2012 Audi A4

Shorted sensor supply found with a break-out box

Job from December 2016

Job sheet Diagnostics

Vehicle: 2012 Audi A4
Came in with: Sensor supply fault.
What we found: Tested circuit by circuit with a proper break-out box; the short was in a faulty sensor.
What we did: Replaced the one faulty sensor.

Rewritten from PK’s original post of December 2016. Old address: /blog/testing-shorted-sensor-supply-2012-audi-a4-using-proper-break-box-kit-fault-traced-faulty-sensor-end/ (now redirects here).

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