Scania TMS DTC 1796 Planetary gear brake, poor performance

TMS Transmission Management System · Scania

Code 1796 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 0704.

In short

Significantly reduced braking capacity of the planetary gear brake.

Applies to: TMS3 (TMS)

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