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| 1999 Audi A4 2.8L drivetrain VIN: WAUED28D4X This car has a slight rumble/vibration, more felt than heard, that comes and goes. It seems more pronounced at 34 mph but can also be felt at stop in gear with engine running. New motor mounts (tranny mounts seem fine) didn't help. Can I remove driveshaft ... |
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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Engine VIN: WAUDF78EX7 Customer complaint was, blue and white smoke on acceleration,engine running rough, no check engine lite on roadtested vehicle, it does blow smoke bad, engine runs rough, not much power, scan vehicle, p0300,p0301, p2177,knock sensor code 00808, removed spar... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.8L starter VIN: 1GCEC19V64 Hello friends this truck was towed into my shop with a no crank condition,checked battery terminals, ok tried another battery, new off shelf. scaned for codes and found 5 current P0161 o2 sensor2/2 circuit P0740 TCC ckt. open P0753 shift sol.A P0785 shift ... |
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| 2005 Chrysler 300 C 5.7L compression VIN: 2C3JA63H65 Car towed in no start , has been sitting for the last 7months ,(when it broke down )he said he overheated bad temp pegged , and it stopped ,and it would never start again , but in his words it tried too , we put a battery in, cranked it back fire's out of ... |
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| 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 5.7L Misfire VIN: 1D7HU18D44 Sometimes truck runs like a champ -- sometimes runs like me - like it is old and decrepit. When in bad state all of bank 2 has random missing equally but no dead misses. Runs "OK" under load even when bad at idle. Smells rich when bad. When it goes back... Trouble codes: P0300 (Intermittent but when it does it 2/4/6/8 equally miss not dead miss) |
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| 2003 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Misfire VIN: 1FTSW30P53 ford 6.0 came in stalling issue and surging on freeway and misfires tech found injector pressure sensor code for low circuit and leaking oil throw connector so it was fixed that seems to fix our stalling and surging truck also would loose a cylinder at a s... |
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| 2005 Ford Escape XLS 2.3L battery VIN: 1FMYU02Z85 Parasitic draw 210 mamps. Pulled all fuses, relays, circuit breakers in passenger fuse panel and power distribution box and could get the draw to drop to 136 mamps when I pulled passenger box f7 (instrument cluster, diagnostic connector, power mirror switc... |
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| 2006 Ford F-150 XLT 4.2L MIL Lamp fuel trims VIN: 1FTRF12206 P0171 was intermittent at first, now trips as pending anytime after code cleared/kam cleared. Easily repeatable when engine HOT and is restarted. Also P2195 sometimes triggers (pending) too. When graphing bank 1 stft it will slowly climb to 53%, the... Trouble codes: P0171 (bank 1 sensor 1 lean), P2195 (02 bank 1 sensor 1 biased lean) |
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| 2007 Honda Element SC 2.4L MIL Lamp on, VTEC limp in mode VIN: 5J6YH17957 New customer, came in with complaint of engine going into Trouble codes: P2646 |
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| 2012 Honda Fit DX 1.5L ignition This is the second Honda Fit we have seen in two weeks. Spark plugs are not supposed to be replace until 105K this vehicle has 44500 and number two spark plug loosen up and damaged the threads and coil pack. Has anyone else seen this and why isn't Honda wa... |
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| 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 5.7L rear shocks VIN: 1J4RR6GT3B rear shocks leaking |
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| 2009 Mini Cooper S Clubman 1.6L Fuse Box VIN: WMWMM33559 so to all my bmw/mini enthusiast i have a great on here. so this mini cooper really goes crazy when it is parked under the sun and the sun is directly on it. the passenger side fuse box internal relays start flickering when putting the vehicle on ACC. and ... |
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| 2003 Oldsmobile Alero GL 2.2L NO START hot sometim VIN: 1G3NL52F83 vehical issue was when was driven and parked in hot sun would roll over and not start. did have a security code replaced lock cylinder housing gm part. still had a problem got vehical back had fuel guage hooked finely got to not start had only 35 fuel psi ... |
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| 2012 Ram 3500 Laramie 6.7L Output Shaft Signal VIN: 3C7WDTCLXC Got all the wiring fixed and took for a test drive. VERY harsh shift and when it goes into third goes into limp mode and sets P0722 - no output shaft speed sensor. Looked at wiring again and found both wires to sensor broken. Soldered those and now when I ... |
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| 2015 Subaru WRX 2.0L Multi Function Display VIN: JF1VA1F68F Hey Everyone: This vehicle has two display screens on the Multi-function display. The right screen works and displays vehicle distance and mileage data. The left display is supposed to display A/C mode data.This screen does not operate. the two power suppl... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2004 Acura MDX 3.5L Misfire VIN: 2HNYD18234 2 part problem here. First was fuel contamination drained tank put in good fuel. Misfires went away. Then had air system leak code. Fuel trim very high. Cleaned t body. Relearned idle. Cleared code. All good. Thanks to all of you for your generous help. Trouble codes: P2176, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P0306. |
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| 2012 BMW X5 xDrive35i 3.0L Hesitation, Lack of power VIN: 5UXZV4C57C Well I called the customer and he says the problem is no longer there. I think his wife is driving it like a cruiser (it does have bling wheels) and the problem still exists but they just don't want to deal with it. Most advice seemed to be based on getting th... |
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| 1994 Chevrolet Blazer 5.7L Vin VIN: 1GNEK18K1R Thanks to all that helped. Now that I know the build date that helps a lot. My main issue is I wanted the antique tag cause you only pay for them once and not every year and also to get away from having to have it inspected. The inspection is an issue because ... |
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| 1998 Chevrolet C2500 Suburban 7.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation VIN: 1GNGK26J9W Thanks for the help team! My long term fuel trims were up near 20 and would come down as I sprayed carb cleaner around intake. Replaced intake gasket and runs good. |
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| 2004 GMC C7500 Topkick C7C042 7.8L No Start VIN: 1GDJ7C1354 I had the customer take the truck to a diesel shop. The customer is nearly clueless about what was done, "They tried one thing and it didn't work, but they did a couple of other things. Maybe the pump. It cost a lot" So it runs, but I can't tell you why. Tha... |
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| 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion Cabrio 1.0L TCM relay VIN: WMEEK3BA6D Mitchell schematic diagram shows A relay but it appears to be integrated in the SAM fuse box. Code never return after we replaced the very weak battery. Code may have been triggered by a weak battery |
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| 2001 Toyota Tacoma 3.4L front end VIN: 5TEHN72N01 bent frame was issue...vehicle is going on frame rack to get pulled |
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| 2002 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4.7L vsc, traction control VIN: 5TDBT48AX2 Well when all was said, and done we were correct in our diagnosis that it was just a bad yaw rate sensor. However it took us 9 attempts to re-calibrate the steering angle sensor. The first 5 times we attempted to do it via our snap-on solus with no success. We... |
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| 2004 Toyota Prius 1.5L keyless remotes VIN: JTDKB22U24 Was sent to dealer to do reseed and none of the remotes would work still. Replaced Smart key control unit and program 2 new remotes tested system to start with fob inside pocket key is recognized wirelessly and starts the vehicle |
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| 2008 Toyota Sienna CE 3.5L A/C Compressor Wont Kick On VIN: 5TDZK23C18 THIS ONE IS KICKED MY ASS. I SAW IT AS A CHALLENGE,THE CUSTOMER WANTED FAST RESULTS. HE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS QUOTED ABOUT $3,500. HE ENDED UP TRADING IN FOR A NEW ONE. |
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