Scania BMU DTC 1588 Excessive power consumption for equipment connected to electric power take-off R126

BMU Battery Management Unit · Scania

Code 1588 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 0634.

In short

Excessive class B electric power consumption when opening contactors.

Applies to: BMU6 (RES)BMU6 (RESXA)BMU6 (RESXB)BMU6 (RESXC)BMU6 (RESXD)BMU6 (RESXE)BMU6 (RESXF)BMU6 (RESXG)BMU6 (RESXH)BMU6 (RESXI)BMU6 (RESXJ)BMU6 (RESXK)

What does Scania BMU fault code 1588 mean?

What causes Scania DTC 1588?

How to fix Scania BMU fault code 1588?

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