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WIRE COLOR ABBREVIATIONS

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in lhe circuilschemalics
Color ol wire Symbol Colorof wire ,lic
Symbol
B o Orange r und
Pink l Eq
Br Brown
Green Red
G
Gray
L Blue
Light green

HARNESS CLASSIFICATION
areclassified
wiringconnectors
Electricat to tne
according
wiringpansin the HarnessLayouls.
Harnessname Location Symbol

Mainharness ComPanmenl
Passenger lil
Floorand Rooland Keylessenlryharness Srde lloor and roof

Engineharness Enginecompanmenl E
ABSand A./CandAir bagharness Floor and heatel unin

chassisharness Chassiscompafimenl c
Side door D
Doorhamess
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IDENTIFICATION connectot,
Theseconnector
locations
canbe foundin the
:sr€do. rdentification HARNESS LAYOUTS.
symbolconsistso, a wiring
r€.s mationclassificalion
symbolcorresponorngro a Forexamp{e:
iarnesslocationandnumbercorrespondingto the

Numbercorrespondingto sub-connector
{serjalNumber)
Nlmbercorrespondr
hgto mainconnector(serialNumbe,
indicating
wi.inghamess(Enginewiringharness)

which @nnect each wldng harness

by the tollowtng symbols.
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Numbercorresponding
lo matnconnector(SerialNumbet)
Hearw|ltnqharn€ss
Mainwiing harness

JTJNCTION
BLOCK IDENTIFICATION wiringharnesslocaiionandnumbercorrespondtng
to the
A-Junclion
blockidentifjcation connectorin thejunctionblock.
symbolconsistsot a wiring
ramesslocationclassilication
symbolcorresponding to a Forexample:

Connectorhame
Abbreviationof the word 'Passenger
compartment
junctionblcok,'

Numbercorrespondjngto mainconneclor(SerialNumber)
symbot tFdicatingwi4rg harnessprefix(l\,4ain)
Abbrevialionof lhe word ,Junction"
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TROUBLESHOOTING
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|NSTRUCT|ONS
PROCEDUBES
TROUBLESHOOTING
procedure
Thefollowingfive-sleptroubleshooling is rec-
ommenoeo.
'1. Verilythe customer'scomplaints
Turnon all the componenls in the problemcircuitto
check the accuracyof the cuslome/scomplaints.
Notethe symptoms.Do not begindisassembly or
testinguntilyou havenarroweddownthe probable
causes.
2. Readand analyzethe schemalicdiagiam
Locatethe schemalic lor lhe problemcircuit.Deter-
minehowthe circuitis supposedto workby tracing
the cuffentpathsfromthe powersourcethroughthe
syslemcomponents to ground.lf youdo not under-
standhowthecircuilshouldwork, readlhecircuitop-
erationtext.Alsocheckothercirclilsihatsharewith
the problemcircuit.The nameof circuilsthat share
thesametuse,ground,orswitch,forexample, arere-
f€rredto on eachdiagram.Tryto operateanyshared
circuilsyoudidnol checkin slep 1. It thesharedcir-
cuitworks,thesharedwiringis okay,andthe cause
muslbewithinthewiringusedonlybytheproblem ciF
lail al lhe sametime.the fuse
cuit. It severalcircuits
or groundis a likelycause.
3. Inspectthe circuiv componentwith the problem
isolated
[/ak€ a ckcuittestto checkthe diagnosis youmade
in slep2. Rememb€rlhal a logical,simpleprocedure
is the key10etlicientlroubleshooting. Narrowdown
the probablecausesusingthe troubleshooiing hints
andsystemdiagnosis cha s. Testforlhe mostlikely
causeof failurelirsl. Trylo maketestsat pointsthat
areeasilyaccessible.
4. Repairthe problem
Oncethe problemis lound,makelhe necessary
re-
pairs.
5. Makesurethe circuil works
Repeatthe systemchecklobesureyouhaverepaired
th6problem.Itlhe problem wasa blowniuse,besure
to testallol the circuitson thatfuse.
HOWTO USETHIS MAN
EOUIPMENT
TBOUBLESHOOTING
ANDTEST LAMP
VOLTMETER
Use a test lampor a voltmeteron circuitswithout
stateunilsandusea testlampto checkforvollage.A
lampis madeup ol a 12-voltljghtbulbwitha pairol
atlached. Atler groundingone lead, touch the other
to variouspoinlsalonglhecrrcu wherevollageshould
present.Whenthe bulbgoeson, thereis voltageat
pointbeingt€sl€d.
CAUTION
A number of circuits include solid-slale moalu
such as the Engtne Contlol Module (ECM),
with computer command control intoction.
age in these circuits should be tested only
a lGmegaohm or higher impedancedigital
meter.Neveruse a test lamp on circuitsthat
solid-statemodules. Damageto the modules
resull.
A voltmetercan be usedin placeof a test lamp.While
lest lampshowswhetherthe voltageis presentor nol,
voltmeterindicaleshowmuchvollageis present.
SELF-POWEREDTEST LAMP AND OHMMETER
lesi lamDot an ohmmeterlo check
Use a self"Dowered
Ior continuity.The ohmmetershows how mLrchresislance
thereis betlveentwo pointsalongacircuil. Low resislanc0
means good continuity,
CAUTION
Neveruse a self-powercdtest lamp on circuits thal
containsolid state modules. Damageto these mod
ules may result.
An ohmmeter canbe usedin placeol a seif-powered
test
lamp,Theohmmetershows howmuchresistance thereF
betweentwopoinisalonga circuit,Lowtesistancemeans
goodcontinuty.
IAL TROUBLESHOOTING
INSTRUCTIONS Gt- l 1
:..:Jns whichincludeanv solid-slatedevicesshouldbe TROUBLESHOOTINGTEST
E{:?r ony witha1o-megaohm or higherimpedance dig-
:ai mullimeler.Whenmeasuring rosistancewitha digilal TESTINGFORVOLTAGE
rid- multimeter,thebatterynegative
terminalshould bediscon- Thastestmeasures voltagein a circuit.Whenlestinglor
(esI necled.Otherwise, theremayincorrect readings-Diodes voltageat a connector,you do nol haveto separatethe
ads andsolid-staledevicesin a be circuitcan makean ohm- tlvohalvesof theconnectotInstead,probetheconnector
metergivea falsereading.To{indout it a component is fromtheback(backprobe). Alwayscheckbothsidesofthe
aflectinga measurement, takeone reading,reversethe conneclorbecausedirtandcorrosion betweenitscontact
lne leadsandtakeasecondreading.lf ditferent thesolid-state surfacescancauseelectrical problems.
deviceis affecting
the measurement.
1. Connectone leadol a test lampoI voltmeter10a
ground.lf youareusinga voltmeter, be sureil is lhe
voltmeler's testleadyouhaveconnected
negative to
ground.
ieo 2. Connectthe otherleadol the testlampor vollmeter
olt- 10a selecledtestpoinl(connector or terminal).
3. lf lhe testlamp glows,thereis vollage present.Il you
'ith
rll- areusinga voltmeter, noiethevoltage reading.Aloss
atn ofmorethan1 voltfromspeclficalion indicatesa prob-
tay lem.
Itow ati rrME=l
JUMPERWIREWITHFUSE
-5a
Usea iumperwirewilha fuseto by-passan opencircuii.
A jumperwireis madeup of an inline tuseholdercon-
with
neciedto a sel ol test leads. Thistool is available
smal clampconnectors ptovidingadaptionlo moslcon-
nectorswithoutdamage.
CAUTION
Do not use a fuse with a higherrallngthan lhe speci-
J fied fusethal protectsthe circult beingtesled.Oo not
use this tool in any slluationto substitutean input or
outpulat the solid-stateconrol module,suchas ECM,
TCM.etc.

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SHORTFINDER
)sI
is A short finderis availableto locatea shorl to ground.The
shortlindef createsa pulsingmagneticfield in the shorted
circuit and shows you the localionof the short through
body lrim or sheet metal,
Gt-'r2 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
TESTING FOR CONTINUITY TESTINGFORA SHORTWITHA SHORTFINDER
1. Disconnecl
the batterynegative
terminal, 1. Remove theblownfuse-Leavethebatteryconnecled.
2. Connectone
leadof a self-Dowered
testlamoof ohm- 2. Connecttheshortfinderacrosstha{u6elerminals.
meterlo oneendof the Dartot thecircuilvouwishto 3. Closeall switchesin seriesanthecircuilthatis being
test.lf youareusingan ohmmeter, holdtheleadsto- testing.
getherandadjustlhe ohrnmeterlo readzeroohms. 4. Turnon the shorlcircuillocalor h sendspulsesol
the
3. Connect otherleadto theolherend. current10theshort.Thiscreatesa pulsingmagnetic
4. lf the selipowerlest lampglows,thereis continuity. tieldaroundthewiringbetweenthefuseboxandlhe
lf youare usingan ohmmeter, lowof zeroresislance shorl.
meansgoodcontinuity. 5. Eeginningat lhe tuse box, slowlymovethe short
finderalongthe circuitwiring. The meterwill show
currentpulsesthroughsheetmetalandbodylrim.As
longas the meteris betweenthefuseandthe shorl,
the needlewillmovewitheachcurr€nlpulse.Once
lhe meteris movedpasl lhe poinlof the shon,the
needlewil stopmoving.CheckaroLrnd thisarea10
locateihe causeol the shortcircuil.

BOX

TESTING FOR SHORT TO GROUND

1. Drsconnecl lhe bailerynegalive

lermina,.
2. Connectone lead oi a seli-poweredtest lamp ot an
ohmmeterto the iLrselerminalon the load side.
3. Connectthe other lead io a ground.
4. Beginningneartheluse blockmovethe harnesstrom
side to side. Continue this proceedure(aboul six
inches apafi) while watchinglhe solf-poweredtest
lamp or ohmmeter.
5. Whenihe sell-poweredtest lampglows,or ohmmeter
'egislers.lherersa shorltoagroundinll"ewrng near
that poinl.