With Hand-Held Tester

2004 Toyota Matrix XR, FWD, StandardSECTION With Hand-Held Tester
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  1. Connect hand-held tester to (DLC3). See Fig 1.
  2. Turn ignition switch on.
  3. Read DTCs by following prompts on tester screen. If any DTCs are retrieved, perform appropriate test. See DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE DEFINITIONSΒ .
  4. Please refer to the hand-held tester operator's manual for further details.
Fig 1: Connecting Hand-Held Tester
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