Tag Archives: Diagnosis

Where’s the Refrigerant Leak?

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Dan

A common car repair needed in the summer months is the air conditioning system. Over time, parts can get damaged or start leaking from age, letting the refrigerant out of the system, and causing only warm air to blow from … Continue reading →

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Broken Engine Mount

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Dan

Engines are held in cars by several engine mounts, which at the most basic are typically some sort of rubber bushing or cushion. These absorb some of the vibrations and also let the engine flex a little in relation to … Continue reading →

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Overfilled Transmission, Broken Wires

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Dan

A second-generation Honda Insight came into the shop with a complaint of low power when accelerating, and the transmission “D” indicator was flashing. When I pulled it in, it was clearly something going wrong with the transmission.

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Scraped Bumper, Broken Wire

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Dan

A Honda Accord came into the shop with only a few thousand miles on it and a check engine light. It had a code for no signal from the radiator coolant temperature sensor, so I got started on electrical diagnostics.

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Chewed Injector Wires

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Dan

I was given a Honda Ridgeline with a check engine light to diagnose. It came up with two codes, one current and one pending. The current code was P219A AF Ratio Variation of Cylinder, which on Honda Pilots and Ridgelines … Continue reading →

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Speaker Failure Diagnosis

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Dan

A Honda CR-V was in the shop, and one of the customer’s complaints was that the two rear speakers didn’t work, and the left front had a lot of static and distortion. After confirming that the speakers weren’t working, the … Continue reading →

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Parking Sensor Problem: Blown Bulb?

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Dan

A Honda Odyssey came in to the shop for diagnosis of the “check parking sensor system” message displayed in gauge cluster. It was given to me to figure out, and my first thought was maybe one of the sensors in … Continue reading →

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Not Worth Fixing Electrical Hack Job

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Dan

It started out as a typical check engine light diagnosis. A 2006 Honda Accord came in needing diagnosis, and the customer said work had been done previously elsewhere, but they weren’t sure what.

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Loose Grounds Cause Strange Problems

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Dan

A Honda Civic came into the shop with a very strange problem: the backup camera would turn on every time the brake pedal was pressed. It’s supposed to only show up when the transmission is in reverse. While looking at … Continue reading →

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Missing Keyless Antenna

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dan

Many new cars come with keyless entry and ignition systems. So the car can tell where the key is, there are several antennas in different parts of the vehicle. If something goes wrong with one of the antennas, the car … Continue reading →

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