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    PICO takes a look at a vehicle charging fault

    PICO technician Ben Martins faces a Renault Kangoo that is refusing to charge. Here is how he tackled the ...

    PICO technician Ben Martins faces a Renault Kangoo that is refusing to charge. Here is how he tackled the problem… Vehicle information Vehicle: Renault Kangoo Engine code: 5AM 400 Year: 2014 Symptom: ...

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    PICO runs through a BMW fault: Part 2

    Following on from part one of this feature, we rejoin PICO Technician Steve Smith as he continues his bre ...

    Following on from part one of this feature, we rejoin PICO Technician Steve Smith as he continues his breakdown of how to locate the intermittent knocking noises coming from a troublesome BMW. After o ...

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    Scantec solves a Ford Fiesta issue

    Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive wrestles with a Ford Fiesta that was exhibiting a central locking problem ...

    Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive wrestles with a Ford Fiesta that was exhibiting a central locking problem. Here’s how he managed to solve the issue… As a German car diagnostic specialist, I often find ...

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    Pico runs through a BMW fault

    Pico Technician, Steve Smith, takes PMM readers through the following case study that looks at a known an ...

    Pico Technician, Steve Smith, takes PMM readers through the following case study that looks at a known and documented issue surrounding a knocking noise from the steering column area of a BMW. Vehicle ...

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    Scantec Automotive addresses vehicle diagnostics

    Ross Kemp, of Scantec Automotive, understands the difficulties of keeping a functioning data log. In this ...

    Ross Kemp, of Scantec Automotive, understands the difficulties of keeping a functioning data log. In this article, he outlines the system his business uses to ensure that he always has access to the i ...

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    How skilled will I be in 20 years?

    Regular contributor Josh Jones ponders this question after carrying out a particularly interesting vehicl ...

    Regular contributor Josh Jones ponders this question after carrying out a particularly interesting vehicle diagnosis. With cars changing as fast as they are at the moment, I ask myself this question p ...

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    Pico readdresses a cabin fault issue

    With Pico technician Steve Smith zeroing in on the cause of excessive cabin vibration in a BMW 320D M Spo ...

    With Pico technician Steve Smith zeroing in on the cause of excessive cabin vibration in a BMW 320D M Sport xDrive Touring, PMM picks up where we left off from April’s issue. Here’s what Steve uncover ...

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    Pico solves a cabin vibration problem

    Pico technician Steve Smith examines a BMW 320D M Sport xDrive Touring after the owner complained of sign ...

    Pico technician Steve Smith examines a BMW 320D M Sport xDrive Touring after the owner complained of significant cabin vibrations when travelling at motorway speeds. As a technician, there are a numbe ...

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    Fault codes – symptom or cause?

    Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive highlights a recent case where a DPF fault code turned out to be far more ...

    Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive highlights a recent case where a DPF fault code turned out to be far more complicated than it first appeared. We were recently tasked with investigating a DPF-related f ...

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    It’s a marathon, not a sprint

    Pico Technology recently received a case study from Daniel Black, a US Mercedes Benz technician, which sh ...

    Pico Technology recently received a case study from Daniel Black, a US Mercedes Benz technician, which showed the process of diagnosing a Mercedes Benz Sprinter 906 suffering from a lack of power. The ...

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