2017 Kia Forte EXFACTORY OEM SERVICE PROCEDURE

Electronic Stability Control (ESC) System DTCS

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) IDENTIFICATION

DTC Description
<DTC C1101 01: Battery Voltage High
<DTC C1102 01: Battery Voltage Low
<DTC C1200 01: Wheel Speed Sensor Front-LH Open/Short
<DTC C1201 02: Wheel Speed Sensor Front-LH Range/Performance/Intermittent
<DTC C1202 02: Wheel Speed Sensor Front-LH Invalid/no Signal
<DTC C1203 01: Wheel Speed Sensor Front-RH Open/Short
<DTC C1204 02: Wheel Speed Sensor Front-RH Range/Performance/Intermittent
<DTC C1205 02: Wheel Speed Sensor Front-RH Invalid/no Signal
<DTC C1206 01: Wheel Speed Sensor Rear-LH Open/Short
<DTC C1207 02: Wheel Speed Sensor Rear-LH Range/Performance/Intermittent
<DTC C1208 02: Wheel Speed Sensor Rear-LH Invalid/no Signal
<DTC C1209 01: Wheel Speed Sensor Rear-RH Open/Short
<DTC C1210 02: Wheel Speed Sensor Rear-RH Range/Performance/Intermittent
<DTC C1211 02: Wheel Speed Sensor Rear-RH Invalid/no Signal
<DTC C1213 02: Wheel Speed Frequency Error (Generic Wheel Speed Error)
<DTC C1235 01: Pressure Sensor (Primary) - Open/Short
<DTC C1237 02: Pressure Sensor - Other
<DTC C1260 02: Steering Angle Sensor Circuit-Signal
<DTC C1261 04: Steering Angle Sensor Not Calibrated
<DTC C1283 02: Yaw Rate & G Sensor-Signal
<DTC C1285 04: Longitudinal G Sensor Not Calibrated
<DTC C1286 01: Yaw Rate & G Sensor Fail-Replace SRSCM
<DTC C1503 01: TCS/ESC (ESP) Switch Circuit Error
<DTC C1520 01: Clutch Switch Circuit Error
<DTC C1542 01: Brake Circuit Error
<DTC C1604 04: ECU Hardware Error
<DTC C1605 08: CAN Hardware Error
<DTC C1611 08: CAN Time-out EMS
<DTC C1612 08: CAN Time-out TCU
<DTC C1613 08: CAN Wrong Message form ECM
<DTC C1616 08: C-CAN Bus OFF
<DTC C1623 08: CAN Time-out Steering Angle Sensor
<DTC C1626 04: Implausible Control
<DTC C1643 08: CAN Time-out Yaw Rate & G Sensor
<DTC C1687 08: CAN Time-out VSM2 (MDPS)
<DTC C1688 08: VSM2 (MDPS) Signal Error
<DTC C16B6 00: CAN Timeout-AEB
<DTC C16B7 00: AEB Signal Error
<DTC C1702 04: Variant Coding Error
<DTC C2112 01: Valve Relay Error
<DTC C2380 01: ABS/TCS/ESC (ESP) Valve Error
<DTC C2402 01: Motor Electrical
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