RE: OBD diagnostic table

From: Dave Clement-LDC009 (Dave_Clement-LDC009@email.mot.com)
Date: Tue Sep 24 1996 - 07:27:04 EDT


From: boballen@sky.net@INTERNET on Mon, Sep 23, 1996 4:58 PM

Lee Mewshaw wrote:
>>
>> This a very useful table for one of the most arcane parts of fixing a
>> car. My Dakota is a 94, and I haven't had the pleasure of my "check
>> engine" light coming on (yet). Knock on wood. What I'd like to know is
>> how would I connect to it if I wanted to check the codes?

>Good point. I should add that information to the page. For the '96 and, I
>believe, prior years, if you cycle the ignition key OFF-ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON
>fairly quickly the check engine light will blink the DTC code. I've never
seen
>it yet but supposedly, a "24" would display as "blink-blink" a pause and
>"blink-blink-blink-blink". As not all codes cause the check engine light,
you
>might try it and see if anything is stored. I did and either nothing was
>stored or I did it wrong.

Just a reminder, you should always get the 55 code (end of codes signal)
anytime you check for codes whether there is a problem or not. That's the
key to letting you know that you ran the sequence correctly.

Dave Clement
89 4x4 LE
 



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