General Information
Component Location
General Description
The linear O2 sensor is mounted on the front side of the Catalytic Converter (warm-up catalytic converter) or in the front exhaust pipe. It detects a wide range of air/fuel ratios in the exhaust gas from the rich to lean regions. This linear O2 sensor produces a current that corresponds to a specific air/fuel ratio. The PCM monitors this signal and determines whether the air/fuel mixture is rich or lean. The PCM constantly monitors the linear O2 sensor and increases or decreases the fuel injection duration using this signal. This is called closed-loop fuel control operation.
DTC Description
The control unit of the linear oxygen sensor built inside the PCM monitors short circuit error on all front Heated Oxygen Sensor (HO2S) control lines (VRC, VIP, VG, VN) and PCM sets P0131 with short circuit to ground.If same code is set again in the next driving cycle, MIL is illuminated.
DTC Detecting Condition
Diagnostic Circuit Diagram