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U0245 Lost Communication With Entertainment Control Module - Front

Check engine lightUsually off
EmissionsNot relevant
Drive cycleNot required
Limp modeNo

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.

Likely causes

Head unit rebooting or being updated, code left behind as history (erase afterwards)
Head unit without power or ground (fuse, connector behind the dash)
CAN wiring or connector between head unit and receiving module faulty
Head unit internally faulty

Symptoms

  • Radio and central display dark or frozen
  • Rear camera image or climate display on the screen missing
  • U0245 stored in several modules at once

Repair estimate

DifficultyMediumWorkshop job
Parts and labour€0–1,500
Time0.2–3 h

Typical range across vehicles; the real cost depends on what the testing finds.

Parts involved

entertainment module frontcan bus

Related codes

U0546U0249U0196U0184

References: mitsubishitechinfo.com, mitsubishitechinfo.com, static.nhtsa.gov.