Using the Code Reader
CODE RETRIEVAL PROCEDURE
If an Error message is shown on the
Code Reader’s LCD display, it indicates there is a communication problem. This means that the Code Reader is unable to communicate with the vehicle's computer. Do the following:
-Turn the ignition key off, wait 5 seconds and turn the key
back on to reset the computer. Press the LINK button to
-Make sure your vehicle is OBD 2 compliant. See VEHICLES COVERED on page 4 for vehicle compliance verification information.
6.Read and interpret the Diagnostic Trouble Codes using the LCD display and the green, yellow and red LEDs.
The green, yellow and red LEDs are used (with the LCD display) as visual aids to make it easier for the user to determine engine system conditions.
| Green LED | - | Indicates | that | all | |||
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| their diagnostic testing, and no | |||||||
| trouble codes are present. A zero will | |||||||
| show on the Code Reader’s LCD | |||||||
| display for further confirmation. |
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| Yellow | LED | - | Indicates one | of | |||
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| yellow LED is lit, it may indicate the | |||||||
| existence of a pending code. Check | |||||||
| the Code Reader’s LCD display for | |||||||
| confirmation. | A | pending | code |
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| confirmed by the presence of a | |||||||
| numeric code and the word PENDING | |||||||
| on the Code Reader’s LCD display. If | |||||||
| no pending code is shown, the yellow | |||||||
| LED indicates Monitor Status (see the | |||||||
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| MONITOR STATUS - If the Code | |||||||
| Reader’s LCD display shows a zero | |||||||
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| in the vehicle's computer), but the | |||||||
| yellow LED is lit, it indicates a | |||||||
| "Monitor Has Not Run" status. This | |||||||
| means that some of the Monitors on | |||||||
| the vehicle have not yet finished their | |||||||
| diagnostic | |||||||
| is confirmed by one or more blinking | |||||||
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