Extracting Collision Data from Damaged Ford Powertrain Control Modules

Powertrain control modules (PCMs) are often located in the engine compartment, making them susceptible to damage in a head-on collision. If the PCM circuit board has been cracked in the collision, the crash data retrieval system may not be able to communicate with the appropriate location on the board. In this case, accessing the collision data may require removing the integrated circuit (chip) with the collision data and placing it in a surrogate module. This article provides a summary of how this chip-swapping process can be conducted and highlights two examples where chip-swapping was successful in allowing crash data to be retrieved. The author cautions that this method should be attempted only after more conventional methods for data retrieval have failed.

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• Authors:
  • Little, David M
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 22-27
• Serial:
  • Collision. The International Compendium for Crash Research
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Collision Publishing LLC
  • ISSN: 1934-8681
  • Serial URL: http://www.collisionmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Circuit boards (Computers); Computer chips; Crash data; Data recorders; Frontal crashes; Information retrieval; Integrated circuits; Power modules; Power trains; Procedures
• Identifier Terms: Ford Motor Company
• Uncontrolled Terms: Powertrain control modules
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01357152
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 16 2011 2:52PM