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U1096



DTC U1001-U1254

Circuit Description

Modules connected to the class 2 serial data circuit monitor for serial data communications during normal vehicle operation. Operating information and commands are exchanged among the modules. When a module receives a message for a critical operating parameter, the module records the identification number of the module which sent the message for State of Health monitoring, Node Alive messages. A critical operating parameter is one which, when not received, requires that the module use a default value for that parameter. Once an identification number is learned by a module, it will monitor for that modules Node Alive message. Each module on the class 2 serial data circuit which is powered and performing functions that require detection of a communications malfunction is required to send a Node Alive message every 2-5 seconds. When no message is detected from a learned identification number for 5 seconds, a DTC U1xxx, where xxx is equal to the three digit identification number.




The control module ID number list below provides a method for determining which module is not communicating. A module with a class 2 serial data circuit malfunction or which loses power during the current ignition cycle will have a Loss of Communication DTC set by other modules that depend on information from that failed module. The modules that can communicate will set a DTC indicating the module that cannot communicate.

When more than one Loss of Communication DTC is set in either one module or in several modules, diagnose the DTCs in the following order:

1. Current DTCs before history DTCs unless told otherwise in the diagnostic table.
2. The DTC which is reported the most times.
3. From the lowest number DTC to the highest number DTC.

DTC Descriptors

This diagnostic procedure supports the following DTCs:

* DTC U1001 Lost Communications With Powertrain Multiple Control System
* DTC U1254 Unassigned

Conditions for Running the DTC

* The vehicle power mode, ignition switch position, requires serial data communication to occur.
* The module supply voltage is in the normal operating range of 9-16 volts.

Conditions for Setting the DTC

A message from a learned identification number has not been detected for the past 5 seconds.

Conditions for Clearing the DTC

* A current DTC will clear when a Node Alive message from the failed identification number is detected on the class 2 serial data circuit or at the end of the current ignition cycle.
* A history DTC clears when the module ignition cycle counter reaches the reset threshold, without a repeat of the malfunction.

Diagnostic Aids

When multiple Loss of Communication DTCs are set concurrently, the likely cause is a bad connection at the fuse block-left instrument panel (I/P) class 2 serial data connector. Refer to Programming and Relearning.Programming and Relearning

Test Description

Step 1 - Step 7:




Step 8 - Step 9:




The number below refers to the step number on the diagnostic table.
7. The module which was not communicating on the class 2 serial data circuit may have set the Loss of Communication DTCs for the modules it was monitoring.