Scania EMD DTC 5879 Differential pressure sensor

EMD EMD control unit · Scania

Code 5879 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 16F7.

In short

Adaptation of the differential pressure sensor is not occurring correctly.

Applies to: EMD1

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