Toyota Corolla (E120) 2002–2008 Repair Manual / Introduction / How to troubleshoot ecu controlled
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Toyota Corolla (E120): Customer problem analysis
Hint
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- in troubleshooting, the problem symptoms must be confirmed accurately, meaning that all preconceptions must be set aside in order to make an accurate judgement. To ascertain what the problem symptoms are, it is extremely important to ask the customer about the problem and conditions when it occurred.
- The following 5 items are important points in the problem analysis. Past problems which are thought to be unrelated and the repair history, etc. May also help in some cases. Therefore, as much information as possible should be gathered and its relationship with the problem symptoms should be correctly ascertained for use as reference in troubleshooting. A customer problem analysis table is provided for your use in the diagnostics section for each system.
(Sample) supplemental restraint system check sheet.
Other materials:
Oxygen sensor monitor (front and rear o2s system)
Preconditions
The monitor will not run unless:
mil is off
drive pattern
connect the obd ii scan tool to the dlc3 to check monitor status
and preconditions.
Start the engine and allow it to idle for 2 minutes or more.
Drive the vehicle at 25 mph ...
How to proceed with troubleshooting
Troubleshoot in accordance with the procedure on the following pages.
1 Vehicle brought to workshop
2 Customer problem analysis check and symptom check
Without applicable symptoms, proceed to ”a”.
with applicable symptoms, proceed to ”b”.
3 Symptom simulation
4 Prob ...
Checking the messages
1 Display the “Message Inbox” screen.
2 Select the desired message from the list.
3 Check that the message is displayed.
1 E-mails: Select “Mark Unread” or “Mark Read” to mark mail unread or read on
the message inbox screen.
This function is available when “Update Message Read S ...