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1997 Audi A6 2.8L No Start, MIL Lamp on
Thanks in advance to all who reply. another tech in the shop, and the owner are lost with this one. I get to play with it now. No Spark or Injection pulse. Not a lot of usable help on alldata. Have just the 2 codes not even listed in alldata. or IATN. What I h... Trouble codes: p01340 (17747 Camshaft PosEng speed sens cross connection), p01392 (17780 Camshaft pos sensor bank 2 open circuit short to B).		 View
2006 Audi A3 2.0L ac compressor
Hi all techs! a3 presented w/ ses lite [po301]and complaint of intermittent cooling. hooked gauges and had 100 lbs on both sides w/ system set on max cool [lo].found good info from mitchell on square wave and amperage. my control and ground appear to be perfec...		 View
1998 BMW M Roadster 3.2L airbag
Good morning BMW techs I have this Z3 M roadster with mouse damage.Customer has just pulled out car after winter storage to find that the power windows no longer work and the airbag light is on.I found all the wires under the shifter were chewed off.repaired t...		 View
1998 BMW 323i 2.5L Battery Voltage.
Hallo everyone. This clean Beemer is foxing me. I have a draw of 212mA and then 222mA after closing the trunk or a door. It will fluctuate between these two readings depending on door or truck latch open/closed. I have removed ALL the Power Distribution fus...		 View
2002 BMW 745i 4.4L leak from weep hole
Hello BMW Techs: We have a leak of coolant from the front of the engine through a weep hole which is slightly to left of the water pump, if your facing the front of the car. We don't see any coolant coming from the weep hole of the water pump but it is coming ...		 View
2003 BMW X5 3.0L reset dash
how do you reset maintenance reminder on dash without bmw tool. i saw you can do so on earlier models by using the odo reset button. car is not here, customer will bring in only if i can reset the dash bars. i suspect you hold the odo reset but would like conf...		 View
1993 Buick Park Avenue 3.8L MIL Lamp on
hello friends, this one came in with a check engine light that comes on intermittantly while driving but always when in reverse. it is a qdm b dtc which is related to the boost solenoid, egr 2 and 3 solenoids, trans shift sol a and b, and trans tcc pwm solenoi... Trouble codes: 56 (qdm b).		 View
1995 Buick Riviera 3.8L hard/no start
I think I have a ECM issue but need some experience. We are a Ford store and am fixing this for a good customer. We could not communicate with this vehicles OBD2 style connector. The new plugs are fuel fouled again. It started right up after the plugs were rep...		 View
1997 Cadillac Eldorado 4.6L No Start
Hope a Cadillac tech can help me!!. I have a customer's 97 eldorado, low mileage nice car that came in on the hook for a no start and possible theft module problem. we could not communicate with any modules with the tech 2. After many hours of digging, we conc...		 View
1997 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L MIL Lamp on
well first i would again like to thank all for the previous help on this one. i thought all was well on this vehicle after cam timing set properly. we had been fighting a p0340 code. i was performing final test drives to verify repairs when cel light popped on... Trouble codes: P1139 (ho2s insufficient switching bank 1 sensor 2 pre-converter), P1140 (ho2s transition time ratio bank 1 sensor 2 pre-converter), P1571 (traction control system pulse width modulated circuit no frequency), P1632 (theft deterrent system fuel disabled).		 View
2003 Cadillac CTS 3.2L Rotors,Pads
Hi, We installed new rotors and pads due to pitted ,rusted rotors,the caliper pistons pushed in very easy. We closed for a weeks vacation ( yes the cruise was nice). This morning vehicle came in and client said he started having smoke from front right wheel. H...		 View
1991 Chevrolet Cavalier 3.1L No Start
car came from another shop. no start. only have injector pulse while cranking. will start and immediately stall. can keep running with fuel but have no injector pulse. any help please. thank you		 View
1994 Chevrolet S10 Pickup 4.3L knock
Hey Techs! this s-10 4x4 came in on monday. customer complains of knock/bang on right turns only. Left turns appear to be fine. (must be an old nascar truck...lol)Claims he hit a big bump after the Jimmy Buffet concert on sat night. Verified this by road test...		 View
1995 Chevrolet Pickup 5.7L Cuts out
This pickup came in with no power 55mph is top end. Pickup runs fine and doesn't miss. Exhaust is clear from manifolds to tailpipe. I replaced fuel pump and filter. Checked timing and it was on and the advance is right. It doesnt heat but it is dead and wont e...		 View
1998 Chevrolet Express 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, MIL Lamp on, low power
Hello guys, and thanks for looking at this one. First off the van came in with a CEL and low power. Test drove van and seen the O2 sensors on both banks were reading lean under acelleration from a stop. 200-350mv, and noticable low power. However if you are go... Trouble codes: P1153 (bank 2 sesnor1 not switching).		 View
1999 Chevrolet Tahoe 5.7L Takes off in o/d
Bear with me here. This is my wifes Tahoe. We send all our transmission jobs out to a local trans shop that we have used for the past seven years with no problems. These guys are very compentent but, this one has eaten their lunch. I thought it was taking off ...		 View
2000 Chevrolet S10 Pickup 4.3L Poor Idle Quality
Truck has a lean startup problem, extended crank time cold, acts like low fuel pressure. Pressure pegs 62 lbs KOEO, 56 - 58 lbs cranking. Have replaced numerous items as listed above and still have lean problems cold. Also forgot to mention PCV has been replac...		 View
2001 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L Surge, Cuts out
hello all i have a s-10 blazer that is surging at cruise speeds in overdrive.if you let off of the gas or get into it at all the surge goes away.the rpms drop from about 2000 to 1200.back and forth till it clears up.there are no codes.it feels like its engine ...		 View
2001 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L Reverse
Transmission will pop out of reverse unless you put pressure on the shifer while releasing clutch. If you don't do that it'll grind and pop out of gear. All other gears are OK. Any history of bent shift forks, shift tube, or ??? We have the console out and che...		 View
2003 Chevrolet TrailBlazer 4.2L inst. cluster
Customer states that the inst. cluster intermittently goes off while driving(just like when key is turned off). It will usually start working again after it has sat turned off for a while.(2-3 hours). It has never acted up for us, even while wiggling looms, ec...		 View
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 5.3L transfer case
I am lost and I need help finding my way!! This truck came to me a few months ago for a service 4wd light. It had a code C0327 so I reflashed all was well. Now customer went to use 4wd, light would blink then go back to 2wd.[Truck has 2 speed active 4wd with 4...		 View
2006 Chevrolet Malibu 3.5L steering
car came in for steering vibration and we balance and rotated 4 wheels. same thing. customer stated that it does'nt happen constantly. sometimes once a week. it has electronic steering. we checked for loose suspension components and everything looked good. no ...		 View
1998 Chrysler Town & Country 3.8L gauge cluster,starting
The same van just came back into us with the same problem, but this time the gauge cluster was not illumanited and non of the gauge worked including PRNDL and odometer. So we came on IATN and seen quite a few responses to this. So in one FIX-Summary i seen som...		 View
2000 Dodge Intrepid 3.5L cooling system
Hi, looking on some insight regarding the cooling system on this car. Car came on the hook for no start, we foud 18 valves bent, previous to this someone had installed timig belt and water pump. Car had severey cloged cooling system - stop leak from the looks ...		 View
2000 Dodge Caravan 3.0L Poor Idle Quality
This van came in from another local shop with a high idle problem. They originally got it with a bad timing belt. After installing the timing belt it started but the idle is about 200-300 rpms to high. They rechecked the timing marks, and did compression on al...		 View
2001 Dodge Pickup 5.9L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on, intermit tach oper
vehicle only has 9 volts to injection pump control relay when it dies and you leave the key in on position. turning key off and on again gets 13 volts. wondering if cam reader on back of accessory drive could cause computer to do this. thanks Trouble codes: 215 (fuel injection control circut), 341 (cam position sensor signal missing), 1689 (no communication between ecm and injection pump conrol mod).		 View
2002 Dodge Ram Van 5.2L governor
hi guys this transmission came back after it was rebuilt got burnt because poor cooling we rebuilt it a second time with new governor solenoid and transducer from dealer after about a month running good now came back again with code 1756 gov. pressure malfunct...		 View
1984 Ford Pickup 5.0L Hesitation, Cuts out
hey all iatn members. i am having quite the difficult time with this truck, and it is the bosses shop truck. i am not a carb. guy plus there is not a pcm in this thing to retrieve any codes at all. here's the scoop. i have checked all the basic things: fuel, s...		 View
1995 Ford Econoline 5.8L Cuts out, Stall
Customer states while driving down the hill from the mountains approx 45 min. driving time, he came to a stop and the vehicle died out. It restarted went about 300 ft and died out again. He limped it like this the rest of the way to his sons house 1 mile. Cust...		 View
1999 Ford Ranger 4.0L high fuel pressure
Stumped on this one: vehicle initially came in with a complaint of long crank when cold, fuel pressure very slow to build-up, low end of spec when started, re&re fuel pump, delivery line inside tank was split open (outer casing), replaced pump, screen, filter ...		 View
2000 Ford Ranger 3.0L Misfire
Hi, vehicle came to me from another shop.I verfied their repairs but im getting to where i thinkmaybe some thing mechanical like a weak or broken valve spring or possibly a weak or cracked head.Ilistend to the injector on the cylinder misfireing with an electr... Trouble codes: po305 (misfire 5), p1132 (ho2s11 rich).		 View
2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac 4.0L abs
This vehicle will have an intermittent abs activation at low speed just before coming to a complete stop. Happens intermittently with no pattern. Monitored wheel speeds while driving, all sensors read evenly and steady. When abs activates at slow stop, all dat...		 View
2004 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L battery light on
Alternator was replaced still have no amperage . Have power from battery and alternator has good ground .Dont know if im suppose to have ground or power from pcm.Any one have a problem like this on crown vics.		 View
2005 Ford Focus 2.0L Surge
surges under load, ac on, no history at all, this vehicle was in a frontal accident air bags deployed and idle problem, replaced air bag system, throttle cable, replace intake manifold and throttle body, under load cant get the idle to hold just surges, atempe...		 View
2005 Ford Pickup 6.0L blower motor
this trucks blower motor won't slow down. it has electronic automatic climate control and on the dash control unit the speed indicator will go up and down but the motor only will slow down like one speed. i checked for codes with the ids and controled the spee...		 View
1983 GMC S15 Jimmy 2.8L No Start
I have a problem where the ignition module keeps burning out, runs for about 5 minutes, had new distibutor 1 year ago, 800 ohms on pick-up coil; Has anybody ran into this? Thanks very much for any help given.		 View
1996 GMC gmc 5.7L a.c.
G.M. Techs your knowledge is needed.Bus came in with bad compressor.Replaced it along with new receiver drier and orfice tube,replaced rear expansion valve, flushed entire system even subletted big condensor for radiator shop to flush.At idle will not cool,spr...		 View
1999 GMC Pickup 5.7L powersteering
Hi i have a 99 gmc suburban k1500 having some steering issues. Truck came in with no power steering at all. So we replaced the the pump. After the installation the power steering starting working. On my test drive i did notice that with the brakes applied and ...		 View
2007 GMC Yukon XL 5.3L tpms
Okay, where to begin? This truck came to us about two weeks ago for a standard Lof/Rotation. We put the truck in re-learn through the Dic (dash controls), got out our OTC to find it wasn't updated far enough. Just attempted Re-learn through Dic and heard both ...		 View
1999 Honda Accord 2.3L evaporator
Hey Everyone, Help please on this Accord. This is a SE model which my Mitchell-On-Demand shows the A/C system fits the description of a 2000 model year, not the 1999. Anyway, customer complains of system cooling some , then blowing warm air in a cycling fashio...		 View
2001 Honda Accord 3.0L No Start
This smells fishy. He said had in a shop for timing belt, can see lots of bolts left out and pulled covers, no new belt and marks are dead on. Cranking compression is 152 psi.Got fuel pressure and no spark, no rpm .Autozone and oem CKP sensor measure same resi... Trouble codes: P0336 (CKP out of range), P1259 (VTEC system mal).		 View
2000 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on
Car came in for gas smell. We found #1 injector leaking fuel into cylinder. Replaced injector and plugs. Cleared codes and sent it on its way. 3 weeks later came back in with identical trouble codes. Leaning toward cam sensor but it looked fine on the scope an... Trouble codes: P0201 (inj 1 control circuit fires improperly), P0300 (Random cyl. mis), P0301 (Cyl 1 mis), P0303 (Cyl 3 mis), P0700 (Trans Fault Present).		 View
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7L Electronic
This truck come in with the complaint that the customer heard a klunk and then the ses light came on. I checked codes on my roadtest and found P0750. I also checked freeze frame data and found switched voltage at 0 volts. I cleared the code and keyed it back u...		 View
2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7L No Start, no crank
Vehicle came in with no crank when hot, need to sit 1-2 hours before it would crank. Check for codes P1698 in pcm for no bus with tcm. Could not access tcm right away, went ahead and checked starter relay, no control ground, when I jumped power circuit vehicle... Trouble codes: P0218 (over heat operation), P0706 (shift postion failure), P1698 (no bus message from pcm).		 View
2001 Kia Optima 2.5L MIL Lamp on, Shifts poor
Hi fellow Techs, I could use some help from a Kia Tech.. '01 Optima, 2.5 V6, auto, . We have PCM code P0500 (no vss signal at pcm) & erratic trans shifting, but speedometer works fine. Have verified no vss at pcm. 2 notes of particular interest:: 1) Vehicle ... Trouble codes: P0500 (No vss signal).		 View
2002 Land Rover Freelander 2.5L gaiter joint
LANDROVER TECH.S PLEASE EXPLAIN:is this front joint(gaiter plunge joint)serviceable? Can I install a new boot on this joint.this is the first joint from the transfer case on the front of the rear propeller shaft assem.I tried pricing from the dealer and they s...		 View
1993 Mazda MX-6 2.5L Poor Idle Quality
Good evening Techs, Got this MX-6 kickin butt. Came to me from another shop (good shop) with new water pump and timing belt with complaint of idle hunt. Original complaint was leaking water pump. After driving several miles we could not reproduce the idle surg...		 View
2001 Mazda 626 2.5L MIL Lamp on
Has anyone had any problems with Mazda 626 V6 on plugging EGR ports in intake and if so, what is the procedure for cleaning. This car passes EGR valve tests for listening for valve grunt when cycling key. Are there any other common EGR issues that will set a c... Trouble codes: P0400 (EGR flow).		 View
1996 Mercedes-Benz C280 2.8L abs
The problems consist of ABS,BRAKE (parking brake light on)& Brake pad wear indicater light on. Have replaced pad wear sensors and checked parking brake light switch. Also the speedometer is inop.along with the gas gauge. I have also tried my OBD II tester & ot...		 View
2001 Mercedes-Benz S600 5.8L Fit & Finish
Sunroof works in short bursts.Have to keep hitting button to open all the way and hit it repeatedly to close.A Benz tech told us how to synchronize roof. Now when you hit it to go back , it does so with just a one time hit of the switch.The new problem now is ...		 View
2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK55 5.5L radio,sos lite
help!!! this is my veh and i am going crazy with this problem ! here it goes! ok while driving or just sitting still the radio will mute and the s.o.s. light will start flashing and sometimes it will sound an alarm through radio speakers and no matter what i d...		 View
1991 Mercury Tracer 1.9L Cuts out
this car is driving me crazy! can't duplicate problem in shop. car has to be moving to get it to act up.on right hand turns the engine dies out. think the power to fuel pump is some how being interupted. ANY ideals will be greatly appreciated		 View
1979 Nissan Pickup 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, falls on its face
Old truck came in for head gasket had eng. re-built 4 years ago by other shop,removed head and sent it to machine shop for test and shave,intalled head and set to specs. Truck drove fine on test drive gave to customer.3 days later truck back in shop and runs v...		 View
1989 Nissan Sentra 1.6L Hesitation
Under load engine cuts out, like it has a govenor or over rev cut out. Vehicle has very low mileage. May be running out out fuel, losing spark, or restricted exhaust, unbolted exhaust before catylistc convertor, same problem. Mass air checked ok at sensor duri...		 View
1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass 3.1L No Start
on 6-10-08 customer brought car in complaining of hard starting/extended crank time. replaced fuel pump due to low fuel pressure. one week later car came back with customer complaining of popping noise sometimes when starting and intermittently car would die. ...		 View
2005 Pontiac Vibe 1.8L MIL Lamp on
HELP! AFTER NEW COMPUTER: Client drove for 70miles when Code P0012 - Camshaft Position "A" Timing Over-Retarded BANK 1 We began by clearing codes & double checking part # options, checking for TSBs, RECALLs, Iatn, Circuit testing, consulting w/ACDelco part... Trouble codes: P0012 (Camshaft Position A Timing Over-Retarded Bank 1).		 View
1999 Porsche Boxster 2.5L rattle
Thanks for you help, this car has a rattle in rear, left and right when hitting small bumps like expansion joints in concrete streets that have seperated. This is a pretty heavy rattl noise, I have replaced rear struts and mounts, left rear wheel bearing. None...		 View
1994 Saab 900 2.5L Hesitation, ping under load
Help! This vehicle came in running very poorly, with a customer complaint of a misfire and lack of power. Initial testing revealed a misfire on cylinder 3, no stored DTC's, and fuel pressure within acceptable limits. visual inspection of the #3 ignition compon...		 View
2001 Saturn SL2 1.9L No Start
Car was towed in as a crank no start. Found no fuel pump operation, no spark @ plugs and no scan tool data. koeo at 5 volt reference wire read 3.42 volts (tps, map and egr). I think the pcm seems warm to the touch? The fuel pump runs if we jumper the relay and...		 View
2005 Saturn Vue 2.2L Cuts out
this car will run for 1 - 2 minutes , the fuel pressure gauge shows 55-60lbs as it runs it drops off to 10 lbs when vehicle shuts down immediatly fuel pressure returns to 55 - 60 lbs ...dealer advised there were 2 fuel pumps and to replace both we have to not ...		 View

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1998 Audi A4 2.8L MIL Lamp on
well it is fixed thanks to Fiachra and Alon, thanks guys!! i got burned by a bad fuse. fuse 29 feeds all these circuts. i had checked the fuse using a test light and of course it lit up on both sides of the fuse, so already with my head spinning i called it go... Trouble codes: 17843 (17829-), 17829 (17833-), 17833 (17923-), 17923 (17880-), 17880.		 5
2001 BMW 330i 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on
Most all of of you from the East Coast to the West Coast told us to check fuel pressures and check MAF. On the live data we caught faulty MAF sensor. Replaced and all is well. Trouble codes: 211 (Idle speed control valve), 228 (Fuel trim Bank 2 permissible range exceeded Mixture too rich), 227 (Fuel trim Bank1 permissible range exceeded Mixture too rich).		 14
1999 Buick Century 3.1L ac blen door
thanks to all you guys that help me with this headek i fix the promble by evack and recharge the com plet system thanks mo		 6
2004 Buick Rendezvous 3.6L No Start
The fix was at first I was thinking that the pass system was going nuts, so I looked at the fuel disable on the scanner and it was saying Yes which means to me the pass key Wasn't the problem. So back tho the 24x reading that I was getting, no movement. So I w... Trouble codes: p0336 (crank sensor fail location in block).		 2
1987 Cadillac Allante 4.1L No Start, Stall
The problem ended up being a faulty ecm. I guess I shouldn't have assumed it was okay just because it was new. I'm not sure if it was defective from the start or bad grounds took it out before I got a chance to clean them up. I received 10 replies to this po...		 10
1989 Chevrolet S10 Blazer 4.3L gage no disply
As tested, the Replacement cluster was faulty. the replacement from model electronics fixed it! thanx to all who replied. B+ @ pins B14, A3, Gnd @ AP, B11. gnd term near ebrake #302.		 8
2003 Chevrolet TrailBlazer 4.2L throttle body
Thanks to all who replied. It was the throttle body unit. We replaced it with new and problem solved. Afterward we took the old one apart and found stripped out plastic gears. Thanks Again!		 3
1995 Dodge Stratus 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire
well come to find out the customer also replaced the fuel pump.everytime i talked to him his story chaged on what had happened with the vehical.i guess he changed the fuel pump because it went bad but when he got it started it ran poor so he did a tune up,whil...		 6
1997 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.0L MIL Lamp on
Kudos To John [...] Utah,Wednesday Last Week I Got Into Main Wiring Harness Going From TPS To The Computer And I Found The Wires Were Wraped So Tight And I'm Guessing Because The Exhaust Crossover Pipe Is So Close The Wires Were All Fused & Stuck Together.TPS W... Trouble codes: PO122 (TP Voltage Too Low).		 5
1989 Ford Econoline 4.9L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality
Customer came to pick up vehicle without repairs being completed. I received a couple of requests saying to check the oxygen sensor and cat. Advised the customer of this and she said she was going to have her nephew take a look at it. I told her to let me k...		 3
1989 Ford Econoline 7.3L Long crank
We fixed it. Turns out it was a whole stack of little things piling up to make a hard-start mountain. Brad had suggested leaving the vehicle in the shop overnight with block heater plugged in which we tried first with no improvement in our problem. James menti...		 9
1994 Ford Aerostar 3.0L Excessive Emissions
Thanks to every one who replied. the van was a strange one .this van did not have a EGR . The NOX finaly came down at 25 alittle high at 15 {just passed} .customer decided to take the van and run a test at the test only station and it did pass, don't know the ...		 10
1996 Ford Ranger 2.3L O/D light blink @ warm up
I do apoligize for not posting this fix sooner. First off I would like to say thanks a lot to everyone who sent me their help via email. Most pointed to the valve body and/or valve body gasket being cracked. When I removed the trans pan, for some reason I thou...		 13
2001 Ford Pickup 4.2L Misfire,
lots of great ideas, thanks the problem was the aftermarket ciol pac, after many tests I tried another coil pac and the problem was gone, you hate to think a new part did not fix it, but guess what it was man made. thanks again to all of you Rick Trouble codes: P0301 (p0305-), P0305.		 15
2002 Ford Pickup 5.4L No Start
Well this piece is done. I got some more of the story after talking to the owner for a while. The truck the night before had a lightning stike very close to it (about 10 ft. away). It then drove to work and would not start after work. Several electrical guys I...		 4
2002 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on
thanx for all the help we found out that it was a broken exhaust spring on clinder 1. thanx again. individual compression test lead the way although the relative compression didnt show much. all the testing helped but in the end it was that one rare find on ia... Trouble codes: PO171 (lean bank 1), PO174 (lean bank 2), PO301 (misfire cyl.1), PO316 (misfire detected at start up), P1131 (lack of ho2s sensor 1 switching), P1151 (lack of ho2s sensoer 1 bank 2 switching).		 11
2003 Ford Pickup 5.4L dash alternator
WOW!!! THIS IS THE BEST TOOL PERIOD. IT WAS THE OVERDRIVE SWITCH WIRING HARNESS THAT HAD THE INSULATION RUBBED THROUGH JUST ENOUGH TO SHORT OUT ABOUT ONCE A WEEK		 7
2005 Ford Pickup 6.0L high pressure system
Well I finally got the truck fixed, Thanks to all those who replied. After taking readings on the pids, i was told a high prssure leak was possible, as i also thought from my own experience. so i pressured up the system and was not succesfull at finding a leak...		 6
1996 GMC Savana 5.7L IGN A fuse
Well, we re-checked all wiring and performed voltage drop checks on positive and negative battery cables and found nothing wrong. We decided to go ahead and replace the ignition switch assy. which solved the problem. I pulled the old one apart and found it was...		 9
2006 GMC Sierra 6.6L Hesitation, Cuts out, lack power
installed new cp3 pump on thursday customer took truck on friday unit ran fine for 3 days unit came back same issues lets out a cloud of black smoke and cel light comes on with the same freeze frame data as before and low fuel ps... Trouble codes: p0087 (fuel pressure too low).		 6
2003 Honda Civic 1.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
Thanks to all that replied !! Owner cancelled her check to our shop and refused to return phone messages. Would never answer phone. Filed a complaint against the shop with Dept. of Consumer Affairs. She told DCA that her "new" mechanic had found one sparkplug... Trouble codes: P300-4 (Misfire All Cylinders).		 11
2003 Isuzu Rodeo 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on, reduced power light
thanks to all who took the time to help and respond this job would be near impossible sometimes without this type of forum! Problem must have been in harness could not find break so just to be certain ran 8 new wires from throttle to ecm, customer has had truc... Trouble codes: 1125 (etc perf), 1295 (etc manage), 1220 (tps2), 1515 (tps corr), 1221 (tps1).		 6
1997 Jeep Wrangler 2.5L Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on
Found crank sens wire rubbing up on firewall. Thanx to all WHO REPLIED.		 5
2004 Jeep Wrangler 4.0L Stall
First of all thanks for all your replies... after hours of diag and test driving we decided to let this one go... I had replies of a common wiring issue on lifted jeeps where the ignition harness rubs on the the stud @ the back of the head. I was able to check...		 4
2002 Kia Spectra 1.8L Misfire
the vehicle was towed to the dealer for poss warrenty and i didn't hear [...] so i called and the dealer told me it was a shorted wire at the firewall and the repaired the wire also putting plugs, wires, and 2 new coils on the car to fix it. They didnt say what...		 3
2003 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L compressor
hi all thanks for the reply.. I was the low pressure switch right by the compressor that was the cause.. thank you all.. i thought there were only high pressure switch in this car		 5
2004 Nissan Quest 3.5L power windows
Sorry to take so long to close this out.Customer has been on vacation & just got truck back in shop today.The fix was to replace the master switch assembly in the drivers door.Installed new switch & all windows operate like they,re supposed to.Thanks to the 3 ...		 3
1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall, Excess crankcase vac
A big thankyou to the guys that suggested we look at the o-ring on the PCV valve. As it turned out the customer decided to leave it here for the weekend after all, a good thing. It took me about 30 seconds to pull off the engine cover, unplug the MAP sensor an...		 9
1967 Pontiac GTO 400CID Key tumbler
Hi ya Guys, Well, after working with the switch myself and allowing the customer and others who thought they could get it to turn to the "Accessary" side of the switch, the customer said "Drill the darn thing" I did just that and had it out within ten ...		 21
1994 Pontiac Grand Prix 3.4L power antenna
Well, vehicle sold before resolving the issue. Brian recommended contacting the local dealer to obtain a schematic. I never got around to chasing one down but will pursue that option with future electrical challenges when alldata and other sources don't matc...		 5
1995 Pontiac Firebird 5.7L No Start
tried another dist,same problem found the coil module was no good, thanx to everyone for the info		 6
2002 Suzuki Vitara 2.0L Heater Core
I want to thank all the members that replied to my help request. I am closing this with a summary although we did fix the vehicle. Briefly the first heater core was leaking where the tube was crimped to the core flange. The second heater core had a pinhole ...		 5
1998 Volkswagen Golf 2.0L Stall, MIL Lamp on
I have still have the VW - Checked for plugged exhaust and it is OK. I need to get the idle relearn completed but am having some difficulty. I have the latest update on my programmable cartridge to the Snap-on Scanner but it is unable to communicate with the ... Trouble codes: P103 (MAF Circuit Voltage High), P1580 (Throttle Actuator B1 Malfunction).		 10
1986 Volvo 240 2.3L Hesitation
Well I am going to close this. thanks from all the ideas but I have check and recheck thsi till I am tired of it. I am overlooking something and I had a lab scope hooked up looking at the signals and watching for a problem and it went south from there. Vehicle...		 16
1998 Volvo C70 2.4L cam timing
Yes I'm gonna fix this car because now thanks to you guy's I know where my tech made a mistake.Number one don't pull a timing belt without marking it on any car the cam sprockets on this car or slotted thanks for the lesson in timing with the cam lobe's Brad b...		 9
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