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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 29, 2021 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 2010 Buick Lucerne CXL 3.9L bcm VIN: 1G4HJ5EM2A Good day friends I am working on my own car. Battery goes dead has a draw .It takes about three days to discharge. I did a amp test across the fuses in the panel under the seat I found three fuse that are continually switching from no draw to .05 draw my a... |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LT 2.4L engine I have a 2013 Chevrolet Equinox 2.4 in my shop. We did a new timing chain and head on this suv. It idles fine as soon as you bring up the idle miss fires begin . When you come off idle fast it dies. All the fuel trims are fine . The intake and exhaust desi... |
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| 2012 Chrysler 200 Limited 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1C3CCBCG3C Vehicle presented with MIL lamp, p2096. OBD data showed relatively flat reading on Bank 1 Sensor 2 (rear downstream) 0.4vdc. Multimeter showed 0.4-0.6vdc range. Replaced sensor, OBD continued to read flat. Verified correct voltage range with multimeter at ... Trouble codes: P2096 |
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| 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Low power VIN: 3B7KC23632 Can communicate with pcm but not with ecm tried multiple scanners, checked bus data lines, no codes vehicle low on power new lift pump and vp44 |
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| 1997 Ford Ranger Splash 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1FTCR10AXV OK this truck runs fine, but intermittently will idle rough and run bad. The truck had a lean code in history. The fuel trim numbers are very high, Long term is at 30, and short term jumps around 20, and the O2's are lazy. When you get it to mess up, in wa... Trouble codes: P0171 (Lean exhaust) |
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| 2003 Ford Focus ZX5 2.0L oil leak input VIN: 3FAHP37313 Hello, customer had clutch kit installed with new slave cylinder which mounts onto input shaft and has a seal(2,000 miles ago). Oil leaking at case and oil pan base...its 100% gear oil. We know its from the input but need to confirm if the slave is the act... |
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| 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 1.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: WMEEJ3BA6D Have this Smart car from another shop with a poor idle and codes for evap p0442. The evap test fails when run (Xentry). Also has a code p2188 mixture is too rich at idle. Cleared codes and confirmed it goes rich. Whem the intake was smoke tested there were... Trouble codes: P2188, P0442 |
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| 2013 Subaru Forester X 2.5L Oil pressure VIN: JF2SHABC2D We are working on a 2013 forester 90k all stock one owner that has been well maintained Has a short rod knock on cold start sounds like a dry start Put a manual gauge on it has 10psi on cold start knocks for about 2-3 seconds pressure shoots up to 90psi kn... |
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| 2010 Toyota Sequoia Limited 5.7L Remotes VIN: 5TDJW5G14A Have tried to enter programming mode to add extra remote. Scanned all modules and found no DTCs. Have tried techstream, autel 608 and manual using door lock switch and key. Any ideas would be helpful. I am thinking that the keyless module is locked up or b... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2000 Buick Park Avenue 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G4CW54K0Y We pulled both upper and lower manifolds. All the passages were clear. The customer wasn't always available to leave the car so it's running past IATNs time allotment so I will close this. I will try and give closure ASAP. Thanks to all. Trouble codes: P0401. |
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| 1994 Chevrolet Impala SS 5.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1BN52P0R After much arm wrestling with the aftermarket (any part not OEM) aka autozone, we finally got in another distributor and that fixed it. I have had my fill of these bad parts out of the box. But it is what it is and I want to thank all who replied. Your time an... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ 3.4L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 2CNDL33F08 After all is said and done we fixed it with a 2hour run on a Motor-Vac. We did perform a alcohol in fuel test and all we had was less than 10%. All I can guess is after the battery replacement the fuel trims got reset and the injectors were so plugged that it ... |
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| 2013 Dodge Charger R/T 5.7L Misfire VIN: 2C3CDXCT3D VEHICLE HAS CYLINDER #1 MISFIRE WITH CODE P2302 CYLINDER #1 IONIZATION AND P0301 CYL #1 MISFIRE..SWAPPED #1 COIL WITH #3 COIL STILL NO SPARK ON CYLINDER #1 COIL AND ALSO NO INJECTOR PULSE DUE TO NO SPARK ON CYLINDER #1...CHECKED COMPRESSION ON CYLINDER #1...HA... Trouble codes: P2302 (Coil a secondary circuit). |
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| 2015 Honda CR-V EX-L 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2HKRM4H70F Found when on road that the fuel tank pressure would go to -3.76 KPA at 99% purge way too high Replaced Canister and retest and now pulled at the highest -1.26 kpa at 99% purge flow. Must have a problem with canister can blow thru fine but restriction on vacu... Trouble codes: P2422 (EVAP Canister vent valve stuck closed). |
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| 2012 Infiniti M37 X 3.7L air temperature VIN: JN1BY1AR6C Hey thank you all for response, heater core resolved the issue, these cars are so difficult to get to the core, thank goodness it wasn't flat rate job |
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL450 4.6L aux battery VIN: 4JGBF7BE1C well i tested all the wires that go from the front Sam module and immobilizer control unit (forgot what its called) to the aux battery and the ground wire which is only about 2 feet long and everything tested good so we sent them to the dealer because when we ... |
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| 2014 Ram 4500 ST 6.7L Starting VIN: 3C7WRLBLXE Well, I can report that this truck is fixed. I don't have exact details, but there was in fact a broken wire somewhere below the sill panel next to the driver's seat. I was called back to complete the programming, which I did, but didn't get a complete story... |
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| 2008 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport 2.5L Steering Angle sensor VIN: JF1GH63678 Hey guys and thank you for all the help. The bottom line on this repair ended up being a new SAS I had to get it from Amazon...Because the 2 I got from Subaru were both bad. The first one I put in worked for about 4 weeks. The second one I installed didn't wor... |
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