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2024 Kia Niro EX

DTC Information: DTC Detecting Condition

2024 Kia Niro EXSECTION DTC Detecting Condition
Item Detecting Condition Possible Cause
DTC Strategy
  • Monitoring CAN communication
  • Poor connection
  • CAN communication circuit (open, short)
    • CAN high line open
    • CAN low line open
    • CAN high and low line open
    • CAN high line short to 12V battery
    • CAN low line short to 12V battery
    • CAN high, low line short to each other
    • CAN high, low line short to each other and short to ground
  • Terminating resistance faulty
  • Transmitting controller BUS off
  • Transmitting controller disconnected
  • Transmitting controller power, fuse or ground faulty
  • Transmitting controller H/W, S/W faulty
  • CAN line noise
  • IBU faulty (CAN module faulty)
  • ECM faulty (CAN module faulty)
  • ICU faulty (CAN module faulty)
Enable Condition
  • Ignition "ON"
  • Normal 12V battery voltage is 9 to 16V
Threshold Value
  • CAN high and low circuit simultaneous short to ground
  • CAN high and low circuit simultaneous short to 12V battery
Detecting Time
  • 1.9s
DTC Erasing
  • Receives the normal CAN data
RENDER: 1.0x

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