Failed Honda PCMs And CAN System Diagnostics

Failed Honda PCMs And CAN System Diagnostics

In early 2014, Gary Goms received one of his most challenging e-mail requests from a shop foreman of a Honda dealership. This service manager had read a column he’d written on PCM diagnostics for ImportCar and was asking his opinion about why three PCMs would consecutively fail on a 2002 Honda Civic equipped with an automatic transmission with 137,000 miles on the odometer.

02CivicHXalloywheels8In early 2014, Gary Goms received one of his most challenging e-mail requests from a shop foreman of a Honda dealership. This service manager had read a column he’d written on PCM diagnostics for ImportCar and was asking his opinion about why three PCMs would consecutively fail on a 2002 Honda Civic equipped with an automatic transmission with 137,000 miles on the odometer.

Needless to say, these failures were becoming very expensive for the Honda dealer, which was the port of last resort for the Honda Civic’s owner.

Click here to read how Gary solved this diagnostic dilemma.

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