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TestProcedures
ELECTRICVEHICLE-TROUBLESHOOTING
ANDELECTRICALSYSTEM
TESTPROCEDURES
Usingthefollowingprocedures,theentireelectricalsystemcanbetestedwithoutmajordisassemblyofthevehicle.
WARNING
•Ifwiresareremovedorreplaced,makesurewiringandwireharnessisproperlyroutedandsecured.
Failuretoproperlyrouteandsecurewiringcouldresultinvehiclemalfunction,propertydamage,
personalinjury,ordeath.
Formanytests,theelectronicsmodulecovermustberemovedtogainaccesstothevariouscomponentsthatare
mountedonthecomponentmountingplate.SeeElectronicsModuleCoveronpage13-6.SeefollowingWARNING.
WARNING
•Shortingofbatteryterminalscancausepersonalinjuryordeath.
–Donotplacecomponentmountingplatedirectlyontopofbatterieswhenremovingorinstalling
plate.
–Removeplatefromvehiclecompletely.
Aftertestproceduresarecompleted,besuretoreplacethecover.SeeElectronicsModuleCoveronpage13-6.
SeefollowingCAUTION.
CAUTION
•Exposuretowatermaydamageelectroniccomponents.
–Donotoperatevehiclewithoutthecoverproperlyinstalled.
–Donotdirectawaterstreaminareaofthecover.
TESTINGBASICS
•TousetheCDT,theT ow/RunswitchmustbeintheRUNposition.TheTow/Runswitchprovidespowertothelogic
boardandpowerboardinsidethecontroller.
•BatteryPackVoltage(BPV)willbereferencedthroughoutthetestprocedures.BPVisaccessedinTestProcedure
1–Batteries/VoltageCheck(BPV)onpage12-13.
•TheTow/Runswitchpowersthekeyswitch,controller,Forward/Reverseswitch,15-ampfuse,andreversebuzzer.
•ThekeyswitchpowerstheMCOR2-pincircuit,Forward/Reverseswitch,solenoid,andthefemalebulletconnector
(W34shownon.
•TheMCOR3-pincircuit,motorspeedsensorcircuit,thecommunicationpointforthecardevice(white/blackwire
inposition13ofthe16pinconnector),andchargeindicatorlightispoweredbythecontroller(withTow/Run
switchinRUN).
•The2-ampfuseispowereddirectlybythebatteriesviathesolenoidandcarriesBPVtotheconnectedcar
device.Noswitchisinvolved.
•Theterm“back-probe”referstoprobingthesideofaconnectorthatthewireenters.Thisisusuallydonewhenthe
connectormustremainconnectedtoadevice.SeefollowingCAUTION.
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