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| 1972 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L Brake VIN: 1237K2S502 this customer is battling brake pull for some time and apprently no shop was able to control the pull and i got this corvette.customer has replaced 4 calipers,rotors,master cylinder.but still have pulling to the left briefly when brake is applied.at high s... |
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| 2012 Dodge Avenger SXT 2.4L Cluster VIN: 1C3CDZCB4C The customer came in with the complaint of the cluster gauges going max off grid (I conformed). The customer stated he took his car to the dealer for a airbag recall where a air bag module was replaced. The owner stated when he dropped the car off everythi... |
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| 2013 Ford F650 XLT 6.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3FRNX6FC3D Checked out this just bought truck. Has a hard code "0641" wastegate controller. I removed the turbo from truck to clean it, and reinstalled it with all new gaskets/seals etc... Shaft is tight, and VGT arm is(and was)moving freely. The actuator was non fun... Trouble codes: 0641 (Turbo actuator) |
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| 2013 Ford Escape SEL 1.6L noise on acceleartion VIN: 1FMCU9HX8D When accelerating the car will whine only when pressing the gas, does not seem to be turbo related. Loudest at transmission and transfer case (new transfer case ptu did not fix it!) Seems like it is input shaft related since sometimes you hear it when putt... |
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| 2015 Ford F-150 Lariat 3.5L Steering gear VIN: 1FTEW1EG4F Hey folks! I’m trying to get some help here about a TSB that I’m unable to find online or on my software. The TSB is SSM 46210 which is related to the steering system making some kind of noises. Customer complains about intermittent hard steering but i did... |
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| 1991 Jaguar XJS Classic Collection 5.3L Differential VIN: SAJTW5844M This is my own personal car , the problem is its a dog out of the hole it will do 150mph all day long but takes a week to get there , so it has a salisbury rear end some have a Danna 44 (I tried to get some Danna 44's out of junk yards from jaguars but whe... |
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| 2008 Subaru Forester X 2.5L Clutch VIN: JF1SG63698 Ok this is strange to me, this car came in with a complaint that there is a noise when in reverse (backing up), specially when going over bumps. Before i go forward i found that when the clutch is applied and car is in neutral, the brakes are applied! even... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 Audi A4 2.0L leakinf flange VIN: WAUDF78E06 Thanks to all that replied to my post.After advising the customer about the risks of repairing an engine with such high miles(I basically told her that I was not comfortable repairing it for fear of something else failing in the near future).She thought about... |
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| 2004 Ford Thunderbird 3.9L Harsh R and 3rd shift. No slipping. VIN: 1FAHP60A84 This is a fix from: Salim Safran Owner/Engineer Transmissions 4 Less Co of America Chicago, Illinois, USA This is the link to the iATN Transmission Forum discussion I had with him about this problem: This is a fix that is going to take ... |
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| 2006 Ford Focus ZX4 2.0L turn signals VIN: 1FAFP34N36 Thank you to all who replied, the GEM module was a new OE part it had the exact same symptoms as the original module, no turn signals and no brake lights also no comm. I went back over everything and all of my pin voltages were the same. So on a hunch I pul... |
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| 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Limited 4.0L codes VIN: 1FMEU5DE4A did a power and ground tst to pcm, had to replace the engine control Module due to internal failure. the truck no runs well . Trouble codes: P0053, P0053, P0053, P0053, P0053, P0053. |
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| 2010 Jeep Compass Sport 2.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4NT4FB2A I replaced the crank sensor. I put in new Champion spark plugs, and tossed out the Denso plugs that someone else put in. I put the old coils back in, cleared the PCM, and test drove it. Same problem. The 2 wires leading up to the #1 coil were stuck together, a... Trouble codes: P0301 (Cylinder 1 misfire), P0315 (Crankshaft Position Variation Not Learned), P0335 (Crankshaft Position Sensor Circuit A). |
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| 2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 5.0L Stall VIN: SALSF2D42B thanks to all who replied, though no codes, pressures read fine, problem turned out to be low fuel pressure sensor |
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| 2007 Nissan Maxima SL 3.5L Cuts out VIN: 1N4BA41E57 I went back in my mind the 'basics' I knew from before,this car has wrong plugs it it. (At least not OE) The fact that the buck is harsh, I was thinking coil related. Also trac control, as suggested. The incorrect plugs were wearing on me. I elected to start w... |
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| 2007 Saturn Relay 1 3.9L Crank relearn OK, I have fixed this vehicle. Well the part I was trying to fix. Upon removal and replacement of the original CKP the block was visually inspected and a wire brush and some sand paper was used to clean the block. Visually it was acceptable. Due to complicatio... |
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| 2005 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4.7L Hesitation VIN: 5TDBT44A55 It?s been almost three weeks since I installed the SAIS bypass, and all is well. I am going to consider this fixed. Thanks for all the help. Jason suggested to check if Toyota was extending the warranty for SAIS as they have for Lexus. I checked with the l... |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L No Start VIN: WVWPD63BX4 Thanks to all who responded. All responses were correct. Replacing the purge valve fixed the problem. |
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