Scania EME DTC 5872 Charge air temperature sensor T121

EME EME control unit · Scania

Code 5872 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 16F0.

In short

Higher temperature than expected from the charge air temperature sensor.

Applies to: EME1

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