Scania BMU DTC 53508 The self-discharge current of one or more battery cells is too high

BMU Battery Management Unit · Scania

Code 53508 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 00D104.

In short

The control unit has detected that the self-discharge current of one or more battery cells is higher than normal.

Applies to: BMU7 (BMUA)BMU7 (BMUB)BMU7 (BMUC)BMU7 (BMUD)BMU7 (BMUE)BMU7 (BMUF)BMU7 (BMUG)BMU7 (BMUH)BMU7 (BMUI)BMU7 (BMUJ)BMU7 (BMUK)BMU7 (BMUL)BMU7 (BMUM)BMU7 (BMUN)BMU7 (BMUO)BMU7 (BMUP)

What does Scania BMU fault code 53508 mean?

What causes Scania DTC 53508?

How to fix Scania BMU fault code 53508?

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