albguy40
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- 2013 Explorer Ltd. AWD
Good evening all,
I bought a neat little OBD scanner that scans all vehicles modules recently and decided to hook it up to my 2013 Explorer. I have previously fooled around with similar type devices when I used to have a VW and an Audi and did my own maintenance. To my surprise, out of the 27 modules that this Autel scanner scanned I got a single DTC. The error I got was on the IPM-A (Image Processing Module A) and the code is B12D8:13-2A. I am very curious if any of you geeks out there have a Work shop manual and knew what the code really means.
The only short description I have for it is "Mirror Heater Output"... Nothing else. I tried to see if there were any live data PIDs i could monitor but I did not see anything regarding the heater output. I have a feeling this code has something to do with the intermittent lane departure system messages I get on cold days when I start the car up. For some reason on days when it snows or even just dew the car throws a message asking me to clean the front windshield/camera screen or something along those lines. The lane departure warning still works and the above error code disappears on its own within a few minutes of driving. A little research has lead me to believe that the front camera has a heater that is supposed to activate in cold weather. I am curious if there was any way for me to check the parameters for this heater (wattage, temp or whatever)...
I am sure someone with a workshop manual can probably see what the diagnostic procedure is to try to see what the issue is. Since the camera is sealed, there is no way to clean anything inside it...
Any help would be appreciated.
I bought a neat little OBD scanner that scans all vehicles modules recently and decided to hook it up to my 2013 Explorer. I have previously fooled around with similar type devices when I used to have a VW and an Audi and did my own maintenance. To my surprise, out of the 27 modules that this Autel scanner scanned I got a single DTC. The error I got was on the IPM-A (Image Processing Module A) and the code is B12D8:13-2A. I am very curious if any of you geeks out there have a Work shop manual and knew what the code really means.
The only short description I have for it is "Mirror Heater Output"... Nothing else. I tried to see if there were any live data PIDs i could monitor but I did not see anything regarding the heater output. I have a feeling this code has something to do with the intermittent lane departure system messages I get on cold days when I start the car up. For some reason on days when it snows or even just dew the car throws a message asking me to clean the front windshield/camera screen or something along those lines. The lane departure warning still works and the above error code disappears on its own within a few minutes of driving. A little research has lead me to believe that the front camera has a heater that is supposed to activate in cold weather. I am curious if there was any way for me to check the parameters for this heater (wattage, temp or whatever)...
I am sure someone with a workshop manual can probably see what the diagnostic procedure is to try to see what the issue is. Since the camera is sealed, there is no way to clean anything inside it...
Any help would be appreciated.