Self Diagnostic cars using Infotainment ECU
2021-26-0027
09/22/2021
- Event
- Content
- Nowadays the passenger vehicles are coming with complicated & Multiple ECU's and functions. So the complication in diagnosing a vehicle is increasing day by day. And even for a diagnostic technician it is very complicated to diagnose a vehicle without error description ( DTC - Diagnostic trouble code) and a proper tool from the manufacturer.In vehicles, currently when there is a fault, the MIL (malfunction indication lamp) will glow, indicating that something is wrong. So the user will not be able to find out if the car will stop after driving 100 m or 1 km. Even for a very simple faults ( DTC ), in critical ECU's ( like Engine control, ABS, EPS ), the vehicle cluster will show warning lamps like MIL which will make the driver/user panic. In this situation one need to connect with diagnostic tool in OBD port and read out through good diagnostic software. The idea is by making software in the Infotainment system to read and clear faults from critical ECU's like ABS, ECM & cluster, so that the driver/user will have possibility to inspect and also rectify few faults which are not harmful and he will have confidence to take the vehicle further. Accessing the trouble codes and descriptions will not be shared to anyone which will be secured through a dedicated application from OEM and a proper authentication.This presentation of idea helps the driver/user to identify the fault & possible root causes for the fault, based on vehicle data's (Prognostics - Preprogrammable diagnostics) by infotainment itself and erased with minimal instructions. This idea is applicable for Cars with Infotainment system and with OEM specific application running in the infotainment. -The implementation helps in saving the time for user and also the vehicle service centers. -User will not become panic for very simple faults and able to understand the vehicle more. -The more connected feature in infotainment - The more error analysis!
- Citation
- Kannadhasan, A., "Self Diagnostic cars using Infotainment ECU," SAE Technical Paper 2021-26-0027, 2021, .