Scania EMS DTC 1296 One cylinder or several cylinders, misfiring

EMS Engine Management System · Scania

Code 1296 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 000510.

In short

One or more cylinders is misfiring to such an extent that the emission limit is exceeded.

Applies to: EMS10

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