FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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General Description

A malfunction is detected by using a checksum technique for verifying data. The digital data is composed of zeros and ones. A checksum is the total of all ones in a string of data. By comparing the checksum value with a stored value, a malfunction can be detected.

DTC Description

If real checksum does not accord with memory checksum, ECM sets P0601 and MIL (Malfunction Indication Lamp) turns on.

DTC Detecting Condition