DISTANCE SINCE Ml SET

2004 Toyota Matrix XR, FWD, StandardSECTION DISTANCE SINCE Ml SET
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Chrysler Pacifica. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The Euro Stage III OBD directive requires that the distance traveled by the vehicle while the MI is activated must be available at any instant through the serial port on the standard data link connector. This feature works as follows:

  1. If the MI is illuminated due to a fault, the distance count is updated (i.e. it is counting).
  2. If there is a stale MI fault (i.e. the fault is still frozen in memory but the MI has been extinguished due to 3 good trips), the distance count is held (i.e. frozen).
  3. If the distance count is being held due to (Item 2.) and the fault is cleared, the distance is cleared (set to zero).
  4. If the distance count is being held due to (Item 2.) and another MI occurs, the distance count is reset (to) and begins updating anew.
  5. If a fault occurs while the MI is already illuminated due to a previous fault (the distance count is updating), then the distance count continues to update w/out interruption.
  6. If the MI is flashing due to active misfire and there is an active fault (i.e. matured fault for which 3 good trips have not occurred), the distance count behaves as the MI in ON.
  7. If the MI is flashing due to active misfire and there is no active fault (i.e. the MI is flashing for a 1 malf.), the distance count behaves as if the MI is off (because it is not yet a matured fault).
  8. The distance count is cleared whenever the fault is cleared. (Via 40 warm up cycles, or via scan tool).
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