Kia Optima: Inspection - Photo Sensor. Repair procedures - Air Conditioning System - Heating,Ventilation, Air Conditioning - Kia Optima TF 2011-2026 Service ManualKia Optima: Inspection

1. Ignition "ON"
2. Using the scan tool.
3. Emit intensive light toward photo sensor using a lamp, and check the output voltage change.
4. The voltage will rise with higher intensive light and reduce with lower intensive light.

1. Auto Light Signal
2. Auto Light Signal Signal
3. Photo Signal (RH)
4. Led power (BAT)
5. Led GND (To BCM)
6. Photo Signal (LH)
7. Photo Power (SW)
8. 5V (Vcc)


Photo Sensor. Repair procedures
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Replacement
1. Disconnect the negative (-) battery terminal. 2. With the (-) driver, remove the photo sensor (A) from the center of defrost nozzle. 3. Ins ...

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Inspection
Connecting Rod 1. Check the connecting rod end play.Using a feeler gauge, measure the end play while moving the connecting rod back and forth. End play :Standard : 0.10~ ...

Variant coding
After replacing the SRSCM with a new one, the “Variant Coding” procedure must be performed. 1. On SRSCM variant codi ...

Circuit Diagram - ESC (3)
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