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How To Proceed With Troubleshooting

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The hand-held tester can be used at step 4, 5, 6, 12.

  1. VEHICLE BROUGHT TO WORK SHOP 
    1. NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP. 
  2. (SEE  CUSTOMER PROBLEM ANALYSIS CHECK   ) 
    1. Confirm problem symptoms.
    1. NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP. 
  3. PROBLEM SYMPTOM CONFIRMATION 
    1. SYMPTOM DOES NOT OCCUR (GO TO STEP 4) 
    2. SYMPTOM OCCURS (GO TO STEP  5 .) 
  4. CHECK BODY MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (SEE  DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CHART  ) 
    1. Check for the DTC outputs.
    1. MULTIPLEX DTC OUTPUTS (PROCEED TO "BODY MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM") 
    2. NO: MULTIPLEX DTC (GO TO STEP 5) 
  5. DTC CHECK (OTHER THAN MULTIPLEX DTC) (SEE  DTC CHECK/CLEAR   ) 
    1. MALFUNCTION CODE (GO TO STEP 6) 
    2. NORMAL CODE (GO TO STEP  7 .) 
  6. DTC CHART (SEE  DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CHART   ) 
    1. GO TO STEP  8 . 
  7. (SEE  PROBLEM SYMPTOMS TABLE   ) 
    1. NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP. 
  8. (SEE  TERMINALS OF ECU   ) 
    1. NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP. 
  9. CIRCUIT INSPECTION (see  HEADLIGHT RELAY CIRCUIT   -  HEADLAMP SWIVEL MAIN SWITCH CIRCUIT   ) 
    1. NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP. 
  10. IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM 
    1. NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP. 
  11. REPAIR OR REPLACE 
    1. NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP. 
  12. CONFIRMATION TEST 
    1. NEXT: END