This 1997 Nissan Maxima was towed in from another shop after unsuccessful repair attempts. I am not sure how many shops it has been to. Tried to crank vehicle, it spit and coughed and jumped and carried on but I managed to get it to fire a little by depessing the gas pedal to the … Continue reading “1997 Maxima Code P0340, No Start or Start and Stall”
This 1999 Ford F150 Came in with a misfire on cylinder number 6. No big deal except that the spark plugs, spark plug wires and coil assembly have already been changed with quality parts. The other thing I noticed was that the misfire did not come in until the engine speed reached about 1500 RPMs. … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, P0306 Misfire Cylinder #6”
This 2004 Ford Expedition came in with a code P0305, misfire cylinder #5. The customer already had the spark plugs changed out a few days ago, but his misfire was back. Time to get to cylinder #5 coil. I removed the two bolts that held the engine cover in place. After the top engine cover … Continue reading “2004 Ford Expedition, P0305 Misfire Cylinder #5”
This 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe came in with the SES light on and complaints of poor fuel economy and a “strange feel to the engine”. I checked codes and found a code P0178 stored along with misfire and lean codes. P0178 is set if the frequency reading in the fuel composition sensor is below 45 Hz … Continue reading “2004 Chevrolet Tahoe, Code P0178”
This 2005 Suzuki Reno came in with a complaint of a harsh transmission shift and the check engine light was on. I checked codes and there was one stored for the transmission but I cannot remember exactly what it was right now. I think it was P0700, no communication between the TCM and the ECM. … Continue reading “2005 Suzuki Reno, Harsh Transmission Shift”
This 2003 Buick Regal came in with a service engine soon light on and a code P0128 stored. The code means that the engine coolant temperature is below the thermostat regulating temperature. In other words the thermostat is sticking open or opening to soon to satisfy the computer. Thankfully this car has the 3.8 liter … Continue reading “2003 Buick Regal, P0128”
This 2002 Buick Lesabre came in with the complaint that it was running real bad and service engine soon light was on. It ran so bad that the customer had it towed in rather than drive it in. A quick check of the codes and a P0205 and a P0443 were stored. The P0205 was … Continue reading “2002 Buick Lesabre, P0205 & P0443”
This 1999 Ford F150 came in with the SES light on and a code P0455 stored for a gross evap leak. I checked the obvious things like a loose or missing gas cap, okay. I also inspected the evap hoses and found no problems. I did a little bit of reading and found that I … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, P0455, Gross Evap Leak”
This 2003 Ford Expedition came in with the complaint that the alternator had been replaced twice and the charge light light indicator was still coming on. The shop that had installed the alternators had called in desperation as their customer was becoming quite upset. They also stated that the light may stay out all day … Continue reading “2003 Ford Expedition, Charge Light On, P0620”
This 1997 Cadillac Deville came in with the complaint that the idle speed would sometimes be okay but most of the time as the engine warmed up it would get progressively higher and higher until the engine would run at about 3000 rpms on its own with no throttle input. The following picture shows the … Continue reading “1997 Cadillac Deville, Erratic / High Idle, Code P0507”