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.
- Powertrain control module (PCM)
- ABS-ECU [Vehicles without TCL]
- ABS/TCL-ECU [Vehicles with TCL]
- TPMS receiver
- ETACS-ECU
- A/C-ECU
- SRS-ECU
- Combination meter
- Multi-center display (Middle-grade type) [Vehicles with multi-center display (Middle-grade type)]
- Multi-center display (Mitsubishi Multi Communication System) [Vehicles with multi-center display (Mitsubishi Multi Communication System)]