Toyota Corolla (E120) 2002–2008 Repair Manual / Diagnostics / Electronic controlled automatic transaxle / How to proceed with troubleshooting
Toyota Corolla (E120): How to proceed with troubleshooting
The hand–held tester can be used at step 3, 4, 6, 9.
1 Vehicle brought to workshop
2 Customer problem analysis
3 Connect the obd ii scan tool or hand–held tester to dlc3
4 Check and clear dtc and freeze frame data
5 Visual inspection
6 Setting the check mode diagnosis
7 Problem symptom confirmation
Symptom does not occur: go to
step 8
Symptom occur: go to step 9
8 Symptom simulation
9 Dtc check
Dtc is not output: go to step 10
Dtc is output: go to step 18
10 Basic inspection
11 Mechanical system test
12 Hydraulic test
13 Manual shifting test
14 Problem symptoms table chapter 1
15 Problem symptoms table chapter 2
16 Problem symptoms table chapter 3
17 Part inspection
Go to step 20
18 Dtc chart
19 Circuit inspection
20 Identification of problem
21 Repair
22 Confirmation test
End
Other materials:
Symptom simulation
Hint:
the most difficult case in troubleshooting is when no symptoms occurs. In such
cases, a thorough customer
problem analysis must be carried out. Then the same or similar conditions and
environment in which the
problem occurred in the customer’s vehicle should be simulated. No matter ho ...
Circuit description
When a misfire occurs in the engine, hydrocarbons (hc) enter the exhaust in
high concentrations. If this hc
concentration is high enough, there could be an increase in exhaust emissions
levels. High concentrations
of hc passing through the catalyst also cause to temperature of the catalyst to ...
Inspection procedure
1 Check side squib(lh) circuit(airbag sensor assy center – front
seat airbag assy lh)
Disconnect the negative (–) terminal cable from the battery,
and wait at least for 90 seconds.
disconnect the connectors between the airbag sensor
assy center and the front seat airbag assy ...