No Communication Between the Integrated Diagnostic System (IDS) and the Vehicle
Configuration
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WARNING: Before beginning any service procedure in this information, REFER to Safety Warnings in General Information. Failure to follow this instruction may result in serious personal injury.
Refer to: Health and Safety Precautions .
- Establish a scan tool session.
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NOTE: For vehicles with push-button start, refer to Steering Wheel and Column Electrical Components article.
Turn ignition to RUN.
- The scan tool first attempts to communicate with the PCM. After establishing communication with the PCM, the scan tool then attempts to communicate with all other modules on the vehicle.
- If an IDS session cannot be established with the vehicle, IDS may state "No communication can be established with the Powertrain Control Module (PCM)."
- Choose "NO" when the scan tool prompts whether or not to retry communication.
- Enter a PCM part number, tear tag or calibration number to identify the vehicle and start a session. The PCM part number and 4-character tear tag number are printed on the PCM label. If the PCM part number cannot be found, a base part number search on the HVBOM application (under the OASIS tab on the technician service publication website) retrieves the PCM part number.
- If the scan tool cannot communicate with the vehicle after manually entering the PCM part number, diagnose the PCM does not respond to the scan tool. Refer to: Communications Network .