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| 2001 BMW 740iL 4.4L Fuse 114 VIN: WBAGH83491 Hi all in IATN land. Thanks for taking time to check out my post. Car came in as a no crank. Found bad starter. Wire was fryed between solenoid and motor. It was an OE starter. Replaced starter and all was well. 2 weeks later it comes in as a no crank. No ... |
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| 2003 BMW 530i 3.0L a/c VIN: WBADT61093 Hello Friends, I have this e39. The client reports that the is not cooling enough. Chekcing inside the vehicle, it has 70 °F at the center grill but on the left and right grills it has 44 °F. Checked A/C pressures, 30 psi at low side 200 psi at high side, ... |
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| 2006 BMW M3 3.2L No Start VIN: WBSBL93476 Hi guys. I have this E46 M3 that won't start every 2 weeks. Cranks and stops. Sets a code 90 in the DME for anti-tampering protection. Upon realigning DME-EWS starts and works fine for another 10 days or two weeks. The other code is sets is code 82 in the ... Trouble codes: 82 (DME EWS3.3 Anti-tampering protection.), 82 (DME EWS3.3 Anti-tampering protection.) |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Express 1500 4.3L EVAP Monitor VIN: 1GCFG15XX9 This one is really stumping me. I had this van in for a DriveClean failure for the two codes listed. I did my usual EVAP system check over to make sure all it needed was the Canister Vent Valve, everything else was flowing and sealing the way it should be.... Trouble codes: P0158 (O2 Sensor Circuit High Voltage Bank 2 Sensor 2), P0449 (Evaporative Emission System Vent Valve/Solenoid Circuit) |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LS 2.4L start and stall VIN: 1G1ZB5E00C Hi All. We have a car that broke down on the road with a crank, start and stall issue. code P0011 "intake camshaft position system range performances" was stored and I have never seen this cause an issue that would not allow me to not drive the car. I chec... Trouble codes: P0011 |
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| 2010 Dodge Caliber SXT 2.0L Hesitation VIN: 1B3CB4HA4A Hello everyone,this caliber is kicking my behind,car came in on a hook,scan the system two codes P2101,P2110 throttle not responding so we replaced the throttle body with proper relearn procedure,.but it did not help,we decided to replace pcm got it progra... |
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| 2013 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 6.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FT7X2B69D This vehicle will misfire on cylinders #3 and #5 only when accelerating at higher rpms. It is hard to feel these misfires but they count up on the scan tool. One odd thing is both cylinders count almost the same amount.The owner says it acts up a lot when ... Trouble codes: P160A, P0303, P0305 |
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| 2002 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1HGCG16532 This vehicle came in with a hot start concern. After a hot soak, it is hard to start and runs very poor for a half minute or so. I have diagnosed this same issue on other V6 Hondas with the fuel boil / vapor lock issue, which there is a TSB for. The issue ... |
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| 2015 Hyundai Genesis 3.8 3.8L Charging VIN: KMHGN4JEXF Hello Everyone, I have a Hyundai Genesis that is showing a Battery Discharge Warning message intermittently. Used my Autel Scanner to run a full scan of all modules and no fault codes return. The battery and alternator test Good. I was wondering if anyone ... |
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| 2008 Kia Optima LX 2.4L mil lamp VIN: KNAGE12378 Second time posting...Please read entire post. vehicle came in with mil light on with P0011. rough running, etc.. see repair above "repair history" Runs great cam desired and actual positions now perfect. used factory Kia parts ...now the problem... ... |
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| 2001 Lexus IS300 3.0L MIL Lamp on, no throttle control VIN: JTHBD182X1 The car has been to three other shops. Those shops butchered his wiring harness at the throttle position sensor, throttle control motor, and the accelerator position sensor. I repaired everything using solder, heat shrink tubing, new electrical terminals a... Trouble codes: P1128 (Throttle motor lock) |
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| 2008 Lexus GS350 3.5L no start, no power VIN: JTHCE96S88 Car towed in, no start, no crank. Vehicle had been driven by customer, parked, power button pushed to restart, dash lights came on like normal, no engine crank. Cust cycled switch off/on once, now no light on in power button (green or amber) & no dash ligh... |
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| 2011 Mini Cooper Countryman 1.6L Hesitation, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: WMWZB3C53B Having lots of trouble with this Mini Cooper, DTC-2B5C AIR MASS PLAUSIBILITY. So we first started testing for air leaks, fuel pressure. No air leaks, and no oil leaks, Fuel pressure in spec, so we installed a new air mass meter. Clear dtc and road test, Fi... Trouble codes: 2B5C |
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| 2002 Nissan Altima S 2.5L ignation VIN: 1N4AL11E22 no start, fuel pulse is good, replace the crank sensor still no spark. checked the wiring it's good. |
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| 2005 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4.0L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5N1AR18W85 Car came in last week with the customer complaint of an intermittent no start. started everytime for us so we shipped it. came back this week on the hook. will not start. cranks fine.scanner shows p0420-cat efficiency code and o2 heater code. would not pop... Trouble codes: P0420, P |
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| 2017 Nissan Altima S 2.5L occupant detection sensor VIN: 1N4AL3AP7H Vehicle came in with airbag light, code B00A0. Found rear occupant detection sensor was cracked, most likely someone's foot or the garbage that was all in the car that broke it. Dealer tried to sell me entire seat but I found the part number for the sensor... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2009 Audi A3 2.0L Transmission VIN: WAUHF78P49 RECOMMENDATIONS/THOUGHTS FROM OTHER -Problems with the DSG (or DSMT) usually are: (1) clutch failure; (2) Mechatronic (TCM, Transmission Control Module) failure. The transmission doesn?t usually have any problems. -Mechatronic unit can get fluid contaminati... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Equinox LS 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2CNDL13F07 so the fix in the end turned out to be that the brand new MAF we put in wasnt very good, replaced it again and it only changed the grams per second of air by .3 which was enough to run a lean code Trouble codes: P0171. |
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| 1998 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L running lights VIN: 1B7MF3360W Hi everyone Bob and others were correct I was losing power on an input intermittently. the red/pink wire had power until I pulled on the harness and then it would lose power. This is the #1 fuse like you guys mentioned however this had a 20 amp fuse in it n... |
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| 1995 Ford E-150 Econoline 5.8L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FDEE14H1S i want to thank everyone who has replied. after the tests already mentioned i began to looka t injectors and or base engine concern. performed compression test and all cylinders were around 150 psi. so i ran an running compression test and snap throttle. no is... |
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| 1995 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer 5.0L tcc VIN: 1FMEU15N1S Thanks for all the suggestions. We replaced the ecm again and all seems ok. Also replaced the battery. I was unable to arrive at a conclusion other than blaming the reman ecm that failed 2 times. Time will tell if this will happen again. I will post again if i... |
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| 2014 Ford Fusion Titanium 2.0L Stall VIN: 3FA6P0D92E thankyou fred and tim as i suspected it being a normal condition and you can actually go in the vehicles settings to change the duration of the timer.. glad i posted this so i didnt waste too much time.. thanks to everyone Trouble codes: P18C0, 00087. |
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| 2002 Honda CR-V EX 2.4L Hydraulic system VIN: JHLRD77892 The excessive pedal travel was being caused the right front flex hose. It had no visible external cracks, blisters or leaks. We isolated each corner of the car one by one by plugging the ABS unit output ports. This was a very odd situation that caused a pedal ... |
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| 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4FA54169 Thank you for all the great replies.The cannister on the filler neck is a vent and does bleed to the atmosphere.To leak test the system,remove the large hose from the ESIM and pinch off the rubber hose to the vent.Smoke test at the hose will test the entire sy... Trouble codes: P0456 (small leak in evap.system). |
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| 2008 Kia Optima LX 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: KNAGE12378 have fixed the airbag light. disconnected tpms module. swapped pcm(had same issue) used snapon zeus, and verus, matco launch and a handheld scanner. no codes in any other modules now. checked all powers and grounds to pcm. removed cluster and substituted 1... |
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz GL450 4Matic 3.0L N10/8 location VIN: 4JGDF6EE4F Thank you for the information. A pinpoint is what I needed and is what I received from two gentlemen. The N10/8 is mounted to the RH rear wheel bulge, just under the interior RH side trim. Removal of the third row to access was not needed. The trim moves away ... |
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| 2005 Toyota Prius 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTDKB20U25 Like everyone said, it just required a lot of effort to get it to bleed out properly. Trouble codes: P1151 (Coolant Heat Storage Tank.). |
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