Toyota Corolla (E120) 2002–2008 Repair Manual / Introduction / How to troubleshoot ecu controlled
systems / Customer problem analysis
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:
Light control switch circuit
Wiring diagram
Inspection procedure
1 Check headlamp dimmer switch assy (light control switch)
2 Check wire harness (tvip ecu light control switch)
Disconnect the tvip ecu and light control switch connectors.
check the continuity between the terminals of the tvip
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Valve clearance
Adjustment
1. Remove cylinder head cover no.2
Remove the 2 nuts, 2 clips and cylinder head cover.
2. Disconnect engine wire
Remove the 5 clamps from the 5 clamp brackets.
Disconnect the 4 ignition coil connectors.
Remove the bolt and nut installing the engine wire ...
Fail–safe chart
If any of the following codes is recorded, the ecm enters the fail–safe mode.
Check for intermittent problems
Hand–held tester only:
by putting the vehicle’s ecm in the check mode, the 1 trip detection logic is
possible instead of the
2 trip detection logic, and the sensitivity to de ...