Mystery Blue Plug on my Caravan

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by CaravanGuy, Oct 12, 2005.

  1. CaravanGuy

    CaravanGuy Guest

    I have been trying for months to figure out what this blue plug is for
    on my 92 AWD Voyager. It's square and hangs down from behind the fuse
    panel. It has 6 pins and goes somewhere. It appears previous occupants
    had removed it from somewhere, but I cannot find where, nor am I able
    to locate the plug in my wiring diagrams.

    Anyone have any idea what this is for???

    Many Thanks for your help.
     
    CaravanGuy, Oct 12, 2005
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  2. CaravanGuy

    jdoe Guest

    It's a test port for hooking up a scanner.
    Larry
     
    jdoe, Oct 12, 2005
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  3. CaravanGuy

    maxpower Guest

    =----

    Its a diagnostic connector for the scan tool. It is used for body and ABS
    testing

    Glenn Beasley
    Chrysler Tech
     
    maxpower, Oct 12, 2005
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  4. CaravanGuy

    Carl Keehn Guest

    Interestingly enough, it is also used for emission testing, at least in
    Maryland. Along with the external checks of the exhaust system and gas cap,
    the emission testing tech hooks a scanner to the port and reads the codes,
    if it doesn't pick up any driveability codes, you pass. No more treadmill
    testing and sampling of exhaust for more recent cars.
     
    Carl Keehn, Oct 13, 2005
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  5. CaravanGuy

    aarcuda69062 Guest

    Nope, not on a 92 Voyager.
    The plug in question is for the CCD bus. i.e., ABS, body and
    transmission controllers.
    Which this isn't.
     
    aarcuda69062, Oct 13, 2005
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  6. CaravanGuy

    David Guest

    The only reason they hook it up for testing is to make sure that the
    computer can be read for diagnostic codes. That is why you would fail
    Emissions testing if there was a check engine light on. They circumvent the
    people who remove the bulb for the CEL, by testing that the computer has no
    codes stored. It has nothing to do with sampling exhaust!
     
    David, Oct 13, 2005
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  7. Unfortunately you also fail people with vehicles that turn on the CEL every
    once
    in a while for what appears to be no reason. Ours does it and the code is
    always
    for the EGR. I've had the transducer apart and run through all the factory
    diagnostics on
    the EGR system at least a dozen times. And the van always passes emissions
    dyno
    testing with NoX well under the max allowable. I always cross my fingers
    when going
    through emissions, fortunately the CEL has never turned on in the testing
    bay.

    Ted
     
    Ted Mittelstaedt, Oct 14, 2005
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  8. CaravanGuy

    CaravanGuy Guest

    Thanks to Ted, I now know it's for testing the transmission
    controller.

    Thanks to Everyone for their Help!!
     
    CaravanGuy, Oct 17, 2005
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