Scania BMU DTC 1590 Propulsion battery, deviating cell voltage

BMU Battery Management Unit · Scania

Code 1590 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 0636.

In short

Difference in cell voltage is too high within the entire propulsion battery.

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)

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