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.
- P0466Generic · PowertrainEVAP Purge Flow Sensor Circuit Range/Performance
- P0467Generic · PowertrainEVAP Purge Flow Sensor Circuit Low
- P0468Generic · PowertrainEVAP Purge Flow Sensor Circuit High
- P0469Generic · PowertrainEVAP Purge Flow Sensor Circuit Intermittent
- P046AGeneric · PowertrainCatalyst Temperature Sensor 1/2 Correlation Bank 1
- P046BGeneric · PowertrainCatalyst Temperature Sensor 1/2 Correlation Bank 2
- P046CGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor A Circuit Range/Performance
- P046DGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor A Circuit Intermittent/Erratic
- P046EGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor B Circuit Range/Performance
- P046FGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor B Circuit Intermittent/Erratic
- P0470Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor A Circuit
- P0471Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor A Circuit Range/Performance
- P0472Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor A Circuit Low
- P0473Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor A Circuit High
- P0474Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor A Circuit Intermittent/Erratic
- P0475Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve A
- P0476Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve A Range/Performance
- P0477Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve A Low
- P0478Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve A High
- P0479Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve A Intermittent
- P047AGeneric · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor B Circuit
- P047BGeneric · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor B Circuit Range/Performance
- P047CGeneric · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor B Circuit Low
- P047DGeneric · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor B Circuit High
- P047EGeneric · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Sensor B Circuit Intermittent/Erratic
- P047FGeneric · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve A Stuck Open
- P0480Generic · PowertrainFan 1 Control Circuit
- P0481Generic · PowertrainFan 2 Control Circuit
- P0482Generic · PowertrainFan 3 Control Circuit
- P0483Generic · PowertrainFan Rationality Check
