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Manuals through 2025 now available!

Our trusted friends have launched a new website named LEMON, which has newer manuals. It also contains all the CHARM manuals.

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Brakes and Traction Control: Testing and Inspection

Inspection and Verification
1. Verify the customer concern.
^ If a road test is necessary make sure the vehicle is safe to do so.
2. Visually inspect for obvious mechanical faults.





3. If an obvious cause for an observed or reported concern is found, correct the cause (if possible) before proceeding to the next step.
4. Use the approved diagnostic system or a scan tool to retrieve any diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) before moving onto the symptom chart.

^ Make sure that all DTCs are cleared following rectification