The ISO 14229-3 standard is essential for ensuring interoperability and compatibility between diagnostic equipment and vehicle ECUs. The standard facilitates:
. Its primary role is to specify how the generic UDS services defined in Part 1 and session layer services from Part 2 are implemented on a CAN network. Because the CAN protocol operates at the lower Physical and Data Link layers of the OSI model, ISO 14229-3 provides the necessary rules for the Application layer to ensure that diagnostic requests from a "tester" (like a mechanic's scan tool) are properly understood by a vehicle's Electronic Control Units (ECUs) Key Technical Requirements iso 142293 pdf