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Oct 1, 2011, 5:27 PM
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I have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport, 4.0 liter 6cylinder engine. It will not pass inspection due to the check engine light being on and I went to Auto Zone and they hooked it up to their reader. It came back as needing a throttle position sensor and transaxle control module. Are these expensive to parts and what is a normal labor cost to put them on?
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Oct 1, 2011, 5:44 PM
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No, it didn't tell you it needed those things. Codes don't identify defective parts and Autozone employees are not qualified to determine what the cause is. Codes merely identify a specific situation in a specific circuit and a technician has to further troubleshoot the problem to determine the cause. That's what you need to have done.
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Oct 1, 2011, 5:56 PM
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Thanks, that clears things up. I am a single Mom so I am not very mechanically inclined. LOL!
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Discretesignals
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Oct 1, 2011, 8:52 PM
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It don't bother me that some people think most mechanics are ripping them off because I know what they don't know, which is the truth. Skirts that walk into our shop doesn't have us rubbing our hands together thinking we got us an easy one. We have a lot of women customers that are on top of things and know what we are talking about. We have guys that walk into our shop that are dumb as a box of rocks, but we don't go taking advantage of them or anyone for that matter. There probably some shops/mechs that are shady, but just because you get ripped by one doesn't mean they are all bad. Worst thing that a shop or individual wants is a bad rap. They don't last long once they are figured out for what they actually are if they are going down that road. The honest one, which most are, are just trying to make a living and put food on the table at the same time remaining competitive with the other shops in the area.
Just curious. Why did you call a mobile tech to come out to fix a tire? You have a spare? You could of installed the spare and drove the car to the tire shop and had them patch it. $65 isn't ripping someone off if you have to drive out there and spend an hour of your time fixing someone's problem. Call Sears and have them come out and look at your fridge and then state again you were ripped off.
HT is right. The codes that pop up in the car's computer isn't telling you that a specific part is broken. Its telling you that you need to test that particular system to find out what is actually broken. For example P0700 doesn't mean you go replacing the transmission control unit. It means that the transmission control unit has detected a problem and is telling the engine computer to store a p0700 code. The p0700 means that the transmission control module is storing its own code(s) and you need to look it. Doesn't mean you need to replace the transmission control module. Same with any other code in there.
You need to have it diagnosed by a licensed and recommended by your friends and family repair shop. If you don't know jack about cars, bring someone with you that does or come here and give us the low down.
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Oct 1, 2011, 9:04 PM)
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