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Makes 🢒 Chevrolet 🢒 2003 🢒 SSR 🢒 DTC 🢒 DTC B2610

Circuit Description

The body control module (BCM) receives a variable voltage signal from the instrument panel (I/P) dimmer switch requesting to illuminate the instrument panel controls illumination lamps to a desired intensity. When this occurs, the BCM directly sends a variable voltage based on the I/P dimmer switch position through the instrument panel lamps dimming control circuit to the instrument panel controls illumination lamps.

Conditions for Running the DTC

The battery voltage must be between 9.0-16.0 volts.

Conditions for Setting the DTC
    • When the BCM receives a instrument panel controls illumination lamp request signal and the instrument panel lamps dimming control circuit is shorted to ground.
    • When the BCM is not receiving a instrument panel controls illumination lamp request signal and the instrument panel lamps dimming control circuit is shorted to voltage or open.

Action Taken When the DTC Sets

The instrument panel controls illumination lamps will not operate or are always ON.

Conditions for Clearing the MIL/DTC
    • This DTC will clear on current status after the condition for setting the fault is corrected.
    • A history DTC will clear after 100 consecutive ignition cycles without a fault present.
    • History and current DTCs can be cleared using a scan tool.

Diagnostic Aids

Perform a visual inspection for loose or poor connections at all related components. Refer to Testing for Intermittent Conditions and Poor Connections in Wiring Systems.

Test Description

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

  1. This step test determines by process of elimination which, if any, dimmable component is causing the DTC to set.

    2.

  2. This step test determines if the problem exists in the wiring or the BCM.

    3.

  3. After replacement of the BCM you must calibrate the new module for proper operation.

Step

Action

Yes

No

Schematic Reference: Interior Lights Dimming Schematics

Connector End View Reference: Lighting Systems Connector End Views or Body Control System Connector End Views in Body Control System

1

Did you perform the Lighting System Diagnostic System Check?

Go to Step 2

Go to Diagnostic System Check - Lighting Systems

2

  1. Clear the DTC B2610 with the scan tool.
  2. Turn the park lamps ON.
  3. Adjust the instrument panel (I/P) dimmer switch to a mid-range dimming position.
  4. Disconnect each dimmable component from the I/P lamps dimming control circuit, one at a time, while monitoring the scan tool current codes.

Does DTC B2610 not reset after a particular dimmable component was disconnected?

Go to Step 4

Go to Step 3

3

Test the I/P lamps dimming control circuit for an open, high resistance, short to voltage or short to ground. Refer to Circuit Testing and Wiring Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Did you find and correct the condition?

Go to Step 6

Go to Step 5

4

Replace the dimmable component associated with when the code did not reset. Refer to the proper replacement procedure for that particular component.

Did you complete the repair?

Go to Step 6

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5

Important: Perform the setup procedure for the body control module (BCM).

Replace the BCM. Refer to Body Control Module Replacement in Body Control System.

Did you complete the replacement?

Go to Step 6

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6
  1. Use the scan tool in order to clear the DTCs.
  2. Operate the vehicle within the Conditions for Running the DTC as specified in the supporting text.

Does the DTC reset?

Go to Step 2

System OK