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DTC B108C:23 [START STOP UNIT]

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2016 – MX-5 – Body and Accessories

DTC B108C:23 [START STOP UNIT]

Description

Push button start switch 2 circuit malfunction

Detection condition

  • Start stop unit detects the push button start switch 2 is stuck on for 120 s or more.

Fail-safe

  • Perform the control with the push button start switch 2 turned off.

Possible cause

  • Push button start connector or terminal malfunction

  • Start stop unit connector or terminal malfunction

  • Short to ground in wiring harness between start stop unit terminal 2J and push button start terminal I

  • Push button start switch 2 malfunction

  • Start stop unit malfunction

Diagnostic Procedure

Step

Inspection

Action

1

INSPECT PUSH BUTTON START CONNECTOR CONDITION

  • Switch the ignition off.

  • Disconnect the negative battery cable.

    (See NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE DISCONNECTION/CONNECTION.)

  • Disconnect the push button start connector.

  • Inspect the connector engagement and connection condition and inspect the terminals for damage, deformation, corrosion, or disconnection.

  • Is the connector normal?

Yes

Go to the next step.

No

Repair or replace the connector, then go to Step 5.

2

INSPECT START STOP UNIT CONNECTOR CONDITION

  • Disconnect the start stop unit connector.

  • Inspect the connector engagement and connection condition and inspect the terminals for damage, deformation, corrosion, or disconnection.

  • Is the connector normal?

Yes

Go to the next step.

No

Repair or replace the connector, then go to Step 5.

3

INSPECT PUSH BUTTON START SWITCH 2 CIRCUIT FOR SHORT TO GROUND

  • Verify that the push button start and start stop unit connectors are disconnected.

  • Inspect for continuity between push button start terminal I (wiring harness-side) and body ground.

  • Is there continuity?

Yes

Refer to the wiring diagram and verify whether or not there is a common connector between start stop unit terminal 2J and push button start terminal I.

    If there is a common connector:

  • Determine the malfunctioning part by inspecting the common connector and the terminal for corrosion, damage, or pin disconnection, and the common wiring harness for a short to ground.

  • Repair or replace the malfunctioning part.

    If there is no common connector:

  • Repair or replace the wiring harness which has a short to ground.

Go to Step 5.

No

Go to the next step.

4

INSPECT PUSH BUTTON START SWITCH 2

Yes

Go to the next step.

No

Replace the push button start, then go to the next step.

(See PUSH BUTTON START REMOVAL/INSTALLATION.)

5

VERIFY THAT REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED

Yes

Repeat the inspection from Step 1.

Go to the next step.

No

Go to the next step.

6

VERIFY IF OTHER DTCs DISPLAYED

  • Are any other DTCs displayed?

Yes

Repair or replace the malfunctioning part according to the applicable DTC troubleshooting.

(See DTC TABLE [START STOP UNIT].)

No

DTC troubleshooting completed.

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