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Originally Posted by glhs837
The CAN Bus is the cars electronic network. (True techheads correct me if I stray, I only stay at Holiday Inns  ) They, like your home computer, run a certain speed. The new radio requires the newer bus, which is faster at transferring data than ours. If you'll note, only new or newly reworked platforms, like the Caliber, Sebring, and Nitro get it this year. The LX wont get it til next year. |
Thats pretty correct information! CAN = Controller Area Network Designed to run at a substantially faster rate than OBDII. It can process more information and at a faster speed. It will soon be required by all car manufacturers. Mercedes has been using the CAN system for quite a while now and its working great and makes things easier to diagnose. The 2008 LX platform will most likely run 2 CAN systems, CAN B (interior CAN data bus) and CAN C (engine and chassis CAN data bus). I just recently graduated from a Mercedes Benz ELITE training center after graduating Universal Technical Institute and the Mercedes cars have so much information you can look through if you have the dealers diagnostic equipment.