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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
John Paul Bogema, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Peter Mitchell Lyon, Birmingham, MI (US);
Bret Alan Zimmerman, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Todd Fagerman, Plymouth, MI (US);
Todd Crompton, Redford, MI (US);
John Paul Bogema, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Peter Mitchell Lyon, Birmingham, MI (US);
Bret Alan Zimmerman, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Todd Fagerman, Plymouth, MI (US);
Todd Crompton, Redford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for responding to conditions detected in an on-board diagnostic unit of a motor vehicle and signaling degradation of a component of the motor vehicle. The method includes providing a first response if the conditions signal degradation of the component due to tampering, and providing a second response if the conditions signal degradation of the component not due to tampering.