Generic Fault Code
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Surging at Steady Highway Cruise
System
Emissions
Symptom
Surging at Steady Highway Cruise
Diagnosis & fix steps
LOGIC: Exhaust Gas Recirculation Circuit Range/Performance.
ACTION: Clean EGR valve pintle assembly. Use a bi-directional scan tool to check the internal position feedback potentiometer sweep.
Red Seal field insights
Feedback Loop: The actual measured EGR valve pin position does not match the duty-cycle control command sent by the module.
Same code keeps coming back?
That's a program problem, not a part problem. Book a 30-minute uptime review with Grant, a Red Seal Heavy Duty Technician.
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