DTC codes
Look up an OBD-II fault code: what it means on every car or on your make, 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.
- P1589BMW · PowertrainControl Module Self Test Knock Control Test Pulse Bank 1
- P1593BMW · PowertrainDISA Control Circuit Electrical
- P1594BMW · PowertrainB Camshaft Position Actuator Control Open Circuit Bank 2
- P1602BMW · PowertrainControl Module Self Test Control Module Defective
- P1603BMW · PowertrainControl Module Self Test Torque Monitoring
- P1604BMW · PowertrainControl Module Self Test Speed Monitoring
- P1607BMW · PowertrainCAN Version
- P1608BMW · PowertrainSerial Communicating Link Control Module
- P1609BMW · PowertrainSerial Communicating Link EML
- P1611BMW · PowertrainSerial Communicating Link Transmission Control Module
- P1619BMW · PowertrainMAP Cooling Control Circuit Signal Low
- P1620BMW · PowertrainMAP Cooling Control Circuit Signal High
- P1622BMW · PowertrainMAP Cooling Control Circuit Electrical
- P1623BMW · PowertrainPedal Position Sensor Potentiometer Supply
- P1624BMW · PowertrainPedal Position Sensor Potentiometer Supply Channel 1 Electrical
- P1625BMW · PowertrainPedal Position Sensor Potentiometer Supply Channel 2 Electrical
- P1632BMW · PowertrainThrottle Valve Adaptation Adaptation Condition Not Met
- P1633BMW · PowertrainThrottle Valve Adaptation Limp Home Position
- P1634BMW · PowertrainThrottle Valve Adaptation Spring Test Failed
- P1635BMW · PowertrainThrottle Valve Adaptation Lower Mechanical Stop Not Adapted
- P1636BMW · PowertrainThrottle Valve Control Circuit
- P1637BMW · PowertrainThrottle Valve Position Control Control Deviation
- P1638BMW · PowertrainThrottle Valve Position Control Throttle Stuck Temporarily
- P1639BMW · PowertrainThrottle Valve Position Control Throttle Stuck Permanently
- P1640BMW · PowertrainInternal Control Module ROM RAM Error
- P1690BMW · PowertrainMalfunction Indicator Lamp MIL Electrical
- P1734BMW · PowertrainPressure Control Solenoid B Electrical
- P1738BMW · PowertrainPressure Control Solenoid C Electrical
- P1743BMW · PowertrainPressure Control Solenoid E Electrical
- P1744BMW · PowertrainPressure Control Solenoid A Electrical
