Toyota Corolla (E120) 2002–2008 Repair Manual / Introduction / How to troubleshoot ecu controlled
systems / Customer problem analysis
Toyota Corolla (E120): Customer problem analysis
Hint
:
- 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:
Malfunction in tachometer
Wiring diagram
Inspection procedure
Check output value of ecm.
Connect the hand–held tester to dlc3.
Turn the ignition switch to on and push the hand–held tester main switch
on.
Select the data list mode on the hand–held tester.
2 Inspect combinatio ...
For vehicles equipped with catalytic converter
Caution:
if large amount of unburned fuel flows into the converter, it may cause
overheating and a fire hazard.
To prevent this, observe the following precautions.
Use only unleaded gasoline.
avoid prolonged idling.
Avoid running the engine at idle speed for more than 20 minutes. ...
Disposal
Hint:
when scrapping vehicles epuipped with a seat belt pretensioner or disposing of a
front seat outer belt (with
seat belt pretensioner) always first active the seat belt pretensioner in
accordance with the procedure described
below. If any abnormality occurs in the seat belt pretensioner o ...