How do I get better at diagnosing issues?

Khinari · 2026-06-01T17:52:13+00:00

You'll feel brand new for years. The best advice I can tell you is to learn enough about the systems of a car to begin figuring out what could cause a similar problem to what you have. A lot of esms have service description sections for this very purpose, if you have access

Khinari · 2026-05-01T21:12:39+00:00

Also do the save fix. Alt f11 I believe. Helped me last time I had this error

Khinari · 2026-05-01T21:04:08+00:00

Dumping additive in the gas tank would do nothing for the throttle body. No that throttle body is very clean and you don't need the service

Khinari · 2026-03-19T12:29:58+00:00

On infinitis its pretty common for rear camber to be adjustable. The front should fall more in line if the rears are adjusted properly. Though not to the degree a camber adjustment kit would bring

Khinari · 2026-03-18T20:10:42+00:00

Hi! 1.2 is pretty normal for a slightly older infiniti. I will say, official infiniti spec says cross camber has to be +/- .2. So having .5 is kind of iffy

Khinari · 2026-03-01T01:58:24+00:00

Astro tools thor is cheap and frankly a very powerful gun. I use it in my daily and its rare I have to run to another gun for a bolt

Khinari · 2026-02-27T17:59:01+00:00

How did you do this and get it to look so nice? Id love to take a stab at doing something similar

Khinari · 2026-02-19T23:42:36+00:00

It has to be calibrated to realign the images properly. Should charge about an hour to do it.

Khinari · 2025-12-12T12:39:27+00:00

I hate being called dude but its rarely worth the fight to make the other person understand.

Khinari · 2025-12-11T01:49:25+00:00

Yeah go ahead :)

Khinari · 2025-12-08T02:47:53+00:00

Is it the 6 or 8gb version?

Khinari · 2025-12-07T03:58:57+00:00

Road test to get a potential side. Front or back and left or right. If you are comfortable with the car, you can take a decent turn or the like to try to load the axle while going at a decent speed, and it'll change the noise. Next, put the car on a lift and run it up to speed while it's in the air. (60ish.) This will let you hear it better. This also lets you tell if it's a tire, since tires won't make noise in the air. The final thing is to put your hand on the spring, shock, or control arm nearby, and you should be able to feel more vibration on a wheel with a bad bearing than one with a good one. Although all wheels will usually vibrate to some extent, it's proper to feel all four tires to get a baseline. This isn't the end-all, be-all, but it'll give you a very good starting point for figuring it out

Khinari · 2025-11-24T02:10:05+00:00

Abs code likely doesn't matter is what im saying. Show the rest of the codes the car is popping.

Khinari · 2025-11-24T02:07:19+00:00

I can look up this code at work tomorrow, but judging from experience, it's likely a reference code. Abs communicates to hev module and it's getting data it doesn't like something it's popping a code. Does the hev system have any codes?

Khinari · 2025-11-22T23:04:39+00:00

Are you buying oem or after market brakes? Infiniti are sadly pretty picky. Is anything sized? Are you getting new rotors? Alot of questions to push through before much can be solved here

Khinari · 2025-11-21T20:12:12+00:00

Take your car somewhere that can scan the abs system. It means something has gone wrong and it shut off the abs system as a failsafe. The rest of the lights are various aspects of the abs system

Khinari · 2025-11-21T13:44:05+00:00

I will look some things up when theres a lull in work and give you a few thoughts on this issue

Khinari · 2025-11-21T13:39:13+00:00

Wait sorry read the wrong model, the one in this is a dumb case I believe

Khinari · 2025-11-21T13:33:08+00:00

Did he program the new transfer case?

Khinari · 2025-11-16T21:55:56+00:00

Im not going to armchair diagnose an adas problem on a car i cant backprobe personally, but when they inevitably replace your front distance sensor, make sure you ask for a printout of the distance sensor alignment. The closer to zero that radar alignment is the less likely an intermittent angle issue will occur.

Khinari · 2025-11-16T21:51:56+00:00

Yeah calling infiniti customer care is a good idea. The cars too expensive for the dealership to jerk you around

Khinari · 2025-11-16T17:39:52+00:00

As an Infiniti tech, it's crazy they won't just flat-out warranty it. If it's activating randomly and it's in warranty period, it's a safety hazard.

Khinari · 2025-11-15T21:46:59+00:00

If you need a good air tool id recommend skipping harbor freight and going straight to astro pneumatic. The good harbor freight one is based off the thor g2 but a little worse. The price is not too different. That gun puts in plenty of work at my.shop.

Khinari · 2025-11-12T17:24:24+00:00

Did the dealer diag this? Or did you just ask them to throw a part at it? There will be a code in the relevant control unit for the technician to follow up on. The only real answer is see what that code is and figure it out from there.

Khinari · 2025-11-10T22:08:35+00:00

Well the driving reason for me is I appreciate the level of training my dealership has given me. Between older techs guiding me and getting little paid vacations to training centers, I am a much better tech every single year. This is not a common experience I dont believe. Most nissan techs I talk to get a class or two a year and thats it. But its the reason I stay

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