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Work Flow





DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR WORK FLOW


Work Flow






1.GET INFORMATION FOR SYSTEM
Interview the customer to obtain the malfunction information (conditions and environment when the malfunction occurred) as much as possible when the customer brings the vehicles in.
- GO TO 2.
2.STUDY AND UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
Understand the operation condition or non-operation condition of pre-crash seat belt. System Description.
- GO TO 3.
3.CHECK DTC
Perform "Self-diagnosis procedure" of appropriate DTC to check if DTC is detected again.
At this time, always connect CONSULT-III to the vehicle, and then check the diagnosis results in real time on "DATA MONITOR (AUTO RECORD)".
There is no priority for each DTC. Record them based on the following rules.
Current malfunction: Record all DTCs detected.
Past malfunction: Record up to 5 DTCs. When the 6th DTC is detected, it is overwritten to the first recorded
DTC.
Is DTC detected?
YES - GO TO 4.
NO - GO TO 5.
4.PERFORM DTC CONFIRMATION PROCEDURE
Perform the inspection with "DTC REPRODUCTION PROCEDURE" of the applicable system.
YES - GO TO 6.
NO - Check intermittent incident. Intermittent Incident.
5.DETECT MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEM BY SYMPTOM DIAGNOSIS
Detect malfunctioning system according to SYMPTOM DIAGNOSIS based on the confirmed symptom in step
3, and determine the trouble diagnosis order based on possible causes and symptom.
- GO TO 6.
6.DETECT MALFUNCTIONING PART BY DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE
Identify the malfunctioning part with "Diagnosis Procedure".
- GO TO 7.
7.REPAIR OR REPLACE THE MALFUNCTIONING PART
Repair or replace the specified malfunctioning parts.
- GO TO 8.
8.FINAL CHECK
Perform "CONSULT-III function" again to check that the repair is performed correctly.
Check that malfunctions are not reproduced when obtaining the malfunction information from the customer, referring to the symptom inspection result in step 3.
Are all malfunctions corrected?
YES - INSPECTION END
NO-1 - DTC is detected: GO TO 4.
NO-2 - Symptom remains: GO TO 5.