FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Initial Inspection and Diagnostic Overview

ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS

The CAN is a communication method which the ECUs use in order to communicate each other. The CAN-related diagnostic trouble codes will be stored in the following ECUs, which use the CAN communication.
- ECM [M/T] or PCM [A/T]
- ABS-ECU [vehicles without traction control system] or ABS/TCL-ECU [vehicles with traction control system]
- Convertible top control module
- ETACS-ECU
- TPMS receiver
- A/C-ECU
- SRS-ECU
- Combination meter