br... Trouble codes: P0606 (Internal Control Processor), P061C, P0219 (Engine Overspeed Stored TCM Code), P161B. |
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| 2009 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L power assist VIN: 1FMCU03G89 Wound up installing a used column and vehicle now performs correctly. The original module would not allow position learn. Did not even have to reflash replacement unit to get proper operation. This was not done on advise from a mobile diagnostic tech who claim... |
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| 2016 Ford Explorer XLT 3.5L Stall VIN: 1FM5K8D88G It has been a little bit and it appears it is fixed. The PCM was the fix. Doing the live network test wiggling, tapping and tugging on a cold car as it warmed up produced no results. The hotline archive did not have any results, only issues with PCM codes. The... Trouble codes: U0100 (PSCM PAM ABS lost communication w/PCM), U0401 (PSCM PAM invalid data from PCM). |
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| 2001 Nissan Sentra GXE 1.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 3N1CB51D01 OK, BEEN DRIVING CAR MYSELF FOR A WHILE. NOTED 2 OTHER PROBLEMS. HARD START COLD & ROUGH/LOW IDLE. AM THINKING WITH MARIO EITHER VVT STUCK ADVANCED OR STRETCHED/JUMPED TIMING CHAIN. NOT GOING ANY FURTHER WAS DAUGHTER'S CAR GOT HER A NEW ONE & I'LL JUST DRIVE T... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 lean). |
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