Method for determining cause of error at car, involves selecting procedure for determining cause of error by diagnosis device, and providing output by diagnosis device according to selected procedure

摘要

The method involves reading out data from data memories (12a-12c) of a motor vehicle (10) by a diagnosis device (16) and/or receiving an input from an operating person through the diagnosis device so that information about an error condition of the vehicle is obtained. Type, length and/or content of the information are determined by the diagnosis device. A procedure for determining cause of an error is selected by the diagnosis device based on a result of the determination. An output is provided by the diagnosis device according to the selected procedure.