# Need help with codes **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ion, saturn\ **Created:** [January 4, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946 "2018-01-04T18:38:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smokeyy\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Smokeyy\_Castillo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Smokeyy_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/1 "2018-01-04T18:38:48Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/e/ef9036f43d9cd9519edcfadc5e592ab09b46e100.jpeg) Can someone help me and tell me what these codes mean? ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/2 "2018-01-04T18:40:26Z")
Your pictures aren’t showing. ---
**Author:** ![Smokeyy\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Smokeyy\_Castillo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Smokeyy_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/3 "2018-01-04T18:41:43Z")
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**Author:** ![Smokeyy\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Smokeyy\_Castillo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Smokeyy_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/4 "2018-01-04T18:42:24Z")
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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/5 "2018-01-04T18:47:29Z")
Here is some info on P1882 (the CAN STD FAST isn’t a code, it’s an indication of the communication protocol your car uses): > **[Diagnostic code p1882, what is the problem?](https://www.justanswer.com/car/18nrc-diagnostic-code-p1882-problem.html)** > > Diagnostic code p1882, what is the problem? - Answered by a verified Auto Mechanic ---
**Author:** ![Smokeyy\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Smokeyy\_Castillo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Smokeyy_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/6 "2018-01-04T18:59:00Z")
Thank you ill check it out ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/7 "2018-01-05T11:13:51Z")
Internet access but can’t google. That is strange. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/8 "2018-01-05T15:27:45Z")
And the “codes” in the first picture you posted aren’t codes- they’re menu options. Click on them, and in the new screen if DTC is listed, select that to get the actual code. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/9 "2018-01-06T00:50:45Z")
Model year and engine? “CAN” refers to the type of compuer network the car uses. Like “LAN” (local area network) is used for desktop computers. I’m not sure what the C means, but I just think of it as Car Area Network. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-codes/110946/10 "2018-01-06T12:48:23Z")
> **[CAN bus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus)** > > A Controller Area Network (CAN bus) is a robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other in applications without a host computer. It is a message-based protocol, designed originally for multiplex electrical wiring within automobiles to save on copper, but is also used in many other contexts. > Development of the CAN bus started in 1983 at Robert Bosch GmbH. The protocol was officially released in 1986 at the Society of Automotive Engineers...