Scania TMS DTC 686 The bus powertrain has an open circuit

TMS Transmission Management System · Scania

Code 686 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 02AE.

In short

The GMS control unit indicates that the engine control unit is not responding.

Applies to: TMS3 (TMS)TMS6 (TMS)

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