Circuit Description
The provision for communicating with the powertrain control module (PCM) is the data link connector (DLC). The DLC is located under the instrument panel (IP). The DLC is used to link a scan tool to the PCM serial data stream. Some common uses of the scan tool are listed below:
- Identifying the stored diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs)
- Reading the serial data stream
- Clearing the DTCs
- Storing the Freeze Frame data