This was not a particularly difficult problem but I thought it was interesting. Engine would die out on acceleration and felt like it was running out of fuel. Customer said it happened all of a sudden. Checked fuel pressure at service port located at rear of throttle body. Fuel pressure was at 5 – 6 … Continue reading “1985 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Low Fuel Pressure”
Vehicle came in with customer complaint of rear a/c inop and the odometer / message center only has dashes displayed. This vehicle was a 2001 Ford Windstar but this repair applies to several years of Windstars. Having seen this problem before I checked to see if any fuses were blown and fuse number 10 was … Continue reading “2001 Ford Windstar Odometer, Cruise Control and Rear Blower Inop”
Car came in with complaint of power trunk release inop. Would not work with remote or switch on dash. The first thing checked was that the valet switch in the glove box was not switch on. It was not. Checked for power and ground at trunk release solenoid located at the latch assembly. No power … Continue reading “1993 Buick Roadmaster Power Trunk Release Inop”
The engine cranks over normally and either stalls when put into any gear or fails to run at all. Checked codes and found no communication with engine computer. I also noted that during the stall condition or the no run condition that the service engine soon and door ajar indicator lights on the left side … Continue reading “1999 Taurus Cranks & Stalls When Put In Gear, No Run Condition”
This is a very common problem on 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks. Over a period of time the resistor and usually the connector overheat and blower operation stops in some or all speeds. The blower resistor is located on the passenger side of the … Continue reading “2005 Chevrolet Silverado Blower Inop”
This vehicle was brought in after being at another shop as usual. Code P0122 was stored for low TPS voltage. Checked the TPS and connector and all was okay. Strangely enough I did some online research and found a post of a similar problem and it related to a 4wd vehicle that had also had … Continue reading “2001 Chevrolet Blazer,4WD, Rough Run, Code P0122, Transmission Replaced Last Year”
Car came in with a very classic complaint of the engine will not start sometimes and customer has noticed a change in temperature seems to make a difference. This is a very common problem with both Acura and Honda. What happens is that the solder joints on the main relay circuit board will weaken over … Continue reading “1993 Acura Legend, No Run Condition”
Vehicle arrived with no tail or park lights. Customer stated that they work sometimes. As this is a very common problem with almost all Ford vehicles that have a pull knob type headlight switch I went straight to the problem and documented to help others. First I gained access to the headlight switch. I could … Continue reading “1994 Ford Crown Victoria, No Tail lights”
Car was dropped off with the check engine light on. Checked codes and found P0442 stored for a small evap leak. Looked vehicle over and found nothing. Did some research and found that the common failure is in the rollover valve located in the top of the fuel tank. What happens over time is that … Continue reading “P0442, 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse”
Cadillac Deville was sent to shop from another facility with complaint of a/c cycles off and will not come back on for several minutes and vent temperature goes warm. Checked codes and none were stored in the ECM, DIM or IPM. All data looked good and then the compressor cycled off after running at 2000 … Continue reading “2000 Cadillac Deville Erratic Compressor Operation”