Fault shedding (confirmation of a suspected fault)

When a fault occurs for the first time during a diagnostic routine, it is stored as a suspected fault. At the same time, a fault shedding counter is started that contains a certain value (e.g. 2). During additional diagnostic procedures, the shedding counter will be decremented by 1 if the fault is recognized in the same area window. When the shedding counter has reached the value 0, the fault is considered as shedded and is thus entered. If the fault class provides for this, the CE light is now activated as well.