Scania EMO DTC 5870 Charge air temperature sensor T121

EMO EMO control unit · Scania

Code 5870 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 16EE.

In short

Higher temperature than expected from the charge air temperature sensor.

Applies to: EMO2 (EMS)

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