DTC U0131-00: Lost Communication With Power Steering Control Module 'A': General Description

The Controller Area Network (CAN) high speed bus is used where data needs to be exchanged between modules at a high rate, to minimize the delay between the occurrence of a change in sensor value and the reception of this information by a control device using the information to adjust vehicle system performance. The CAN consists of two twisted wires. One signal circuit is identified as CAN high and the other signal circuit is identified as CAN low. At each end of the data bus there is a 120? termination resistor between the CAN high and CAN low circuits. When the CAN high signal circuit is driven higher to approx. 3.5V and the CAN low circuit is driven lower to approx. 1.5V. The differential voltage becomes approx. 2.0±0.5V.