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Pending Trouble Codes and Force Clear

If no codes are found, you may still have Pending Trouble Codes. Pending Trouble Codes are DTCs that

your vehicle’s computer has detected but may not yet have triggered a DTC.

Pending DTCs can be viewed and cleared in much in the same way other DTCs can be. After scanning

your vehicle and getting a NO CODES FOUND result, press the lower right function button next to

MORE. This will scan your vehicle for Pending DTCs.

NO CODES FOUND

NOT READY MORE>

3 PENDING CODES

NO PEND CODES

FORCE CLEAR>

Force Clear

If no Pending DTCs are detected, ScanGauge

provides a method to force clear any detected

or undetected Trouble Codes. From the NO

PEND CODES screen shown above, press

the lower right function button next to FORCE

CLEAR. ScanGauge will then attempt to force

a clear of any pending or existing DTC and

turn off the Check Engine light.

Pending Codes

If Pending DTCs are detected, ScanGauge

will display the number of pending codes.

From the PENDING CODES screen shown

above, you can press the lower left function

button next to CODES to view the pending

DTC. You may also press the lower right

function button next to FRZD to view the

available Freeze Data and view the condi-

tions in the vehicle that were present when

the Pending DTCs where stored.

Decoding DTCs

DTCs vary from vehicle to vehicle, and you will need to find the definitions for your vehicle.

An excellent way to do this is to use a good search engine on the Internet. Use Trouble Codes as the

search words. You can add your make of vehicle to narrow the search. Using the actual DTC in the

search could bring up a lot of information on the problem if it is a common failure.

A good Web site to try is: http://www.troublecodes.net.

Another way to find the Trouble Code meaning and also information on what might be causing the

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