How To Proceed With Troubleshooting
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The hand-held tester can be used at steps 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 15.
- VEHICLE BROUGHT TO WORK SHOP
- CUSTOMER PROBLEM ANALYSIS (SEE
CUSTOMER PROBLEM ANALYSIS CHECK )
- Confirm problem symptoms.
- CHECK AND CLEAR DTCs (SEE DTC CHECK/CLEAR )
- PROBLEM SYMPTOM CONFIRMATION
- SYMPTOM DOES NOT OCCUR (GO TO STEP 5)
- SYMPTOM OCCURS (GO TO STEP 7 )
- SYMPTOM SIMULATION
- CHECK BODY MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (SEE
HOW TO PROCEED WITH TROUBLESHOOTING
)
- Check for the DTC output.
- MULTIPLEX DTC OUTPUTS (PROCEED TO "BODY MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM")
- NO MULTIPLEX DTC (GO TO STEP 7)
- CHECK CAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (SEE
HOW TO PROCEED WITH TROUBLESHOOTING
)
- Check for the DTC output.
- CAN DTC OUTPUTS (PROCEED TO "CAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM")
- NO CAN DTC (GO TO STEP 8)
- DTC CHECK (OTHER THAN MULTIPLEX DTC) (SEE
DTC CHECK/CLEAR )
- MALFUNCTION CODE (GO TO STEP 9)
- NORMAL CODE (GO TO STEP 10 )
- DTC CHART (SEE
DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CHART )
- GO TO STEP 10
- PROBLEM SYMPTOMS TABLE (SEE PROBLEM SYMPTOMS TABLE )
- TERMINALS OF ECU (SEE TERMINALS OF ECU )
- CIRCUIT INSPECTION (SEE DTC B1244 LIGHT SENSOR CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION to CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION )
- IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM
- REPAIR OR REPLACE
- CONFIRMATION TEST
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