System and method to grade an electrical component for reuse

A system comprising:

• a reusability determination server having a processor to:
• process a received diagnostic scan report for the motor vehicle, the diagnostic scan report indicating which motor vehicle systems or modules responded to a diagnostic scan request and any diagnostic trouble codes identified for any of the motor vehicle systems or modules;
• obtain diagnostic procedures from a diagnostic procedures database, the diagnostic procedures corresponding to the diagnostic trouble codes identified in the diagnostic scan report, the diagnostic procedures indicating an ordered series of operations for repairing or replacing at least a first electrical component of the motor vehicle corresponding to one of the diagnostic trouble codes identified in the diagnostic scan report contingent upon an outcome of a first task, verification, validation, or other first test on the at least a first electrical component of the motor vehicle;
• and
• determine a reusability grade for the at least a first electrical component of the motor vehicle based on the diagnostic scan report and the diagnostic procedures, the determining including assigning first relative weights to information from the diagnostic scan report and the diagnostic procedures.

An article, comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform a process for determining the reusability of one or more electrical components of a motor vehicle, the process comprising:
• receiving a diagnostic scan report for the motor vehicle, the diagnostic scan report indicating which motor vehicle systems or modules responded to a diagnostic scan request and any diagnostic trouble codes identified for any of the motor vehicle systems or modules;
• obtaining diagnostic procedures from a diagnostic procedures database, the diagnostic procedures corresponding to the diagnostic trouble codes identified in the diagnostic scan report, the diagnostic procedures indicating an ordered series of operations for repairing or replacing at least a first electrical component of the motor vehicle corresponding to one of the diagnostic trouble codes identified in the diagnostic scan report contingent upon an outcome of a first task, verification, validation, or other first test on the at least a first electrical component of the motor vehicle;
• and
• determining a reusability grade for the at least a first electrical component of the motor vehicle based on the diagnostic scan report and the diagnostic procedures, the determining including assigning first relative weights to information from the diagnostic scan report and the diagnostic procedures.