Using Indicator Light
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2003 Lexus RX 300 and 2002 Lexus RX 300. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Check the DTC using the diagnosis check wire.
- Turn the ignition switch ON.
- Using Diagnosis Check Wire No. 2 (SST 09843-18040), connect between terminals Tc and E1 of DLC1. See CONNECTOR IDENTIFICATION .
- Read the diagnostic trouble code from the malfunction indicator lamp. If a diagnostic trouble code is not output, check the Tc terminal circuit. The ECM controls the immobilizer function of this vehicle, DTC is output with engine data. As an example, the blinking patterns for codes; normal, 12 and 99 are shown in charts. See Fig 1.
- When DTC 99 is output, there is immobilizer system trouble. See PROBLEM SYMPTOM INDEX table.
- After completing the check, disconnect terminals No. 13 (TC) and 4 (CG) and turn off the display. In the event of 2 or more malfunction codes, indication will begin from the smaller numbered code and continue in order to the larger.