Scania AMS DTC 8261 V117, Reductant doser shorted to battery

AMS AMS control unit · Scania

Code 8261 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 2045.

In short

The control unit indicates that the reductant doser temperature sensor is shorted to the battery voltage.

Applies to: AMS1

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