Monitoring function - VVL relay diagnosis
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P1057
VVL relay diagnosis is performed internally to the ECU and does a comparison of the main relay voltage to the variable valve lift capacitors. If the difference is greater than a threshold then an appropriate DTC will be stored.
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| relay diagnosis (battery voltage - capacitor voltage) | P1057 |