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DTC Detection Logic

DTC No.

CONSULT screen items

(Trouble diagnosis content)

DTC detection condition

C160A

HEAT PROTECTION

(Heat protection)

Diagnosis condition

When engine is running.

Signal (terminal)

--

Threshold

When the steering wheel is operated excessively and the interior temperature of the power steering system reaches 118 deg. C (244.4 deg. F) or more (protection function)

Diagnosis delay time

2 seconds or more

NOTE: Although the hydraulic pump electric power steering system warning lamp turns ON, this is not a system malfunction. The state returns to normal after stopping steering operation and waiting until the system interior temperature drops to 90 deg. C (194 deg. F) or less.