How To Proceed With Troubleshooting
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Lexus RX 330. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The hand-held tester can be used at step 4, 5, 6, 12.
- VEHICLE BROUGHT TO WORK SHOP
- NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP.
- (SEE CUSTOMER PROBLEM ANALYSIS CHECK
)
- Confirm problem symptoms.
- NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP.
- PROBLEM SYMPTOM CONFIRMATION
- SYMPTOM DOES NOT OCCUR (GO TO STEP 4)
- SYMPTOM OCCURS (GO TO STEP 5 .)
- CHECK BODY MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (SEE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CHART
)
- Check for the DTC outputs.
- MULTIPLEX DTC OUTPUTS (PROCEED TO "BODY MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM")
- NO: MULTIPLEX DTC (GO TO STEP 5)
- DTC CHECK (OTHER THAN MULTIPLEX DTC) (SEE DTC CHECK/CLEAR
)
- MALFUNCTION CODE (GO TO STEP 6)
- NORMAL CODE (GO TO STEP 7 .)
- DTC CHART (SEE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CHART
)
- GO TO STEP 8 .
- (SEE PROBLEM SYMPTOMS TABLE
)
- NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP.
- (SEE TERMINALS OF ECU
)
- NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP.
- CIRCUIT INSPECTION (see HEADLIGHT RELAY CIRCUIT
- HEADLAMP SWIVEL MAIN SWITCH CIRCUIT
)
- NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP.
- IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM
- NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP.
- REPAIR OR REPLACE
- NEXT: GO TO NEXT STEP.
- CONFIRMATION TEST
- NEXT: END