Diagnostic Test
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 RAM Pickup and 2012 RAM Cab & Chassis. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- TEST FOR AN INTERMITTENT CONDITION
- Turn the ignition on.
- Turn the ignition off, wait ten seconds then turn the ignition on.
- With the scan tool, read DTC's.
Does the scan tool display: B222C-VEHICLE CONFIGURATION NOT PROGRAMMED?
Yes
- Go To 2.
No
- Test complete, the condition or conditions that originally set this DTC are not present at this time. Using the wiring diagrams as a guide, check all related splices and connectors for signs of water intrusion, corrosion, pushed out or bent terminals and correct pin tension.
- Perform the BODY VERIFICATION TEST. Refer to BODY VERIFICATION TEST .
- VERIFY COMMUNICATION WITH TIPM
- With the scan tool, read the active modules on the bus.
Does the scan tool show the TIPM active on the bus?
Yes
- Go To 3.
No
- Refer to NO RESPONSE FROM TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) and perform the diagnostic procedure.
- With the scan tool, read the active modules on the bus.
- CHECK TIPM FOR ACTIVE DTC's
- With the scan tool, erase TIPM DTC's.
- Turn the ignition off. Wait approximately ten seconds.
- Turn the ignition on.
- With the scan tool, read TIPM DTC's.
Are any active DTC's present?
Yes
- Refer to TIPM - DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING and perform the appropriate diagnostic procedure.
No
- Go To 4.
- CHECK THE VEHICLE CONFIGURATION INFORMATION WITH SCAN TOOL
- With the scan tool run an ECU Details Report, read the Original and Current VINs, and the Body Style of the vehicle.
Does the information displayed match the vehicle?
Yes
- Replace the Totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM) in accordance with the Service Information.
- Perform the BODY VERIFICATION TEST. Refer to BODY VERIFICATION TEST .
No
- Go To 5.
- With the scan tool run an ECU Details Report, read the Original and Current VINs, and the Body Style of the vehicle.
- RESTORE THE VEHICLE CONFIGURATION
- With the scan tool, restore the vehicle configuration.
- Turn the ignition off, then back on.
- With the scan tool, read the active DTC's.
Does the scan tool display B222C-VEHICLE CONFIGURATION NOT PROGRAMMED as active?
Yes
- Replace the Totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM) in accordance with the Service Information.
- Perform the BODY VERIFICATION TEST. Refer to BODY VERIFICATION TEST .
No
- Test complete, the condition or conditions that originally set this DTC are not present at this time. Using the wiring diagrams as a guide, check all related splices and connectors for signs of water intrusion, corrosion, pushed out or bent terminals and correct pin tension.
- Perform the BODY VERIFICATION TEST. Refer to BODY VERIFICATION TEST .