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In common with other owners and operators of large fleets of vehicles, the U.S. Army is faced with a major maintenance task. A significant part of this task is the correct and timely diagnosis of the vehicle faults which cause down time and those which can propagate into secondary, and usually more serious, damage. The Army, of course, has two operational situations which differ in type and degree from those of commercial fleets. First, the duty cycle for Army vehicles is less predictable and instant availability is essential. The second is that Army vehicles are armored, shielded and waterproofed (fordable) to an extent that test point access is severely limited in comparison to commercial vehicles. To grapple with this situation, the U.S.