1997 Plymouth Voyager Check engine light

1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER
130,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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LARRYLEESMITH
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  • 1 POST
Have check engine light and useing the "on - off" method with the ingnition switch to get the codes.
Have tried looking online for over an hour trying to find the code listings. Here they are in order:
12, 21, 42, 31, 31, 55.

Don't know why 31 repeats but it does. Checked 3 different times.
Mar 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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12 = Direct battery input to PCM was disconnected withing the last 50 key-on cycles.*

21 = Upstream oxygen sensor voltage shorted to ground (tested after key off and at start to run).**
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Left oxygen sensor input voltage maintained above the normal operating range.**
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Upstream oxygen sensor response slower than minimum required switching frequency or valve does not go above .65 volts.**
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Upstream oxygen sensor heating element circuit malfunction.**
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Downstream oxygen sensor voltage shorted to ground (tested after key off and at start to run).
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Downstream oxygen sensor input voltage maintained above normal operating range.
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Neither rich nor lean condition detected from the downstream oxygen sensor.
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Downstream oxygen sensor heating element circuit malfunction.


31 = Insufficient or excessive vapour flow detected during evaporative emission system operation.
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An open or shorted condition detected in the duty cycle purge solenoid circuit.

55 = Completion of fault code display on Check Engine Lamp (end of codes).*
Mar 2, 2009 at 7:45 PM
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