Scania RET DTC 5000 Control unit

RET Retarder · Scania

Code 5000 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 1388.

In short

The 30 voltage to the control unit has been above 35 V.

Applies to: OPC4 (RET)OPC5 (RET2)

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