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self test is not supposed to go to max it is supposed to go to 1/2 way mark

you dont mention if standard power steering or "variatronic" steering either a coincidence or he accidentally repaired your fault

vx is aldl

hope rwc is easy where you live the ad forgot fully sic, hot air intake pod filter

my daughter just traded her 2009 VE with 330,000km for a 4 wheel drive this poor car towed a loaded horse float for 200,000km of its life still on original chains, 5 speed auto was definitely not as good as new though

short term fix 1, use your spare remote, if you dont have one kick yourself, modern cars you need to have 2 functioning remotes 2, press unlock on remote, this will give you around 15 seconds in which time to start engine long term fix you will need to program a new remote , using your bcm...

with scan tool check cluster faults

scan the cluster for the svs codes

specialist ac mechanic might want to choose another career are you still running r134a or something different so i am interpreting your post correctly when it does not work the compressor clutch is not engaging? there is a pressure sensor on the ac lines (i believe it is a pressure transducer...

sounds like a sticky valve what are the lifters like and what oil grade are you using

possibly aircon compressor about to seize up?

clean the paint off the mounting lugs and the centre boss

get it scanned and see if any helpful codes is your mechanic intelligent enough to know vz and ve alt are different

the vident can do it you will need your bcm security code to link ecu little credit card in owners book

the usual fault is the pim is offline so scan tool cannot communicate with pim and therefore pcm so i dont know what your fault is but going by what you typed i would think a ground or comms issue