4L30-E Automatic Transmission

DTC U2104









Circuit Description with 4L30-E Automatic Transmission
The Engine Control Module (ECM) functions as the central module for the Controller Area Network (CAN) bus. The CAN consists of two separate conductors between the ECM and the Transmission Control Module (TCM). Two additional conductors connect the ECM and the Electronic Brake/Traction Control Module (EBTCM). Each module sends information by toggling the circuits high or low to produce pulse-width signals, which the other modules decode.
The CAN data stream contains information such as status messages for relevant operating parameters, device requests and acknowledgments, and state-of-health messages.
Each time an attempt to establish communications with the ECM and the EBTCM fails, the TCM increments an internal counter. When the counter reaches a specified value, DTC U2104 will set. DTC U2104 is a type B DTC.

Condition for Running the DTC
The ignition is ON.

Condition for Setting the DTC
The TCM has a loss of communication and 40 attempts to re-establish communication have failed.

Action Taken When the DTC Sets
^ The TCM flashes the sport mode lamp and sends a MIL request to the ECM on the second consecutive drive trip that the diagnostic runs and fails. The ECM then illuminates the MIL.
^ The ECM records the operating conditions in the Freeze Frame at the time of the MIL request from the TCM.
^ The transmission operates in the default mode (maximum line pressure, command 4th gear, inhibit TCC, freeze shift adapts).

Conditions for Clearing the MIL/DTC
^ The ECM turns off the MIL after three consecutive drive trips during which the TCM sends no MIL request.
^ A History DTC clears after forty consecutive warm-up cycles, if no failures are present by this diagnostic or any other emission related diagnostic.
^ The scan tool clears the MIL/DTC.
^ The TCM cancels the DTC default mode actions when the ignition switch is Off long enough in order to power down the TCM.

Diagnostic Aids
DTC U2104 sets when DTC U2100 sets.

Test Description
The number below refers to the step number on the diagnostic table.
2. Performing this step verifies that an operational abnormality did not take place during TOM power-up, such as Electromagnetic Interference (EMI).