FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Diagnostic Strategies

Diagnostic Symbols
Figures and symbols are used instead of, or to supplement, text in fault-tracing. This is to facilitate fault-tracing and make the manual easier to read. In many cases two or three symbols are used together to form a figure.

Examples of commonly occurring pictures and symbols are shown below: