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Electronic Diagnostics

With the engine bay of an eight-year-old Honda CR-V semi-dismantled, Mark Shipman outlines the problems he has had to fix on this vehicle that’s powered by a 2199cc common-rail turbocharged direct-injection diesel that drives all four wheels, but also outlines the potential issues that can arise. Having arrived with the engine management light permanently illuminated on the dashboard, he discovered it was caused by a transmission pressure sensor fault, which he admits he’d not seen before.

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