Diesel Data: Automotive Repair

General Information





Automatic Transaxle
P1603 Can Communication Bus Off - General Information

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General Description

The TCM can either receive data from the Engine Control Module or ABS control module, or it can send data to the ECM and ABSCM by using CAN communication. The CAN communicaton is one of the vehicle communications method, which is now widely used to transfer the vehicle data.

DTC Description

The TCM reads data on the CAN-BUS line and checks whether the data is equal to the data which the TCM sent before. If the data is not the same the TCM decides that either the CAN-BUS line or TCM are malfuncting and sets this code.

DTC Detecting Condition