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| 2008 BMW M3 4.0L No Start, Stall VIN: WBSWL93518 Hi All, I'm hoping someone has seen something similar, as of now I am chasing a ghost. Customer complaint is he was driving down the road and the vehicle just flat cut out. He said that the dash and everything went completely dead. Complete electrical f... |
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| 2012 Buick Regal Turbo 2.0L engine VIN: 2G4GU5GV2C This vehicle came to us with what appeared to be a whinning power steering pump. With belt removed from system, the noise continued and appears to be coming from the top of engine area. We removed valve cover for inspection and found nothing abnormal. (Abo... |
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| 2011 Chrysler 200 Touring 2.4L horn VIN: 1C3BC2EB2B horns work when using remote functions (lock, unlock, panic) but not from horn pad. Genisys scanner does not show horn request when horn pad is pressed. Vehicle was test driven to confirm cruise operation. All steering wheel controls work except the horn p... |
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| 2011 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch 6.7L Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1FT8W3BT5B Hey guys, banging my head against the wall on this one. Admittedly I am not as familiar with these as I should be and to make matters worse this truck has had the after-treatment device deleted and it has been tuned. Only recent repairs was a transmission ... |
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| 2014 Ford Focus Titanium 2.0L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FADP3N2XE Car came to us from another shop. When started cold after running 5-10 seconds it will start idling up and down, fluctuating 500 rpm. As vehicle warms up, it does it less dramatically until it goes away. This take about 45-60 seconds. If I spray one squirt... Trouble codes: P2195 (O2 Sensor Biased/Stuck Lean B1S1), P2626 (O2 Sensor Positive Current Trim Circuit/Open B1S1) |
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| 2012 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5L Surge, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5FNRL5H64C Hello.Thanks in advance for help. It is weird one I never experienced. Cust. told Van suddenly lost power and no acceleration. Drove home and start again and all ok but MIL on with Trac. off sign. (I know Trac. sign due to MIL). He visited me and I checked... Trouble codes: P0107 (Map pressure low), P2127, P0420 (Cat efficiency), P0452 (evap pressure sensor low), P0651 (sensor reference volt low), P0522 (engine oil pressure sensor low) |
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| 2007 Mazda 3 i 2.0L evap pump VIN: JM1BK12G57 HI ALL,this car came in with a p2405 code for evap system leak detection pump sense circuit low.i have never seen this code before.looks like the pump may be bad ,but i have no evap test equipment here.has anyone seen this part go bad before,and is the pum... |
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| 2010 Mercedes-Benz C250 2.5L Misfire VIN: WDDGF5CBXA Intermittent misfire only happens after driving and coming to a stop.Engine runs smooth,accelerates smooth until I get to the stop sign,then starts to misfire on cyl 6 or other times cyl 5.Swapping coils and injectors from opposite bank made no change. Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire), P0305 (cyl 5 misfire), P0306 (cyl 6 misfire) |
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| 2010 Mini Cooper 1.6L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: WMWMF3C59A Hi All- thanks for reading this post. This Mini came in with a leaking water pump, and the complaint of misfiring when hot. We initially thought we had a bad coil as the misfire seemed to come and go at times, so the customer opted to replace the water pum... Trouble codes: P0301, P0303 |
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| 2006 Nissan 350Z Touring 3.5L Driver's window VIN: JN1AZ36A96 This vehicle came in for a window motor. When we pulled the driver's interior door panel we found someone had already removed the motor. We replaced the window motor and set the initialization everything seemed to work fine. After a few days after returnin... |
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| 2016 Ram 3500 Laramie 6.7L Air In System VIN: 3C63RRML5G When vehicle got to us the brake pedal went to the floor, we found that master cylinder was full of air, after bleeding master cylinder we found that more air had entered master cylinder. We then performed a factory bleed procedure, and bled the master cyl... |
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| 2003 Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner 2.7L engine VIN: 5TESM92NX3 After installing new head we developed whining noise coming from engine hard to tell where. removed belts no change, unhooked torque convertor bolts no change. listen to oil pump area seems to be coming from back of the motor. sounds like alternator bearin... |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Beetle 2.5 2.5L Unknown VIN: 3VWPG31CX6 Hello to all. I am in the middle of a evaporator job on this Beetle. I removed the heater core and was seperating the case , turned case to access lower screws and heard something roll inside case. Looked down inside of case where heater core goes and saw ... |
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| 1992 Volvo 940 GL 2.3L Maf VIN: YV1JS8813N First of all i want to thank you for taking the time to help me. I have a 1992 volvo 940 gl the car came in for por idle and stalling i disconnect the maf sensor and it seen to run fine i check the codes and it give a maf code after replacing the new maf 3... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 BMW X5 3.0si 3.0L Gear Selector Switch VIN: 5UXFE43508 The vehicle's issue ended up being a faulty starter. Replaced starter and vehicle started with no issue. |
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| 2006 Chrysler 300 C 5.7L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2C3KA63H96 still dies replaced spark plugs even though they were champion still dies rechecked grounds rechecked transmission connector relearned throttle Trouble codes: P0700, U0100. |
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| 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 5.7L No Start VIN: 1D7HA18247 T hanks for the replies.I ended up finding brown wire at c1 broken inside insulation close to terminal.redid terminal and all is well.Thanks again.Mark Trouble codes: P0627. |
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| 2006 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Transmission VIN: 1FTRF14V96 Thanks for all the replies. I had scanned it for codes and there were none. Also did a PCM update which I knew was not going to fix it. Customer opted for a Ford reman transmission as he relies on this vehicle for work. |
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| 2014 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 6.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: A60EEA5393 Well folks I believe this one is fixed. We ordered a replacement set of cats from Ford under warranty, installed them and so far so good. Test drove and set all monitors, no pending codes, rear O2s reading steadily not switching wildly. Thanks for all the help... Trouble codes: P0420 (Catalytic converter below threshold bank 1), P0430 (Catalytic converter below threshold bank 2). |
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| 2013 Lexus GS350 3.5L Unknown VIN: JTHCE1BL3D Hello, Thank you guys from all of your replies, sadly I do not have any resolution for the issue other than I narrowed down to the BCM. Once I unplug the BCM the current draw goes ~80mA, which is a correct drawing. I had to stop the testing because of a need o... |
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| 2006 Nissan Altima S 2.5L radio VIN: 1N4AL11D46 Thanks to all who took the time to respond to my post.After trying all of the suggestions,(even disconnecting battery cables and joining them together for awhile),there was no change at all.I replaced the radio with another from the salvage yard.All is well no... |
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| 2012 Ram 1500 Sport 5.7L No Start VIN: 1C6RD7HT4C Still not fixed but suspect a wiring issue. Had to let this one sit on the sidelines till we have more time for it. Thanks to all who offered their valuable advice. Trouble codes: C2206 (Vehicle configuration missmatch), U0100 (Lost communication with ecm/pcm), U0141 (Lost communication with ipm fcm and tipm). |
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| 2015 Ram 3500 SLT 6.7L Excessive Emissions, Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3C63R3GLXF htanks for the help we replaced the cat converter and two exhaust temp sensors did a forced regen road tested and all good. Trouble codes: P2471, P0471, U059E. |
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| 2010 Subaru Forester X 2.5L differential ? VIN: JF2SH6BCXA the vehicle is fixed,new tires.the next customer that comes in with any all wheel drive,take a closer look at the tires.they weren,t flat spotted but one tire was a different brand and had a bit more tread depth.just enough difference to cause the awd system t... |
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