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| 2002 Acura RL Premium 3.5L Parasitic drain VIN: JH4KA966X2 Doing this at home for a friend. Owner bought this car new. He has a 96-01 Acura RL service manual that I am using. He did a little leg work. He doesn't drive this car much. If it sits a week, the battery will be dead. He pulled fuse 56, labeled back up/ra... |
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| 2007 BMW 750i 4.8L Electronic VIN: WBAHL83587 Hello guys. Thanks for reading. Working on this *bm trouble you * here. With traction light on and i has been trace it for 3-4 days. This is a owner vehicle. Dtc is 5f0e= dsc rotation sensor, can fault. It is on passenger seat. 4 wires connect to it . Good... |
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| 2008 BMW X3 3.0si 3.0L Mechanical VIN: WBXPC93458 Customer came in wanting to sell this truck to another party, but it had a bad lifter tick. Customer wanted to fix it before selling it. My boss steps in and purchases it while it's torn apart in my bay. At least I'm not in a time crisis here. So I inst... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Z71 5.3L Axle seal VIN: 3GNEK13T72 Got what I thought was gonna be an easy axle seal leak but I can't seem to get the seals sorted out. Sourced a seal upon approval (SKU PTO 742A042). Yanked the leaking one off and grabbed the new one. Straight outta the box it's clearly the wrong seal (OD/... |
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| 2009 Dodge Ram 2500 SXT 6.7L Transmission VIN: 3D7KS29L89 This Is My Landlords Personal Truck. Ive Been working on it For Years. I Throws a P0770 4C Solenoid Code & Goes Into Limp Mode Inttermittly. I Removed The Transmission emmission Wiring Harnes Tested & Inspected It. I Checked I Over to the PCM & TIPM. I Rep... |
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| 1999 Ford E-350 Super Duty 6.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FDWE37S4X We have this 99 Ford e350 with an issue with both banks reading rich. When this vehicle initially came in, it had many more codes in the ECM including P0135, P0141, and P0155 which are all 3 02 sensor heater circuit codes, p1132 and p1152 which is both ups... Trouble codes: P0172, P0175 |
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| 2012 Ford Flex Limited 3.5L Vvt Phaser VIN: 2FMHK6DT9C we replaced all timing components. due to p0016 we confirmed timing error before work started. all factory ford parts were used. problem is this. we got it back together and ran perfect and quiet. BUT as soon as you tip into the throttle the front phaser a... |
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| 2011 Jeep Liberty Sport 3.7L alternator VIN: 1J4PN2GK2B Hi, Came in with customer complaint of "underhood noise" or "growl". Upon inspection the noise was coming from the alternator. Scanner check indicated the Generator Duty Cycle was pretty much at 100%. Did a voltage drop test of the circuits from the batter... |
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| 2010 Nissan Rogue S 2.5L drive train VIN: JN8AS5MV2A This drove in had been to one other shop plus dealer , the dealer said it needed a electric AWD coupler $2342.23 , she took it to another shop who installed a coupling assy electric , $1504.62 other nuts bolts seals etc , she paid them for the parts minus ... |
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| 2011 Nissan Maxima S 3.5L No Start VIN: 1N4AA5AP1B THIS IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE AND I thought this would be a walk in the park but im lost. this car will try to start but not. spark is good injector puls is good and fuel is good. i noticed on the eng RPM IS 0 BUT WHY dose it have injecor puls and spark? ... Trouble codes: P2138, P2138, P2138 |
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| 2014 Ram ProMaster 3500 3.0L Transmission VIN: 3C6URVJD4E installed new clutch and a new actuator, and was hoping for some instructions on how to reprogram the actuator. currently its not shifting. |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle 7.4L master thank you for all you responses. great community as always. In the end it left with good brake pedal and braking. brake light would come on sometimes when you lifted your foot off the pedal. Most i could chalk it up to is mismatch parts causing an imbalanc... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L Misfire VIN: 1GNDS13S62 THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP. YA'LL HAD A LOT OF GOOD POINTS TO CHECK. I ENDED UP PULLING THE HEAD AND I POURED LIQUID IN THE INTAKE PORTS AND SEVERAL WERE LEAKING PRETTY BAD. GM HAS A BULLETIN FOR REPLACING THE HEAD SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. IT NOW RUNS GREAT WITH NO ... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire). |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 WT 4.8L door latch won't open VIN: 1GCEK14C68 Thanks for all the ideas. I tried most of them but ended up cutting an access panel into the trim and door metal around the latch as close as I could get. After beating the @#%&* out of it on the linkage area it finally came loose. Actually I didn't really hav... |
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| 2011 Chrysler Town & Country Touring L 3.6L cluster VIN: 2A4RR5DG5B thank you everyone Chad you were right about checking the bus voltage found out the splice behind the radio was loose. Redid the connection with solder and heat shrink and now everything works great. The idea of the door wiring was a good suggestion I did ch... |
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| 2008 GMC Envoy Denali 5.3L oil pressure VIN: 1GKET63M98 Thank you to all who took time to reply. Drove this truck for 200 miles with mechanical gauge in oil pressure sensor port (Upper) and sensor in lower port with extended harness, pressure was always consistent and equal between 2 gauges (around 30-40 psi). Cust... |
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| 2016 Kia Sorento EX 2.0L Waste Gate Actuator VIN: 5XYPKDA17G I adjusted the rod for the waste gate actuator until it was reading between 3.8 and 4.1 volts. reset the adaptions in the pcm and drove the vehicle to verify repair . thanks for all the replies . especislly ty. |
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| 2006 Lexus IS250 2.5L No Start VIN: JTHBK26246 Thanks for everyone's responses. The vehicle is still not repaired, no vacuum leaks all hoses are properly installed, timing is correct. The engine will run if either is sprayed into engine. It does start but shuts off immediately without so I am thinking fuel... |
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| 2014 Mini Cooper Countryman S 1.6L Electronic VIN: WMWZC3C56E Thank you very much to all you, that took the time to read my notes, this vehicle has been fixed by replacing the blower motor. I checked the voltage on the blower motor connector , while was on max speed, there have full battery voltage, just the motor is tu... |
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| 2005 Volvo S60 R 2.5L Low Brake Pedal VIN: YV1RH52775 I really appreciate the 12 IATN technicians who took the time to offer help. I had bled all 4 brakes with both bleeder screws on each one, and with the hard pedal, it seemed that something was moving and "taking up" the brake fluid that was being pumped ou... |
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