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Makes 🢒 Buick 🢒 2008 🢒 LaCrosse 🢒 Safety and Security 🢒 Supplemental Inflatable Restraints 🢒 DTC P2096

Diagnostic Instructions
    • Perform the Diagnostic System Check - Vehicle prior to using this diagnostic procedure.
    •  Review Strategy Based Diagnosis for an overview of the diagnostic approach.
    •  Diagnostic Procedure Instructions provides an overview of each diagnostic category.

DTC Descriptors

DTC P2096: Post Catalyst Fuel Trim System Low Limit

Circuit Description

Fuel trim bias is used to keep the post catalyst air/fuel ratio within a predetermined range. This allows optimal catalyst efficiency under light load conditions at a steady cruise. The engine control module (ECM) constantly monitors how lean or rich the fuel trim bias is commanded, to determine if the fuel trim bias is greater than a calibrated amount.

Conditions for Running the DTC
    • Before the ECM can report DTC P2096 failed, DTCs P0030, P0031, P0032, P0036, P0037, P0038, P0053, P0101, P0130, P0131, P0132, P0135, P0137, P0138, P0140, P0141, P167A, P2231, P2243, P2251, P2270, P2271, and P2626 must run and pass.
    • DTCs P0133, P2237, and P2297 are not set.
    •  The engine is operating for greater than 2 seconds.
    • Closed loop fuel control is active.
    • DTC P2096 runs continuously once the above conditions are met for greater than 40 seconds.

Conditions for Setting the DTC

The lean correction limit for a condition causing a rich air/fuel ratio has been exceeded for greater than 4 seconds.

Action Taken when the DTC Sets

DTC P2096 is a Type B DTC.

Conditions for Clearing the MIL/DTC

DTC P2096 is a Type B DTC.

Diagnostic Aids

An HO2S will not cause this DTC to set without the occurrence of circuit related HO2S DTCs. Do not replace an HO2S to address this DTC.

Reference Information

Schematic Reference

Engine Controls Schematics

Connector End View Reference

Component Connector End Views

Electrical Information Reference

    •  Circuit Testing
    •  Connector Repairs
    •  Testing for Intermittent Conditions and Poor Connections
    •  Wiring Repairs

DTC Type Reference

Powertrain Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) Type Definitions

Scan Tool Reference

Control Module References for scan tool information

Circuit/System Verification
  1. Ignition ON, observe the scan tool DTC information. Verify there is no other HO2S or fuel trim DTC set.
    2. ⇒If any other HO2S or fuel trim DTC is set, refer to Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) List - Vehicle.
  2. Verify that the following conditions do not exist:
    3. • Rich fuel injectors--Refer to Fuel Injector Solenoid Coil Test.
    • High fuel system pressure--Refer to Fuel System Diagnosis.
    • Fuel that is contaminated--Refer to Alcohol/Contaminants-in-Fuel Diagnosis.
    • Fuel saturation of the evaporative emissions (EVAP) canister
    • Stuck open or leaking EVAP purge valve
    • Restricted exhaust
    • Incorrect PCV system operation
         ⇒If you find any of the above conditions, repair as necessary.

    Caution: Refer to Road Test Caution in the Preface section.

    Important:  A road load condition is necessary to obtain closed loop.

  3. Operate the vehicle within the Conditions for Running the DTC to verify the DTC does not reset. You may also operate the vehicle within the conditions that you observed from the Freeze Frame/Failure Records data.

Repair Instructions

Perform the Diagnostic Repair Verification after completing the diagnostic procedure.