Patent ID: 11893838
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 19:
20. A method of troubleshooting an electronic system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
performing a test on one or more electronic control modules of the vehicle, wherein performing the test includes at least one of loading software on the one or more electronic control modules and determining whether the one or more electronic control modules are outputting data via the electronic system;
generating a diagnostic trouble code set based on the test, the diagnostic trouble code set including one or more diagnostic trouble codes;
receiving diagnostic specifications, the diagnostic specifications associating connector pins and wires of the electronic system with possible diagnostic trouble codes;
receiving wiring circuit specifications, the wiring circuit specifications associating wiring circuits of the electronic system with the connectors of the electronic system;
determining a plurality of possible repair locations based on the diagnostic trouble code set, the diagnostic specifications, and the wiring circuit specifications;
generating a ranking for each possible repair location of the plurality of possible repair locations based on a probability of a repair being successful, a difficulty of the repair, and an amount of time for completing the repair;
selecting at least one possible repair location of the plurality of possible repair locations based on the ranking of each possible repair location of the plurality of possible repair locations; and
displaying the at least one possible repair location.