Scania EMO DTC 5898 Throttle M42, overloading

EMO EMO control unit · Scania

Code 5898 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 170A.

In short

The throttle has detected that power consumption is too high, while the internal temperature is higher than 110°C and therefore limits the current to prevent damage to the electric motor.

Applies to: EMO2 (EMS)

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