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Free troubleshooting help, built on 20 years of real repairs.
Enter your trouble codes and symptoms. Our assistant compares them with thousands of past Audi, VW and Porsche repairs from the JHM shop, and suggests where to start looking: things worth checking, simple tests, and what fixed similar cars.
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Resets October 1
99% left this month, about 273 more questions. JHM covers the AI cost of every question. Here's what's left for the community.
Repair cases in the database
Updated 9/23/26
20
years of shop history
3
makes: Audi, VW, Porsche
Top 10 vehicle platforms by documented JHM cases
- 1 B8/B8.5 · C7 Audi S4 · S5 · A6 · A7 3.0T V6 · 2010–2017 616 cases
- 2 B8/B8.5 Audi A4 · A5 · allroad · Q5 2.0T · 2008–2017 557 cases
- 3 B6/B7 · C5 Audi S4 · A6 · S6 · allroad 4.2 V8 · 2000–2009 416 cases
- 4 B7 Audi A4 2.0T · 2005.5–2009 377 cases
- 5 B5 · C5 Audi S4 · A6 · allroad 2.7T V6 · 1997–2005 300 cases
- 6 B7 Audi RS4 4.2 V8 FSI · 2006–2009 256 cases
- 7 MK VI VW GTI · Jetta/GLI · Golf 2.0T · 2010–2018 225 cases
- 8 B8 Audi S5 4.2 V8 · 2008–2012 220 cases
- 9 C7/C7.5 · D4/D4.5 Audi S6 · S7 · RS7 · A8 · S8 4.0T V8 · 2013–2018 206 cases
- 10 B8/B8.5 Audi RS5 4.2 V8 FSI · 2011–2015 173 cases
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- 11 MK VII VW GTI · Golf 2.0T · 2015–2021 162 cases
- 12 4L Audi Q7 3.0T V6 · 2007–2015 147 cases
- 13 B6 Audi A4 3.0 V6 / 1.8T · 2002–2005 127 cases
- 14 MK V VW GTI · Golf · Jetta · Eos 2.0T · 2005–2016 123 cases
- 15 C6 Audi A6 3.0T V6 / 4.2 V8 · 2005.5–2011 121 cases
- 16 8P Audi A3 2.0T · 2006–2013 105 cases
- 17 B8.5 Audi Q5 · SQ5 3.0T V6 · 2013–2017 94 cases
- 18 8V Audi S3 2.0T · 2015–present 90 cases
- 19 MK VI VW Jetta 2.0 / 2.5 / 1.8T / TDI · 2011–2018 85 cases
- 20 C7/C7.5 Audi A6 2.0T · 2012–2018 75 cases
- 21 8V Audi A3 2.0T / 1.8T · 2015–present 69 cases
- 22 B9 · C8 Audi S4 · S5 · SQ5 · A6 3.0T V6 · 2018–present 68 cases
- 23 C7.5 · 4M Audi A6 · A7 · Q7 3.0T V6 · 2016–2019 63 cases
- 24 MK VII VW Golf R 2.0T · 2015–2019 63 cases
- 25 B5 Audi A4 1.8T / 2.8 V6 · 1996–2001 54 cases
- 26 B6 VW CC 2.0T · 2009–present 50 cases
- 27 B9 Audi A4 2.0T · 2017–present 47 cases
- 28 8V Audi RS3 2.5T · 2017–present 41 cases
- 29 MK IV VW Jetta 2.0 / 1.9T · 1999–2005 39 cases
- 30 B9 Audi RS5 2.9T · 2018–present 37 cases
- 31 8N Audi TT 2000–2006 33 cases
- 32 MK IV VW GTI 2.8 VR6 · 1999–2006 32 cases
- 33 B8 Audi Q5 3.2 V6 · 2009–2012 31 cases
- 34 Gen 1 Audi R8 4.2 V8 / 5.2 V10 · 2008–2015 30 cases
- 35 B7 VW Passat 1.8T · 2012–present 29 cases
- 36 8J Audi TT 2.0T · 2008–2015 28 cases
- 37 MK IV VW Golf 1.9T · 1999–2006 27 cases
- 38 D3 Audi A8 4.2 V8 · 2004–2010 27 cases
- 39 MK VI VW Golf R 2.0T · 2012–2013 26 cases
- 40 95B.1 Porsche Macan S 3.0T · 2015–2018 26 cases
- 41 B6 VW Passat 2.0T · 2006–2010 24 cases
- 42 B5 VW Passat 2.8 V6 · 1998–2005 24 cases
- 43 MK VII VW Golf 1.8T · 2015–2021 24 cases
- 44 B9 Audi Q5 2.0T · 2018–present 22 cases
- 45 C6 Audi S6 5.2 V10 · 2006–2011 20 cases
- 46 MK I VW Beetle 1998–2010 18 cases
- 47 MK II VW Beetle 2.0T · 2012–present 16 cases
- 48 D4/D4.5 Audi A8 4.0T V8 / 3.0T V6 · 2011–2017 14 cases
- 49 C5 Audi A6 2.8 / 3.0 V6 · 1998–2004 14 cases
- 50 Gen 2 Audi R8 2017–present 14 cases
A case is a completed shop repair or a documented tech-support case, as of September 2026. Cars that are nearly identical to troubleshoot are grouped together.
Invitation only, for now
Early accessWe're opening the Troubleshooting Assistant to select JHM customers first. It's free for invited members. Got an invite? Log in with the email you use at JHM. There are no passwords; we email you a link. Not sure if you're in? Just try signing in, and we'll tell you right away.
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1 troubleshooting session a day
Each includes up to 10 follow-up questions.
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Earn extra credits
Share a documented repair: the final parts invoice, before-and-after code scans (the after scan must show readiness has run), and a write-up of the symptoms, what you tested and what fixed it. Get +1 credit, up to 5 saved.
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Real shop data
Scrubbed repair history, with personal details removed.
We're paying the AI costs to build this for the community, so access is opening in stages. We add members every week, and we're listening to what you want next.
How it works
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Tell us the car and the problem
Model, year, engine and transmission, your trouble codes, and what the car is doing.
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We look for similar past repairs
Your codes and symptoms are compared with JHM shop repairs on cars with the same engine and transmission.
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Get a list of things to check
Possible causes to look into, simple tests first, and the past repairs behind each suggestion. You make the call.