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| 2002 Cadillac Seville STS 4.6L Monitor not ran VIN: 1G6KY54922 This vehicle will not run the Catalytic converter test. It has been driven over 1000 miles and the owner knows the correct procedure for making the monitor run. I have driven this car at least 200 miles too. There are 3 DTC test that show in the not run sc... |
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| 2005 Cadillac STS 3.6L No Start VIN: 1G6DW677X5 I have a 2005 STS that ran out of gas. The customers son poured water in the fuel tank from an old gas can. I got the water out. Now the starter probably ran longer than it's use to because of the water as he tried to start it, but it works. And I tried to... |
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| 1988 Chevrolet Corvette 35th Anniversary Edition 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1YY2183J Hi all in IATN land. I need some confirmation or other tests to repair this Vette. I have monitored the voltage on the burn off circuit, 12 volt supply circuit and the sens circuit. Burn off and supply go to 12 volts during burn off. Sens circuit goes to 4... Trouble codes: 36 (Burn off code) |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L No Communication w/ PCM VIN: 1GNEL19X84 Van came in on the hook. Quit while driving down the road. No fuel pump operation. No Spark. Codes as above (U1255, U1016) from BCM, ABS). No scanner communication with PCM, but can scan the BCM, AirBag, ABS. No codes showing up on the IPC. Potential at th... |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 WT 4.3L MIL on VIN: 1GCEC14X89 GM Trans techs! thanks in advance. I normally would not attempt this on a 200k mile vehicle, but this fleet truck is very well maintained.as are All of this company's vehicles. They last well over 250k I am trying to replace the input speed sensor on this ... |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L No Start VIN: 1G1ZC5EB9A Towed in, starts but shuts right back off, no codes. Loses injector pulse after start up, if feed carb cleaner will stay running. After searching iatn, found similar problem, if unplug intake cam sensor will start and run, the fix was timing chains off. Pu... |
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| 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Express 3.6L Starting VIN: 2D4RN4DG2B Hello to all. We have this Dodge that will not start, will not give the key back and does not show on cluster that you are in park or neutral. It will show reverse and drive. So it will not start. I have checked WCM and it sees it going into park. I have v... |
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| 2004 Ford Mustang 3.9L alternator VIN: 1FAFP40674 Replace with new ford OEM did starting test charging at 13.87v car ran for less than 2 min alternator gets so hot you can not touch it about 150deg did not want to run too long so not to BURN UP NEW ALT. |
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| 2008 Ford Expedition XLT 5.4L Blower motor VIN: 1FMFU16578 Blower Motor does not work at all. The controller is not grounding the Violet/green wire from the blower relay which then supplies power to the motor and resistor. With everything hooked up if I manually ground that wire the blower motor turns on and all s... |
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| 2011 Ford F-150 Platinum 3.5L bcm VIN: 1FTFW1TCXB alt. drawing 8.02 bcm drawing 11.32 key off. was at ford they could not find a problem so they reflashed. costumer said he went out side one night, saw dash illumination on.truck can go for days ok then one morning dead. disconnect alt power lug draws 8.02... |
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| 1996 GMC Yukon SLE 5.7L no start VIN: 1GKEK13R4T Vehicle towed into shop after sitting for several months. C/S it had a sputtering issue, felt like it would die, had brother in law change cap & rotor, also changed igntion pickup (empty parts box was in car). After this it never started and ran. Cranks fi... |
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| 2014 Kia Soul ! 2.0L Battery, Headlights, Instrument Cluster VIN: KNDJP3A50G This is My wifes car, we live in an apartment and i havent had time or a decent place to tear into the car. The battery keeps going dead when left unstarted for 2 or more days. With a charged battery i put a current probe on the neg cable and saw no excess... |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L Suspension VIN: WDBSK75FX3 Customer came in with a suspension leak, found accumulator on left side front by door was leaking unit was cracked. After replacing accumulator and toping off the fluid the car will not rise, we cannot do the rodeo, and none of the other fuctions will work... |
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| 2005 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5N1AR18W15 The scanner will communicate with various different modules in this Pathfinder but communication only last for about 1 minute. After turning key off and on, scanner will communicate for about 1 minute but loss communication again. Using a dual trace lab sc... Trouble codes: U1000 (CAN communication line) |
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| 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GL 1.8L a/c compressor belt VIN: 1VWDC0175E Need to know how to adjust belt on a York compressor. No info on adjustment in Mitchell or online...Help please.. |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 Audi A6 3.2L Seals VIN: WAUAH74F58 Thank You all for the replies, it was very helpful. After the responses we test the crank case pressure and sure enough the gauge was pegged. We removed the intake and the PCV Valve sure enough was original. We replaced the PCV valve and the crank case pressur... |
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| 2004 BMW 530i 3.0L short VIN: WBANA73584 Thanks for all your replies. I'm sorry I have to close this out without fix. I believe their was enough info from you to figure this out. However, I got busy & haven't had time to get back on solving the problem. He sold the car to me which bought me time. I w... Trouble codes: E104 (Inst krombi), D904 (Cas), D944 (Dwa), D9C4, E2C4, E584 (Kbm). |
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| 1993 Chevrolet C1500 Silverado 5.7L temp gauge I have ordered a used gauge cluster to replace the original. This should take care of the gauge sitting way below cold problem. I went ahead and just used the standard TS253 and corresponding pigtail because its resistance cold was very close to the original o... |
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| 2007 Ford Expedition XLT 5.4L transmission Turns out this was a bad rebuilt unit. That is why the range sensor showed it was in Low gear all of the time and the starter wouldn't turn over. The company sent the shop another rebuilt transmission and all is well. I spoke with a friend of mine who has b... |
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| 2011 Ford Explorer Limited 3.5L steering wheel air bag VIN: 1FMHK7F88B The video supplied in the response helped. After getting the air bag off I could see what was happening. SO- when doing this use a LONG 9/64 allen wrench in the outside hole. When inserted, there is a plastic guide slot a little further in that helps the allen... |
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| 2013 Ford Fusion SE 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3FA6P0HR7D thanks to all that replied, mike you hit this one on the head. had to go to ford to have recall done and install coolant level sensor and veh. is all good. thanks to everyone for your very insightful thoughts. thanks again Trouble codes: B26B7, P018C, P1299. |
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| 2001 Honda Civic LX 1.7L No Start VIN: 1HGEM215X1 I want to thank everyone for all your help. at the end I found the crank sensor to be bad. now! I had replaced the crank sensor twice before with two different brands and this last time I got one from the Diller and boom!! works. I just find very interesting t... |
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| 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 5.7L o cold air VIN: 1J8HR58298 owner of vehicle had to take the jeep for a day because of a previously scheduled trip.upon returning,he stopped by my shop.i assumed he was dropping it off again so i could resolve the issue with a/c.he said he was just cruising along with a/c on,stating that... |
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| 2009 Mazda CX-7 Touring 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM3ER29369 There were 2 issues with this car. One: I replaced the downstream O2 sensor, and MIL went off, no more codes. Thanks to one member, who stated that even the downstream O2 shows good values, it can still set the MIL. Two: the car still failed at full throttle, ... Trouble codes: P2178 (System Too Rich Off Idle), P2188 (System Too Rich at Idle). |
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz S550 4.6L Cassette VIN: WDDNG7DB2C This is a winner and no one except a local dealer just did one and charged 15.0 hours. The dealer across town said 20.0 hrs. The Alldata time isn't correct, that time is for a regular sunroof. The extended warranty company stepped up from the Alldata time to t... |
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| 2010 Toyota Camry SE 2.5L A/c dont blow cold VIN: 4T1BF3EK4A Thanks Y'all for the input! After flushing the evap core by itself, I got nearly normal pressures and an evap temp of 39 on a lower fan speed. The center vent got down to 62 while driving around at 98 outside. I'm convinced the evaporator core still is a prob... |
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