U0245Lost Communication With Entertainment Control Module - Front
- Generic OBD-II code · Network
- How the car detects it
- The front entertainment module is the head unit with radio, navigation and the central display. Mitsubishi uses U0245 for this unit and spells out the logic: in its workshop manuals the combination meter sets the code when, with ignition on, 10–16 V and an intact supply fuse, it receives nothing from the audio visual navigation unit for 2,500 ms; a 2019 manual has the camera ECU apply the same 2,500 ms limit to the multivision display. Several modules may therefore hold U0245 at once. Mitsubishi warns that a display audio software update for 2017–2018 Outlander, Outlander PHEV and Eclipse Cross leaves U0245 in several systems, which is erased afterwards (TSB-18-54-004). The driver loses radio, screen and anything shown on it. Rear units have U0196 and U0249; invalid data from the front unit are U0546.
- What you may notice
- Radio and central display dark or frozen
- Rear camera image or climate display on the screen missing
- U0245 stored in several modules at once
- Likely causes
- LikelyHead unit rebooting or being updated, code left behind as history (erase afterwards)
- PossibleHead unit without power or ground (fuse, connector behind the dash)
- PossibleCAN wiring or connector between head unit and receiving module faulty
- RareHead unit internally faulty
- Repair
- Medium · Usually a job for a workshop.Typical cost: €0 – €1,500
- Related codes
Explanation from obdex (CC0), exactly as the app shows it. Guidance only; confirm with a workshop.