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Old 12-11-2008, 01:00 PM
Arthur Dalton Arthur Dalton is offline
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My code post had a typo, so it is corrected..
Here is some basic info for that chassis:
If you get a single flash , there are no codes..if you get nothing, then the codes have been cleared and they will not re-appear , nor can they be accessed until the DM does all emmissions self-test. { Cycles thru]...
To clear multiple codes , you do not have to turn key off after each clear..you simply cear all with a 2 sec wait between each procedure and then turn key off for 10 secs , then On for 10 sec and Start the car. That will let the ecu cycle thru each/all codes and clear it auto . It will also clear a CE lamp ilumination.
The codes you get from that button are DM [ Diagnostic Module] and are ONLY emmissions related codes . If one of the other modules [ Engine Management/CC/EA ] picks up a code fault and it will effect emmissions standards , it gets shipped over there and if it repeats . then the DM [ N59/ module ] triggers the CE lamp and stores the offending basic code.
If the car does not have a CE lamp. it does not have an N59 module or the push-button feature These are called Federal version cars ...the ones with that feature are called Cal. version cars. Both have the 16 pin box, but the FED has no PB feature.
The main funtion of the CE and N/59 module was for Emmissions Standards Testing..you don't pass if you have a CE on and the button allows for CE offending code to be retrieved. The reason for No Codes until the N/59 does all self test was so a guy could not clear the codes around the corner and go get a Sticker.

But the real nice thing you want to know is that chassis also has access to the real diagnostic codes [ the last year of that feature. as the next year went to OBD2] ..that are stored in the actual running modules of the car.
And you can also get to them by building a simple $10 Led/Sw. tool that mimics the built-in PB one for CE module.

Go here and you can see all these different module and the codes they can store. That is where you want to be looking .

E320 16 PIN DTC Charts inc. pin 8, pin 14

Remember , a Single Flash on those is the desireable condition b/c then you know the car is in perfect spec. They are much more important and give a much clearer and specific diagnostics medium than the PS emmissions one does.
An example would be for you to get a code on the DM that says 'Ignition Fault"...now, if you took the tool and went to the Ignition Module [ socket 8 on that car], you could get a specific ignition code stored there that would point to the actual ignition fault... [ like a specific coil misfire, etc.]
This is the last of Flash code , so be happy you have it,even tho the next generation OBD2 is much better, but requires a digital scanner..
All your codes are listed on that site and the remedies are all listed in the Archieves... just searc using the code as reference....if you can't find them, post again and I will run thru the possible remedies and causes...or someone here will .............
They are common codes.
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Last edited by Arthur Dalton; 12-11-2008 at 01:27 PM.
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