Scania BCS DTC 18 Communication with the tachograph (TCO)

BCS BCS control unit · Scania

Code 18 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 0012.

In short

Communication with the tachograph (TCO) has been terminated.

Applies to: BCS1

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