Dave Clement writes:
>Anytime you disconnect the battery the codes are cleared (may take several
>seconds). Also anytime you disconnect the battery you will get a code 12
>indicating that power had been lost. This will stay until the ignition has
>been cycled on/off 20-50 times (the number of times is year dependant). Also,
> any code that is stored will clear it self if the problem goes away after
>the same number of ignition cycles.
I wonder if the dealer diagnostic software can query the SBEC for the time-
stamp (for lack of a better term for the ignition cycle count) of a code?
>NOTE: The ABS trouble codes are obtained by shorting the diagnostic
Do these then display through the check engine light? I'll have to check
my FSM.
Good Info!
Jim
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