Thermostat Heater Control Circuit Open Mini Cooper

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Thermostat heater control circuit open mini cooper.

While there are a variety of reasons your mini cooper countryman s heater is not working the most common 3 are a broken heater blower motor a problem with the thermostat or a failed heater blower motor resistor. From reviews mods accessories reliability concerns and more this mini owners club is full of info. The control circuit is most likely either open or short. Jump to latest follow 1 4 of 4 posts.

Join our mini cooper forums to talk about your new mini. Location for the connector to the pcv heater. Our certified mobile mechanics can come to your home or office to perform the check engine light is on diagnostic. The driver is equipped with a feedback circuit that is pulled up to a voltage.

Obd ii fault code p0597 is a generic code that is defined as thermostat heater control system circuit open and is set when the pcm powertrain control module detects an open circuit loss of continuity in the heater control circuit of an electrically assisted thermostat also known as a mapped thermostat. They are generic codes meaning they pertain to all vehicles using this type of thermostatic control however only a small number of manufacturers. Thermostat heater control circuit open error code p0597 is defined as thermostat heater control circuit open. The ecm can determine if the control circuit is open shorted to ground or shorted to a voltage by monitoring the feedback voltage.

The ecm controls the engine coolant thermostat heater by grounding the control circuit with a solid state device called a driver. P0599 is a diagnostic trouble code dtc for thermostat heater control circuit high. This can happen for multiple reasons and a mechanic needs to diagnose the specific cause for this code to be triggered in your situation. The p0597 trouble code signifies that a thermostat heater control circuit is open.

Follow the intake pipe from the airbox to the turbo inlet just before the turbo inlet there is a hose that branches off and goes to the valve cover at this junction is a small 2 wire electrical connector this is the pcv heater. However specific troubleshooting steps will vary depending on the vehicle. Positive crankcase ventilation heater control circuit open. This is a generic powertrain diagnostic trouble code dtc which means it covers all makes models 1996 newer.

The codes p0597 p0598 and p0599 all refer to an electronically controlled engine thermostat. P0597 thermostat heater control circuit open fault code.