The linear O2 sensor is mounted on the front side of the Catalytic Converter (warm-up catalytic converter) or in the front exhaust pipe. It detects a wide range of air/fuel ratios in the exhaust gas from the rich to lean regions. This linear O2 sensor produces a current that corresponds to a specific air/fuel ratio. The PCM monitors this signal and determines whether the air/fuel mixture is rich or lean. The PCM constantly monitors the linear O2 sensor and increases or decreases the fuel injection duration using this signal. This is called closed-loop fuel control operation.
If the HO2S signal voltage is fixed at lean status, then feedback control is no longer possible, the PCM sets DTC P2195.
Item | Detecting Condition | Possible cause |
DTC Strategy |
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Characteristic Lean shift |
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Poor connection or damaged harness
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Front HO2S |
Enable Conditions |
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No relevant failure | |
Threshold value |
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Failure detected during active test or (Failure detected through Plausability test (sensor too lean) and lambda control on max. limit) | |
Diagnosis Time |
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Less than 1300 sec. | |
MIL On Condition |
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2 driving cycle |