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Guide to understanding common diagnostic trouble codes and their meanings

In today's world of increasingly sophisticated technology, the language of diagnostic codes is becoming the key to understanding the health of your vehicle. From the cryptic “P0300” to “C1201,” these alphanumeric combinations are a kind of coded language that tells you what's going on in the depths of your vehicle.

Body-Control-Module (BCM) what are the key area of it?

Body-Control-Module (BCM) is a very complex unit which is responsible for many functions. For example, it is used to control the external and internal lighting, windows, seat heating, car alarm, door opening (lock of doors and trunk), speedometer and odometer, heating of the rear window and mirrors, etc. One of the connectors of the BCM is responsible for the input signal of the blow from the airbag. To simplify everything to the maximum level, it can be said that the BCM is a “controller of the comfort”.

P0190 - P0194 Fuel Rail Pressure

To continue the topic of the error codes, it is time to mention faults with Fuel Rail Pressure system. A fuel rail is essentially a pipe (usually resembling a rail) used to deliver fuel to individual fuel injectors on internal combustion engines.

• P0190 Fuel Rail Pressure 
• P0191 FRP Range/Performance
• P0192 FRP Low Input (voltage)
• P0193 FRP High Input (voltage)
• P0194 FRP Intermittent

Error code P0217 - Overheating engine

Error code P0217 is common, like the two previous ones (we wrote about earlier). P0217 is classified as a state of engine overheating or cooling system overheating, which essentially means the same thing. 

There are a lot of causes and consequences of overheating of the engine. It is important that the overheating of the engine is very dangerous and can lead to detonation. That is why when the error P0217 is shown up you need to climb under the hood and fix the problem immediately. 

Reasons & Solutions Generic DTC of System Bank 1&2

There is a list of trouble codes which help to identify problems with the supplement of the car. DTC can be divided into 4 types: Powertrain codes(P####), Body codes(B####), Chassis codes(C####) and Network Communication codes(U####), By the way, all of the can be grouped in generic or standard DTC and to Manufacturer or specific.

This article is about Generic DTC’s P0171, P0172, P0174, P0175 – which indicate faults with oxygen level in the fuel.

The injector fuel supply system and its errors P0172 and P0171

The injector fuel supply system began to be used in cars in the 80s of the last century. Before that, the down-draft carburetor was responsible for the fuel supply to the cylinders. For today, all modern cars are equipped with injectors, according to Euro5 standards.

What is DTC?

If "Check Engine Light" is on, it means that your vehicle has one or more OBD II Trouble Codes. The "Malfunction Indicator Lamp" (or MIL ) comes on to warn you when the Onboard Diagnostic System (OBD II) detects a problem that could cause your vehicle's emissions to exceed 1.5 times the legal limit.

Trouble codes resetting

Before you start working on cleaning DTC (diagnostic trouble codes), or the "Check Engine" indicator. First of all, you need to connect your smartphone (on which InCarDoc is installed) to the car using the OBD-II adapt. The application can read and clean trouble codes (turn off Check Engine, MIL).