Generic fault codes
9415 Generic OBD-II fault codes: what each one means, and how to track it down.
How to read a code
- P
- SystemPowertrain
- 0
- Defined bySAE, the same on every car
- 4
- AreaAuxiliary emission controls
- 20
- FaultThe specific fault in that area
Read the code
Note every stored and pending code your scanner shows, such as P0420.
Find it
Search by code or by words. For a manufacturer code (P1, B1, C1, U1) pick your make: its meaning differs by make.
Open the code
Its page explains the symptoms, likely causes, the checks to run and the fixes.
- P0EFDGeneric · PowertrainBattery Charger A Input Voltage Sensor C Circuit Low
- P0EFEGeneric · PowertrainBattery Charger A Input Voltage Sensor C Circuit High
- P1000Generic · PowertrainManufacturer Controlled DTC
- P1101Generic · PowertrainMAF Sensor Out Of Self Test Range./KOER Not Able To Complete KOER Aborted
- P1130Generic · PowertrainLack Of HO2S Switch - Adaptive Fuel At Limit
- P1131Generic · PowertrainLack Of HO2S Switch - Sensor Indicates Lean
- P1133Generic · PowertrainHO2S Insufficient Switching Sensor 1
- P1135Generic · PowertrainPedal Position Sensor A Circuit Intermittent
- P1148Generic · PowertrainClosed Loop Control Function Bank 1
- P1151Generic · PowertrainLack Of HO2S21 Switch - Sensor Indicates Lean
- P1153Generic · PowertrainBank 2 Fuel Control Shifted Lean
- P1174Generic · PowertrainCam Sensor Fault
- P1258Generic · PowertrainPedal Correlation PDS1 and PDS2
- P1259Generic · PowertrainImmobilizer to PCM Signal Error
- P1298Generic · PowertrainIDM Failure
- P1299Generic · PowertrainCylinder Head Overtemperature Protection Active
- P1345Generic · PowertrainSGC (Cam Position) Sensor Circuit Malfunction/ Crankshaft Position - Camshaft Position Correlation
- P1391Generic · PowertrainGlow Plug Circuit Low Input (Bank #1)
- P1399Generic · PowertrainGlow Plug Circuit High Side, High Input
- P1401Generic · PowertrainDPFE Circuit High Input
- P1404Generic · PowertrainIAT - B Circuit Malfunction/ Exhaust Gas Recirculation Closed Position Performance
- P1440Generic · PowertrainPurge Valve Stuck Open
- P1443Generic · PowertrainEvaporative Emission Control System Control Valve
- P1450Generic · PowertrainUnable To Bleed Up Fuel Tank Vacuum
- P1456Generic · PowertrainFuel Tank Temperature Sensor Circuit Malfunction
- P1457Generic · PowertrainUnable To Pull Vacuum In Tank
- P1491Generic · PowertrainSecondary Switch Solenoid Circuit Malfunction
- P1494Generic · PowertrainSPCUT Solenoid Circuit Malfunction
- P1516Generic · PowertrainIMRC Input Error (Bank 1)
- P1682Generic · PowertrainP1684
