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| 2007 BMW X5 3.0si 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, will set codes VIN: 5UXFE43587 Please see the Related Repair History. After oil change/tune-up try as we may in testing (on road and off) we only can very occasionally get car to act up at idle. When it does the 2A87 and 2A82 set but no MIL. A noise comes from left when roughnes... Trouble codes: 2A82, 2A87 |
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| 2010 BMW 328i xDrive 3.0L Front Windows VIN: WBAPK5C53A to all BMW gurus out there. got this BMW that's eating my lunch. replaced the starter and now the front windows won't operate. also the dome/map lights too are off. checked power and ground to the switch and i have power to pins 4&13 and ground to pins 5&1... |
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| 1994 Chevrolet S10 4.3L battery VIN: 1GCCS14Z6R Hello Everyone, This s-10 is driving me crazy! It has a parasitic draw on the battery. It takes a day for the battery to draw down dead. It has a 9.5 volt draw if I remove the negative battery cable and hook a volt meter between the cable and the battery. I re... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Malibu 3.1L dies at cold idle VIN: 1G1ND52J61 Car runs fine, just keeps putting up a P0341 Camshaft position sensor performance code. At times on cold startup it has to have the gas pedal bumped to start but once it starts and runs for a moment the computer takes over adn idles it fine. There are no r... Trouble codes: P0341 (Camshaft Position Sensor performance) |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LTZ 6.6L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCHK29617 This truck was towed in yesterday afternoon due to no start. I verified no crank no start. Battery voltage good. Could not communicate with any modules with my modis. This morning it fired right up and I could communicate. While driving it the gauges will ... Trouble codes: U1041 (Loss of Ebcm communication), U0140 (Lost communication with Bcm) |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Impala LT 3.5L Tcc VIN: 2G1WB5EK6A Thank you in advance for any help. I have this Impala with a 4T65E transmission. Customer complaint is that it started shifting harshly suddenly then eventually the MIL came on. The code is P0842 (fluid pressure sensor voltage low). What it feels like is t... |
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| 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT 5.3L Misfire VIN: 1GCUKREC0E the truck has a dead miss on #3 cylinder after sitting over night,and it will miss for a minute or less then go away, or after sitting for a couple hours but just not as long or as bad.There is no noise in engine,compression is ok and leak down tested ok.I... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2012 Chrysler 200 Touring 2.4L doesnt work VIN: 1C3BCBEBXC Good evening I have this 2012 Chrysler 200 and the convertible top wont go downnwhen you hit the button on the console on the dash it says convertible top malfunction,if you push up button it says convertible top in operation,so the top wont go down.I trie... |
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| 2006 Dodge Durango Limited 5.7L Belt Drive VIN: 1D8HB58206 Got a real puzzler here. Seems to be par for this month. Regular customer well maintained vehicle. 10 months ago they cam in with a chattering noise coming from serp belt tensioner. Put on new tensioner along with both idlers due to slight roughness in bearing... |
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| 2014 Dodge Durango SXT 3.6L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1C4RDHAG7E Car orig came in for a misfire, cyl 4 missing, cust agreed to replace plugs and coils under intake. All went well till about a week later, he complained of running rough, when brought in everything checked out ok, no codes, this cycle repeated again after ... Trouble codes: U1210, U0028, U0020, U0028, U1175, U1175 |
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| 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty Harley-Davidson Edition 6.0L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FTNW21P34 OK I've got a weird one here, 6.0 dies out after heating up. this rare duck has a throttle plate and as far as i can tell with the two wire power to throttle plate motor disconnected we can watch the throttle plate open while egr opens...? were checking no... |
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| 2006 Ford LCF C550 4.5L No Start VIN: 3FRML55Z06 Customer states that while driving the truck, he hit a speed bump and the truck stalled out and hasn't started since. No icp voltage and no pressure. Trouble codes: FM18, FM12, FM110 |
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| 2010 Ford F-150 XL 5.4L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FTNF1EV5A Truck has a rough idle (shake) once the idle comes down to normal after starting. It feels like a misfire but will drive fine and it is not throwing any fault codes. Vacuum is steady at 20". Mode6 does not show any misfires on any cylinders. Camshaft angle... |
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| 2012 Ford Focus S 2.0L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FAHP3E22C customers complaint sel is on died going down the road would spin over but not start. next morning it started so they drove it in. it runs fine for me. ran the diag on the pooc6 fuel pressure 61 psi running. holds at 45 psi for 15 minutes. injection pump r... Trouble codes: P00C6, P144A, P2196 |
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| 2013 Ford Escape SE 1.6L MIL Lamp on, in limp VIN: 1FMCU0GX8D replaced transmission and was on test drive and message center said cylinder head temp overheating. Engine not actually overheating, but cpu says it is. code sets after a few seconds of starting engine and shuts down random cylinders on both sides of engin... Trouble codes: P1299, U1035 |
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| 2013 Ford Expedition XLT 5.4L Running Board VIN: 1FMJU1J53D The Passenger side Running Board is not working correctly all the time in that sometimes upon closing the door, with the RB already all way down, the RB starts to go up then immediately reverses & goes back down even though the door was successfully closed... |
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| 2009 Lexus IS250 2.5L No Start VIN: JTHBK26249 Came in as no start, will crank. Had a FP code and a B2799. Replaced the FP Sensor and that went away. I have been through all the testing, and have narrowed it down. I have TIS, and have learned a new key, so it shows 2 keys now. This is a Used Car lot ca... Trouble codes: B2799 (Engine Immobilizer System Malfunction) |
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| 2008 Mazda CX-7 Touring 2.3L Brake booster VIN: JM3ER29348 It came in with a hard brake pedal. The booster was not working. When removing it, the booster had come apart at the 2 halves. We installed a used booster and test drove. Half way through the test drive, I heard a clunk and felt the pedal move when applying th... |
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| 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport LS 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: JA4MT31H2Y This Montero Sport has me stumped. It runs fine from cold start for about 5 minutes and then stumbles for a few seconds and dies. All relevant datastreams look good until that point. O2, MAF, IAT, fuel trims, etc. and no codes. When you hit the 5 minute ... |
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| 2012 Nissan Versa 1.8 S 1.8L Compressor Clutch VIN: 3N1BC1CP6C Hi Everyone, This is a manual A/C system that has erratic A/C clutch engagement. Clutch will engage and run for about 1-2 seconds and then turn off. It might turn back on, it might not. Here is some data I've gathered along the way. Taken from ECM sca... |
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| 2006 Saab 9-3 2.0T 2.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: YS3FD49YX6 2006 saab 9-3 2.0t came onto my shop with a no start. Upon diagnosis found that the timing chain had jump due to a broken chain guide, as well being 5 quarts low on oil. Customer choose to fix vehicle despite warning of possible engine damage. Installed ne... |
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| 2002 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4.7L abs VIN: 5TDBT44A12 Vehicle came in with abs vsc and vsc off lights on. Original codes were c1241 too high too low battery volts c1203 engine syatem comm fault and c1223 fault in abs control system. Diagnosed and replaced abs module assembly with a used unit. Now it has a cod... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: WAUDF78E37 Hello All, thanks for everyone chat chimed in. I did not fix this vehicle I stopped the repair because I noticed the transmission was acting up more and more as I spent time road testing the vehicle. I know many of you suggested carbon deposits but wouldn't... Trouble codes: P2261, P2261. |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Express 3500 5.7L No Start VIN: 1GAHG39R91 what we found was that a leaking waterpump was replaced about a month ago and the coolant contaminatated the crank sensor pigtail we soldered anew connector and all is well. Trouble codes: P0335. |
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| 2009 Chrysler 300 C 5.7L alternator VIN: 2C3LK63T39 It looks like the ECM suffered too in the meltdown. We couldn't find anything wrong with the wires. Most Techs have seen this scenario before. Considering the mileage the customer is not going to spend $ 1500 +. Used ECM was ruled out, no local dealers wanted ... |
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| 2000 Ferrari 360 Modena 3.6L Misfire, Backfire VIN: ZFFYR51A0X REPLACED AIR MASS METERS CAR RUNS GREAT FUEL PRESSURE IS AT 55PSI UNPLUGGED AIR MASS METER AND ENGINE STOPPED BACKFIRING TRIED TO READ FUEL TRIMS WITH SNAP-ON SCAN TOOL BUT DATA WAS SO SLOW TRIED TO READ WITH LEONARDO SCAN TOOL WAS NOT FAST ENOUGH AND THE LA... |
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| 2008 Lexus ES350 3.5L No Start, No Check Engine Ligh VIN: JTHBJ46G38 Thank You to everyone that offered advice, unfortunately I'm still working on the car, took a break from it to collect my thoughts. iATN is requesting I close this case. Car is still here at the shop. I did however stumble upon an observation. The shi... Trouble codes: 0000 (No Communication with PCM). |
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| 2000 Lincoln LS 3.9L TCS light flashing VIN: 1LNHM87A7Y Sure enough Timothy is first with correct reply. Went in today, 2 front tires the same. Rear tires 2 different brands. So 3 different brand of tires. Same size but 3 different roll out OD. But this answer makes logical sense. 2000 model is very early stabiliza... |
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| 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT1 3.8L No Start VIN: 2G2WP52274 yes is fix the BCM was the problem!!! sorry for take to long to closed but i had to send it to GM to get new BCM and had programe thank you Trouble codes: B2960, B1639. |
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| 2012 Volkswagen CC Sport 2.0L Camshaft positioner VIN: WVWMP7AN7C SUMMARY | FIX = NEW ENGINE As stated by Galo, the part?s person at the Dealership didn?t know...there is a built in metal screen on the adjuster. We found this screen when we removed the cambridge adjuster. According to the Identifix mechanic we spoke with... |
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