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Circuit Description

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When the anti-theft system is activated, it causes the transistor in the ECU to switch ON and OFF at approximately 0.4 second intervals. This switches the taillight control relay ON and OFF, thus flashing the taillights. In this condition, if any of the following operations is done, the transistor in the ECU goes OFF and the taillight control relay switches OFF, thus stopping the taillights flashing:

See Fig 1.

Fig 1: Identifying Taillight Control Relay Circuit
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