It is in fact an RS232 receive data line, meant for serial communications to a diagnostic device (laptop mostly).
Don't frig about about with that line except using the correct diagnostic interface.
However, in a quiescent state they are usually pulled high - nominally 12v, but usually less a diode + transistor volt drop (i.e. about 1.1 to 1.5 V down).
RS232 interfaces that read these signals are not usually fussy about voltage - most will accept voltage swings down to about +/- 5V and some tolerate + voltages only, but it has been known to get unreliable then.