Patent ID: 8423226

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of dynamically producing a diagnostic test procedure sequence to diagnose a failure mode of a vehicle, comprising the steps of: selecting a first plurality of diagnostic test procedures related to a symptom exhibited by the vehicle; arranging an order of the first plurality of diagnostic test procedures based on a probabilistic failure mode analysis and time required to perform each of the first plurality of diagnostic test procedures; formatting a step of a first diagnostic test procedure from among the first plurality of diagnostic test procedures for display on a display device; displaying the formatted step on the display device; arranging an order of a second plurality of diagnostic test procedures, which includes one of the diagnostic test procedures of the first plurality of diagnostic test procedures, during execution of the first plurality of diagnostic test procedures, and based on intermediate diagnostic test information obtained from execution of the first diagnostic test procedure; and displaying a step of a second diagnostic test procedure from among the second plurality of diagnostic test procedures on the display device, wherein each of the above steps is performed by a computer.