Electronically Erasable Program Read Only Memory (EEPROM) Monitoring

To diagnose errors with the electronically erasable program read only memory (EEPROM) the TCM calculates 4 checksums continuously: If the processor identifies discrepancies in any of the four checksums the TCM will engage mechanical limp-home mode.

The TCM can diagnose errors within the EEPROM. Diagnosis is only performed during TCM initialization. There is no fail-safe mechanism associated with this function as the EEPROM is mainly used for the storage of fault codes and transmission calibration adaptions. If a fault occurs the TCM is able to perform default action and inform the driver of the problem, this is by the instrument cluster message center.