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Makes 🢒 Chevrolet 🢒 2003 🢒 Avalanche - 4WD 🢒 Body and Accessories 🢒 Cellular Communication 🢒 Diagnostic System Check - Cellular Communication

Test Description

The numbers below refer to the step numbers on the diagnostic table.

  1. Lack of communication may be due to a partial malfunction or a total malfunction of the class 2 serial data circuit. The specified procedure will determine the condition.

    2.

  2. The presence of DTCs which begin with "U" indicate some other system control module is not communicating.

Step

Action

Yes

No

1

Install a scan tool.

Does the scan tool power up?

Go to Step 2

Go to Scan Tool Does Not Power Up in Data Link Communications

2

  1. Turn ON the ignition, with the engine OFF.
  2. Attempt to establish communication with the Vehicle Communication Interface Module (VCIM).

Does the scan tool communicate with the VCIM?

Go to Step 3

Go to Scan Tool Does Not Communicate with Class 2 Device in Data Link Communications

3

Important: The engine may start during the following step. Turn OFF the engine as soon as you have observed the Crank power mode.

  1. Access the Class 2 Power Mode in the Diagnostic Circuit Check on the scan tool.
  2. Rotate the ignition switch through all positions while observing the ignition switch power mode parameter.

Does the ignition switch parameter reading match the ignition switch position for all switch positions?

Go to Step 4

Go to Power Mode Mismatch in Body Control System

4

Select the display DTCs function on the scan tool.

Does the scan tool display any DTCs?

Go to Step 5

Go to OnStar Symptom Diagnosis

5

Does the scan tool display any DTCs which begin with a "U"?

Go to Step 6

Go to Step 7

6

Does the scan tool display DTC U1500?

Go to Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) List

Go to Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) List in Data Link Communications

7

Does the scan tool display DTC B1000, B1004, B1007, or B1009?

Go to Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) List in Body Control System

Go to Step 8

8

Does the scan tool display DTC B1327 or B1328?

Go to Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) List in Engine Electrical

Go to Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) List