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Advanced automotive fault diagnosis
Knowledge check questions
To use these questions, you should first try to answer them without help but if necessary, refer
back to
the content of the chapter. Use notes, lists and sketches to answer them. It is not necessary to write
pages and pages of text!
1. Explain what is meant by ‘controller area network (CAN)’ and why it is used to connect ECUs or
nodes together.
2. List
in a logical sequence, a series of steps to diagnose why a wiper motor operates on slow speed
but not on fast speed.
3. Describe how to check that an on/off relay is operating correctly.
4. Describe how to test the output of a road speed sensor used as part of a cruise control system.
5. Make a sketch of a fuel gauge circuit and describe how to check it for correct operation.