TechHelp is the heart of iATN: thousands of professional automotive technicians, from all over the world, helping each other with real-world automotive problems, 24 hours a day. A feed of some of the latest TechHelp requests is shown below. Inside the members-only area, your personalized TechHelp page is the central clearinghouse for all things related to TechHelp. You can open a new help request, update or close requests that you currently have open, add further comments to help requests you have closed in the past, help other members with their vehicle problems, update your TechHelp email subscription settings, view the current TechHelp stats for you and the rest of iATN, and more.
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iATN members may view yesterday's automotive repair discussion on Asian, Chrysler, European, Ford, and GM vehicles, including this month's automotive discussion and top diagnostic trouble codes.
Recent Automotive Discussions in TechHelp
| 12 Dodge Grand Caravan, Electronic, transmission 05/04/2024 in the Chrysler Transmission Discussion Hi guys. Problem here on a caravan. The customer complains that the transmission goes into limp mode, stuck in one gear, probably 4th. Very difficult acceleration at low speed, very high rpm at high speed. She stops and restarts the vehicle and everything... |
| 01 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, Clutch, hydraulics & cam sensor 05/03/2024 in the GM PowerTrain Discussion This is a landscape dump bed truck that had a totally fried clutch system. I installed complete system including flywheel and hydraulics. I prefilled the clutch master and slave. The master was primed to where you could barely push the piston. Slave was f... |
| 18 Hyundai Tucson, MIL 05/03/2024 in the Asian Driveability Discussion 2018 Hyundai Tucson came in with SES light on. Has P0456 Evap Very Small Leak. We can clear the code, force an evap test and sometimes it says Test complete no leak found and other times it says Test complete 0.5MM leak detected. The SES light stays on, s... |
| 06 Ford F-350 Super Duty, Mechanical, turbo 05/03/2024 in the Ford Engine Discussion So i have a P0299 turbo underboost hopefully unison ring stuck maybe or whatever , but my question is would it make excessive blow by ? yes the truck has very high miles but i treat the truck like its one of the family never go over 4k for oil changes alw... |
| 19 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Electronic, Tcm 05/03/2024 in the GM Transmission Discussion One for you GM dealer Techs. Trying to program TCM in this 2019 Silverado 8L90 transmission with RPO MQE. Transmission was replaced about 2 months ago and I programmed it with no issues. Car lot called me said they installed new TCM and needed it programm... |
Example TechHelp Request
The example TechHelp request below highlights not only the original request, which included some waveforms posted by the member for extra detail on his issue, but also the related documents & media found on iATN, and our sister company Identifix's Direct-Hit product. Not shown in the screenshot are the replies received by the member on their help request, and the fix they posted describing how they solved the issue with the vehicle.
Using TechHelp
Although iATN TechHelp originally started back in 1995 as an email-only service, most members use TechHelp today via our website, where they have the ability to filter their view of TechHelp down to requests on very specific makes, models, and other keywords. In addition to the help requests, every member is able to read the final "fix" posted by the author. Premium (paid) members, as well as basic (free) members that regularly offer help to other members, are able to view all of the replies received on each TechHelp request. All of this information is searchable in the iATN Knowledge Base.
Many members use TechHelp not only to help others, but also to keep an eye on the interesting fixes that are posted each day. Subscribing to TechHelp by email is a great way to keep up-to-date on the latest issues facing your favorite carline.
TechHelp by Email
In addition to reading TechHelp via the web, you can subscribe to it via email. Once you join the network, you may begin receiving some TechHelp email help requests from other members, either in summary format (sent nightly), or via individual email requests. You may switch formats, choose a different email volume level (choices range from receiving 0 to 70 help requests per day), and choice of topics. TechHelp email is currently split up into 5 major topics (Asian, Chrysler, European, Ford, and GM), and 10 sub-topics (Body, Brakes, Chassis, Driveability, Electrical, Engine, HVAC, Misc., PowerTrain, and Transmission issues), providing 50 combinations for you to choose from. You can mix and match which topics you receive to focus on your specialties.
Note: To keep the quality of TechHelp requests at a high level, members are expected to offer help prior to asking for help, and members are limited in the number of help requests they can send each month.
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