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General Information: DTC Detecting Condition

DTC DETECTING CONDITION AND POSSIBLE CAUSES

Item Detecting Condition Possible Cause
CASE 1 DTC Strategy
  • Initial pattern check
  • Open or short to chassis ground between TCM signal and ECM
  • Short to battery between TCM and ECM
  • Message timeout from TCM
  • Faulty TCM
  • Signal validation
Enable Conditions
  • Battery voltage > 10V
 
Threshold Value
  • TLOW > 2.5 and THIGH < 0.03
  • TLOW < 2.5 and THIGH > 0.5
Diagnostic Time
  • 2.5 sec. Continuous
Case 2 DTC Strategy
  • Signal validation
 
Enable Conditions
  • Battery voltage > 10V
 
Threshold Value
  • TLOW > 2.5
Diagnostic Time
  • 2.5 sec. Continuous