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Test Description

The steps listed below refer to numbers on the following diagnostic chart, no information is missing.

DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM CHECK - DATA LINK COMMUNICATIONS

Step Action Normal Result(s) Abnormal Result(s)*
1 With scan tool connected make contact with any of the modules applicable to the vehicle Scan Tools main menu. * Blank Screen
* No power to the scan tool
Refer to SCAN TOOL INOPERATIVE 
2 Select Diagnostics Circuit Check, Class 2 DTC Check from the scan tools menu. No DTC's found. The module(s) listed will have DTC's present.
* U1016. Refer to SCAN TOOL WILL NOT COMMUNICATE WITH CLASS 2 DATA LINE 
* U1255. Refer to SCAN TOOL WILL NOT COMMUNICATE WITH CLASS 2 DATA LINE 
* No Communication with the vehicle, or Diagnostic Link Connector. Refer to SCAN TOOL WILL NOT COMMUNICATE WITH CLASS 2 DATA LINE 
3 1. Select Body Diagnostics from the scan tools menu.
2. Select SIR UART Data Line information.
3. Access DTC's using the scan tool.
No DTC's found. No communication with the vehicle, or Diagnostic Link Connector. Refer to SCAN TOOL WILL NOT COMMUNICATE WITH CLASS 1 (UART) DATA LINE 
* Refer to the appropriate symptom diagnostic table for the applicable abnormal result.