J2012_201303 Diagnostic Trouble Code Definitions

Revised

03/07/2013

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This document supersedes SAE J2012 DEC2007, and is technically equivalent to ISO 15031-6:2010 with the exceptions described in Section 1.2.
This document is intended to define the standardized Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) that On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) systems in vehicles are required to report when malfunctions are detected. SAE J2012 may also be used for decoding of enhanced diagnostic DTCs and specifies the ranges reserved for vehicle manufacturer specific usage.
This document includes:
  1. a
    Diagnostic Trouble Code format.
  2. b
    A description of the standardized set of Diagnostic Trouble Codes and descriptions contained in SAE J2012-DA. The two most significant bytes of a DTC may be decoded according to two different lists; DTC Format Identifier 0x00 and 0x04.
  3. c
    A description of the standardized set of Diagnostic Trouble Codes subtypes known as Failure Types contained in SAE J2012-DA (applies only when three byte DTCs are used).
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/J2012_201303
Pages
17
Citation
SAE International Recommended Practice, Diagnostic Trouble Code Definitions, SAE Standard J2012_201303, Revised March 2013, Issued June 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/J2012_201303.
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Published
Mar 7, 2013
Product Code
J2012_201303
Content Type
Recommended Practice
Status
Revised
Language
English