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Circuit Description

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PCM and Throttle Actuator Control (TAC) module communicate through a dedicated serial data circuit. This diagnostic monitors accuracy of serial data transmission between PCM and TAC module. If a loss of data or invalid data is detected, this DTC will set.

Conditions for setting this DTC are, invalid or missing serial data messages are detected for a predetermined amount of time and condition is present for less than one second.