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| 2007 Audi Q7 Premium 3.6L Liftgate VIN: WA1EY74L37 Rear hatch does not operate. Looking for a little direction on this one. Shop key and Alldata are a bit vague on what controls this function. As far as I can tell it is the motor in the left hinge area that has a control unit built in? It can be controlled... |
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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Unknown VIN: WAUDF78E77 Car came in for smoking out of tailpipe, test drove and seen small amount of blue smoke out the tailpipe, Replaced the valve cover and pcv breather on top of it too. test drove ran good and didn't see any smoke. Customer came back in 200 miles and had to a... |
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| 2012 BMW 740Li 3.0L Accessories VIN: WBAKB4C5XC I have a 2012 BMW f02 chassis ac system doesn't work ,blower motor doesn't work center display doesn't work and also no radio preformed short test of all module all module communicate but there are codes in all the module that say transport mode active I h... |
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| 1998 Chevrolet K1500 Cheyenne 5.7L Starting VIN: 1GCEK19R8W vehicle wont crank. Diagnosed bad security module. Replaced with used module and has open circuit in security module. Salesman at wrecking yard use to be a tech and said you can program the module out of the system. It's an older farm truck and not worth $... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L Air Bag VIN: 1G1ZH57B58 I had a post on this same problem,(4-24-18)but thought I had it fixed. I am new to this type of problem. If I unplug the LF Impact sensor the code B0083 will set. If I unplug the RF sensor the B0084 code will set. You have to drive it several miles before ... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LT 5.3L liftgate release VIN: 1GNSKJE76C replaced the release switch still latch will not release. bcm pids show inactive to active when release switch is pressed. have no voltage on light blue wire at latch assy.and no voltage at fuse 44. fuse 44 receives its voltage from the lift gate relay. gl... |
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| 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L No Start VIN: 3B7KF23ZDY One for you Dodge Pick'em up boyz. Got this 2000 2500 5.9 gas engine pickup. Won't start due to VTSS system has it shut down. Theft system is in Central Timer Module. CTM is DOA. No communication. Powers and grounds good to CTM. Dodge does not carry the CT... |
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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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| 2009 Hyundai Elantra SE 2.0L TPMS light on VIN: KMHDU46D79 The following codes were listed, but I have never seen these codes before, and my management system has no help available. Codes are: C1332 Left front tire C1334 Left rear tire C1335 Right rear tire My tech forgot to write down the description of each code... |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz C280 4Matic 3.0L radio VIN: WDBRF92H27 Need some advice from the Mercedes techs out there. This car came in with no radio reception. after testing the coaxial wiring from the radio to the antenna I thought it must be in the antenna itself or amplifier. Had a glass company replace the rear windo... |
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| 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLK350 3.5L starter VIN: WDBWK58F49 have this fine ride a customer got at salvage auction hit front and rear. it won't crank. the 15 relay is sending power to the starter relay. I can jump the starter relay and it starts. with the das I get a start signal from the ignition switch 50 circuits... |
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz S550 4.6L Turbo VIN: WDDNG7DB2C ..We still do have an engine noise when cold, that sounds like a bad Air Injection pump, but the car doesn't have an Air Injection pump. The noise will happen in the first 60 seconds with the engine stone cold then it goes away. It's coming from the right side... |
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| 1993 Mercury Cougar XR-7 3.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1MEPM6244P Car came out of long storage and supposedly ran well for a short while. Brought to us after started running poorly. Got an old OTC out of the back room and pulled 137 and 173 codes. car running full rich. Fuel pressure good, pressure regulator ok, No vacuu... Trouble codes: 173 (137 -), 137 |
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| 2010 Mini Cooper 1.6L MIL Lamp on, limp mode VIN: WMWMF3C56A Customer says car goes into limp mode has these codes. We have never been able to duplicate the limp mode condition and have watched the cam values on our modis and have never seen any kind of discrepancy between actual and specified. Identifix refers to t... Trouble codes: 2851 (Valvetrronic Servomotor Activation), 2863 (Valvetronic Power limitation) |
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| 2002 Nissan Altima S 2.5L cooling fans VIN: 1N4AL11E02 Hey Nissan Techs! I am personally trying to help i guy down on his luck- he has a 02 Altima 2.5.He called saying his cooling fans stayed on when he shut the car off- they ran till the battery went dead. brought it in- 2 days with no duplication whatsoever.... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2016 Audi Q3 Premium Plus 2.0L Air Flow VIN: WA1EFCFSXG SORRY I HAVE TO CLOSE THIS . BUT THE CUSTOMER HAS NOT BROUUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK IN FOR REPAIRS. BUT I SUSPECT THAT THE ISSUE LIES WITH THE HVAC CONTROL MODULE. IT MOVES ALL THE DOORS TO POSITIONS THAT DO NOT ALLOW AIR FLOW BUT YOU STILL CAN HEAR THE BLOWER BL... |
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| 2005 Dodge Durango SLT 4.7L No Start VIN: 1D4HD48N95 Howdy Y'all, Thanks for your help. The problem was the power feed to the pump. Ran new wire from the idpm to the pump and it is now fixed. I was able to hook up scanner and toggle the fuel pump and did wiggle test(tugging actually). From under the Truck when ... |
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| 1999 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L IDM & Fuel Pump Relays VIN: 1FDXF46F4X Thank you guys for helping out. Found the main connector ontop of the left valve cover was having intermittent issues. Made some repairs and repaired some bad and stripped wiring. Seems to be running fine. |
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| 2007 Ford Five Hundred Limited 3.0L Charging VIN: 1FAHP28137 I want to thank everyone who took the time to help. We finally got the car charging again. We got the dealer to get us another alt. they didn't want to but did and told us something else had to be wrong with the car. After putting the second ford reman alt on ... |
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| 2011 Ford F-450 Super Duty XLT 6.7L pressure transducer and a\c request signal to pcm VIN: 1FD0X4GT8B so this was a fun one for sure. the vehicle was an ambulance (which i don't think i mentioned) this vehicle a\c system was completely bypassed and was in no way controlled by the pcm! they took the vehicle to get painted and when they removed all the lights... |
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| 2014 GMC Sierra 3500 HD WT 6.6L Reverse and Neutral VIN: 1GD322C80E Ok the truck was still under warranty as some of you had said, I feel pretty stupid for not catching that! I don't know yet what the exact repair will be but the GM tech says that he has seen this problem a few times before and it happens after hauling a very ... |
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| 1999 Lexus RX300 3.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: JT6HF10U1X So... Everyone told me to inspect sounds on the back of the plenum. Grounds as in plural. When i inspected the first time I only remembered seeing one, so I rechecked and found a ground eyelet hiding on the bulk head tucked under some brake lines. Re-fit the g... Trouble codes: P0758 (Shift Solenoid Bank 2 circuit fault), P0758 (Shift Solenoid Bank 2 circuit fault). |
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| 2000 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.4L carpet VIN: WP0AA299XY Replace the entire HVAC air distribution case, Heater and evaporator case needed to be replaced, rats came inside and caused a lot of damage to door blades and sealing foam tape, there was a lot of debris accumulated inside the case that we were not able to pr... |
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| 2012 Porsche Cayenne S 4.8L check engine on VIN: WP1AB2A29C This car is not fixed, customer will bring it back - maybe. Thank you all who helped: the main thing would be to look closely for vacuum leaks, catch up on deferred maintenance and check MAF or MAP data, it seems like there is no air mass meter there. Previou... |
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| 2012 Volkswagen Golf TDI 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWNM7AJXC I suppose I should have included the fact that we had already told the customer she needed to go back to the dealer as almost all emission related components including the DPF are covered under an extended warranty...the dealer just completed the recall about ... Trouble codes: P2002 (Particulate trap Bank 1). |
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| 2008 Volvo XC90 3.2 3.2L Fron Wheels VIN: YV4CZ98268 +/- 1.75 camber adjusting bolts, OE Control Arms, and alignment, the problem was 2 fold, the shop that did the original alignment didn't set the toe correctly, and the aftermarket control arms had weak bushings. We replaced the arms with OE arms, and had a eur... |
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