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S-Turn Nov 21, 2006 07:51 PM



I've becomeused to the orange glow of my check engine light but out of curiosity I ran the codes on the car and one was the O2 sensor and the other was the "quad driver." Anyone have a clue what the quad driver might be?

STLWACO Nov 21, 2006 08:25 PM



What year and model?





Edit: I searched your posts and found you have a 1992 SL





Quad Driver is built into the PCM of the vehicle. To correct the concern the PSM would need to be replaced.Edited by: STLWACO

derf Nov 21, 2006 11:07 PM



Originally Posted by STLWACO

Quad Driver is built into the PCM of the vehicle. To correct the concern the PSM would need to be replaced.

Nonsense. Quad driver output fault is a generic code that covers a bunch of stuff that share a single "flag". A problem with any one of the systems hanging off of the this circuit will set the same code.

I'm yet to see a single quad driver output fault require a PCM replacement.

IM me and I can share the sometimes gory details of troubleshooting it, or search for quad driver in this forum and you should find a post or two by me concerning troubleshooting this code.

Based on age of car, I'll blindly guess your EGR needs cleaning.

Derf


S-Turn Nov 22, 2006 11:57 AM

Thanx for the help! I looked at some of your old posts and it looks like other people fixed the problem just by cleaning the EGR, so i'll give it a try

STLWACO Nov 22, 2006 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by derf

Originally Posted by STLWACO


Quad Driver is built into the PCM of the vehicle. To correct the concern the PSM would need to be replaced.


Nonsense. Quad driver output fault is a generic code that covers a bunch of stuff that share a single "flag". A problem with any one of the systems hanging off of the this circuit will set the same code.

I'm yet to see a single quad driver output fault require a PCM replacement.

IM me and I can share the sometimes gory details of troubleshooting it, or search for quad driver in this forum and you should find a post or two by me concerning troubleshooting this code.

Based on age of car, I'll blindly guess your EGR needs cleaning.

Derf





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derf Nov 22, 2006 09:28 PM

Folks,

I should have been more specific in my response -- indeed, the quad driver is an integrated part of the PCM. Simply pointing out that getting a quad driver related code on a Saturn S car
almost hardly pretty much never ends up upon proper diagnosis</span> to be the quad
driver itself that is the problem.

In theory--sure--could happen -- and indeed you'd need to replace the PCM.

In practice --
yet to see it.

Sorry if I came off a bit harsh -- I had a shi*t day at work.

Ultimately -- I hope you problem will be solved with our assistance.

Derf

S-Turn Nov 23, 2006 01:20 AM



off topic, but curious... what program is pictured in the screenshot? Is it just used for referencing automotive jargon?


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