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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Peter John Giles, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Cardillo, Windsor, CA;
Herbert Thomas Meissner, South Lyon, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for analyzing a motor vehicle operating problem. A number of tests are provided for the selected system or component to determine the cause of the problem. One of the tests are selected, and instructions are displayed for the selected test. A result is input for the selected test and it is determined whether the result indicates the problem was experienced during the test. If the problem was not experienced and that the test did not experience a failure, the state of the faults that are detectable by the test are set to substantially “Possible Intermittent Fault”.