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| 2005 Buick Terraza CX 3.5L radio VIN: 5GADV23L95 I'm hoping someone has ran across this before. I have this Buick Terraza van and I have no sound out of any of the speakers. I have tried a radio and it's the same. If you unplug the rear dvd player it will play out of the front door speakers only, so I tr... |
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| 1993 Cadillac DeVille 4.9L Compressor clutch VIN: 1G6CD53B0P Entered this in the repair history. |
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| 2015 Chevrolet Cruze LT 1.4L Drivers power window express function VIN: 1G1PE5SB5F Installed new window motor/regulator assembly because the cable was broken on the original one. Using a scan tool I cleared the drivers window motor learned memory and performed the relearn procedure. Worked fine rolled the window up and down 2 or 3 times ... |
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| 2013 Chrysler Town & Country Touring 3.6L starter VIN: 2C4RC1BG7D Transmission mode indicator in dash always shows reverse.Shifter moves normally through entire range and shift cable is moving shift lever normally.Van won't turn over because it thinks trans is in reverse.Transmission has recently been replaced at a trann... |
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| 2015 Chrysler 200 C 3.6L strut VIN: 1C3CCCEG5F I am thinking strut but it is such a low mileage car--no strut available from dealer or parts house |
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| 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 SLT 5.9L Steering VIN: 3D7KS28C16 This 2006 ram 2500 steering wheel will kick back 3-4 inches when turning either direction. This will happen at idle or at faster speeds. the system is full of fluid and no leaks present. Also when slightly turning the steering wheel while stopped the wheel wil... |
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| 2006 Dodge Charger R/T 5.7L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2B3KA53H16 I apologize in advance if these are rookie questions. In my years, I've never had to diagnosis a lost communication symptom and can count on one hand actual module failures I've seen and they were very evident failures. Just my luck of the draw... Custo... Trouble codes: P0700 (Transmission DTC), U0100 (TCM Lost Comm. w/ ECM), U0164 (TCM Lost Comm. w/ HVAC Module), P2638 (Torque Mgmt. Feedback Performance), U1402 (TCM Implausible Engine Temp.), U110B |
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| 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4.7L Stall VIN: 1D7HU18P07 Vehicle has a long history with us as far as all the maintenance and service work, up until this March when it came in for a random stalling issue. Was not able to duplicate customer's concern that time or the next. Until the third time vehicle came in we ... Trouble codes: P0688 (ASD/Main Sense Circuit) |
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| 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.6L No Start, Stall VIN: 2C4RDGCG0C When brought in our customer’s complaint was that it would sometimes not start, and that on occasion it would stall. When it did start and run the check engine light, and the charge light would be on. The car started and ran, and we checked for codes, foun... Trouble codes: P0108 (Map Sensor circuit voltage high), P0118 (Coolant temperature circuit voltage high), P0113 (Air temp sensor circuit voltage high), P0123 (TPS sensor circuit voltage high), P2504 (Charging system output voltage high), P0051 (B2S1 heater circuit low) |
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| 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.6L broken valve spring VIN: 2C4RDGBG1G I have a broken valve spring on this 3.6. None of my special on car spring compressors will work. Do I need to remove the cams and buy more special O.E. tools or has someone found a aftermarket tool that will work? This is the first broken spring I have ... |
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| 1991 Ford LTD Crown Victoria LX 5.0L Surge, Stall VIN: 2FACP74F3M tried known good map, tps, sensor and distributor with no effect .Takes 12 minutes for it to warm up and start loping when you put it in drive it will cut off and restart drives good some times cuts off at stop light. I think heat has got to my brain I can... |
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| 2004 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.6L Pcm VIN: 1FMZU74W54 Check engine light is on with doc p0171 and p0174. I have replaced fuel pump with Delphi and may sensor with Delphi. STFT are +-2 and LTFT both banks at +25 with no movement. |
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| 2004 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTSX31P04 Vehicle is a no start .not familiar with these 6 L . With ipr at 85 % ,while cranking, I am checking air leakage through the icp .There is leakage but can not determine from where (bubbling sound) ? possible injector seal,stand pipe ? Is there a common p... |
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| 2015 Ford F-150 Lariat 2.7L Cuts out VIN: 1FTEW1EP6F Customer complaint truck dies out when come to stop and the wrench sign come on on the cluster and re start by itself, it does not happened all the time , full scan the truck no codes found , all power and ground are okay and the truck does not have a remo... |
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| 2015 Ford Edge SEL 2.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on, Lack of Power VIN: 2FMTK4J91F Have replaced Wastegate solenoid and pressure sensor as well as Diverter Valve. Was getting P0234 code for over boost, this code has gone away since replacing the Diverter Valve. Check Vacuum at wastegate line during conditions to set code and it falls to ... Trouble codes: P1016 (Wastegate control pressure higher than expected) |
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| 2002 Honda CR-V LX 2.4L No Start VIN: JHLRD68402 New rebuilt engine installed, now will only start with the crank sensor unplugged, seems to run good, if I unplug the cam sensor or tdc sensor it will not start, It has one injector pulse and ignition coil spark, with everything connected, if I disconne... |
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| 2005 Jeep Liberty Sport 2.8L No Start VIN: 1J8GL48515 Hey guys, need advice on a CRD. Customer smacked a hydro pole with his jeep and wrote it off, but we had recently done heads and timing belt on the motor so he decided to buy it back from insurance and have us remove the engine to place into another jeep w... |
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| 2016 Jeep Wrangler Sport 3.6L a/c cooling VIN: 1C4GJWAG9G This jeep came in with a complaint of not cooling well, the pressures look good, so we decided to re-charge it any way. We found it to be 4 ounces low, we have high side was running about 400-420 psi. The fan does not run on high unless we command it with ... |
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| 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 5.0L Charge Warning Lamp is on VIN: SALSF2D47C Vehicle would not crank at customers' home. Jump started engine. Vehicle last driven 2 weeks ago. All OK at that time. "Charging system fault" displayed on instrument panel message board. Charge warning [red battery] lamp also on. Drove it to my shop & per... |
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| 2005 Lexus SC430 4.3L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: JTHFN48YX5 Ok so i have a very intermiten stumble / skip off idle on accel. No check engine light and no hard codes. I have tried new denso mass air no change. The last time it acted up it did set random miss fire code and codes for 1,3,5 in pending so removed coils and ... |
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| 2008 Maserati Quattroporte Sport Gt 4.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: ZAMFE39A28 any service port for evap testing ? |
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| 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L Throttle Linkage VIN: WDBBA45A9B Dear MB Friends: Does anybody out there have right now a 1981 380SL in the shop? Can you please send me a picture (s) of the ACCELERATOR LINKAGE on top of the manifold, with air-filter- housing removed. Someone must have mixed something up between 1st a... |
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| 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK320 3.2L no spark #4unless jump spark VIN: WDBTJ65J25 has spark current only when spark plug wire held away from spark plug |
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| 2013 Nissan Rogue S 2.5L ATF Temperature Sensor VIN: JN8AS5MV2D I checked the CVT fluid after the car was dropped off and it was still somewhat warm; it looked to be about 2 quarts low on the dipstick. But the specs I have say that the fluid should be 122 to 176 degrees Fahrenheit. My scanner tells me only how many vol... |
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| 2014 Other Asian FE160 3.0L MIL Lamp on, Reduced Power VIN: JL6BPH1A7E I hate to use a tech help request on this. I was hoping someone has some kind of translation for these codes. Either into Pxxxx format or some kind of description. The scanner I used is a Maxisys CV. I attempted to research these codes on Mitchell Truck an... Trouble codes: 6DF1F, E6041, 7BF1F |
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| 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 3.8L No Start, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G2WP52K43 I have a 2003 grand prix here with a po120 and po420. The car will occasionally not start hot untill it sits for a few minutes, and they say it occasionally lacks alot of power. The fuel trims are -12 to -14 even when hot. I have driven the car hard, got i... |
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| 2007 Sterling Acterra 7.0L System Charge We have owners, maintenance and all shop repair manuals for this truck. AC charge sticker is off motor and charge quantity is not listed in manuals. We called local Freightliner/Starling dealer in Phoenix, AZ, and they are too busy - which I understand. An... |
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| 2012 Subaru Forester X 2.5L compressor VIN: JF2SHBBC1C ok suby folks I am chasing my tail on this car and it is making me want to go into underwater basket weaving rather automotive. this car came in with a bad compressor clutch. had power and no engagement, wacked with hammer and it engaged... clear cut probl... |
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| 2004 Suzuki XL-7 LX 2.7L Shift Solenoid VIN: JS3TX92V24 Found these codes. Removed connector at transmission. Found the 2 pins corroded off and stuck in engine harness side of connector. No new parts are available. I can't come up with solution for engine side of connector. I've found used trans for $100 that I... |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L front snub mount VIN: WVWPD63BX3 This 1.8 has vibrations at various times. I see that the front center engine mount-snub mount- is completely gone. No rubber cushion whatsoever. How hard is it to change this cushion? I wee where the metal cage seems to come off easily, but what about the ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2003 Acura CL Type-S 3.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 19UYA42613 We did adjust all the valves and found several intake valves loose and a couple exhaust valves loose as well. After adjustment vehicle ran better but still has the valve timing anomaly with the Px script. Customer has been driving for a week and has not return... Trouble codes: 721, 731, 741, 751. |
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| 2011 Audi Q5 Premium Plus 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WA1DKAFP9B Thanks for everyone?s help, Bill and John you were right on. We could watch fuel pressure on scanner rapidly fall after turning car off. We removed spark plugs and looked at cylinders with a scope and could see 4 pistons washed down clean. I felt we had at le... Trouble codes: P0304, P0303, P0306 (Misfire 6 cylinder), P0305 (Misfire 5 cylinder), P219F, P21A1. |
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| 2015 BMW X3 xDrive28d 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5UXWY3C53F So turns out this car is a certified preownwed so it gets BMW's !00,000 mile warranty,Funny cause we suspected this was a warranty issue but the first time we called our local dealer they said no. Moving along we found the scr injector in the exhaust system wa... Trouble codes: 2C4E0, 26FD0. |
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| 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4.7L engine VIN: 3D7HU18NX2 New fan clutch fixed this. I went to replace it on Saturday when I was doing everything else, but part supplier could not get it until Monday and I figured I could just throw it on as I don't have to breach the cooling system. As I stated though, before I le... |
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| 2003 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L Output Shaft Speed Sensor VIN: 2FAHP71W13 This vehicle is down the road, as yet not fixed. I counted the teeth opposite the OSS sensor, and found 24. I told the customer that the problem seems to be that there are 24 exciter teeth in the trans. gear, while the computer expects the sensor output that ... |
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| 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty Harley-Davidson Edition 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTNW21P84 well I guess I will called this one fixed "again" I cleaned out sensor hole and cleaned mounting surface. closed contacts in sensor plug, was unable to find pcm plug so I cleaned out and greased and truck has been gone for a week and a half with no issues that... |
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| 2006 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L no start VIN: 1FTWW33P86 After diagnosing, verifying compression, replacing all 8 injectors, both stand tubes, both dummy plugs, both fuel filters, and oil and filter the truck ran great for about 10 miles, then lost #6 injector. i did a koer test and it came back with a #6 balance co... |
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| 1998 Mazda B4000 SE 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4F4ZR17X3W Thanks for all the information! One thing I noticed on test drive was this 4.0L engine had NO POWER, a Geo Metro would blow our doors off! under load at highway speeds this truck wouldn't get out of it's own way! We started from scratch and re checked fuel pre... Trouble codes: P0171 (Fuel trim lean bank 1), P0174 (Fuel trim lean bank 2). |
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| 1975 Mercedes-Benz 450SL 4.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1070441202 Thanks to all you veterans of the D jetronic system! We double checked fuel pressure and indeed it was around 2 bar. Injectors not leaking, timing right on the money and advance working well too. Steve mentioned total advance of 30 degrees, Yup. THEN a close i... |
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| 2009 Nissan Murano LE 3.5L a/c compressor VIN: JN8AZ18W99 Performed some more tests: Unplugged evap sensor and put a resistance equal to 30 deg, the compressor stayed on all the time up until it started to act up, so the evap sensor is not the cause of the problem. Hooked up the gages again and monitored, when it was... |
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| 2010 Pontiac Vibe GT 2.4L transmission shifting VIN: 5Y2SR6E05A This Toyota uses 2 communication lines for speedometer, both start from EBCM and wheel speed sensors. Speedometer reads VSS of the CAN bus line. PCM, BCM, TPM and sun roof all receive there signal off a violet colored wire. Here is how it works. Instrument c... |
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| 2011 Smart Fortwo Passion 1.0L Starter VIN: WMEEJ3BAXB We have narrowed it down to the Crank Sensor Connector being the issue. Currently replacing it and then retesting. So far, so good! |
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| 2007 Suzuki Forenza 2.0L a/c VIN: KL5JD56Z17 As I suspected we should have just never offered to do the used compressor. Told the customer only fix is to replace everything except evaporator and flush system. They chose not to repair at this time. |
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