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.
- P0496Generic · PowertrainEVAP System High Purge Flow
- P0497Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Low Purge Flow
- P0498Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Vent Valve Control Circuit Low
- P0499Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Vent Valve Control Circuit High
- P049AGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Flow
- P049BGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Flow Insufficient Detected
- P049CGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Flow Excessive Detected
- P049DGeneric · PowertrainEGR A Control Position Exceeded Learning Limit
- P049EGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Control Position Exceeded Learning Limit
- P049FGeneric · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B
- P04A0Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Range/Performance
- P04A1Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Low
- P04A2Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B High
- P04A3Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Intermittent
- P04A4Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Stuck Open
- P04A5Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Stuck Closed
- P04A6Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Position Sensor/Switch Circuit
- P04A7Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Position Sensor/Switch Circuit Range/Performance
- P04A8Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Position Sensor/Switch Circuit Low
- P04A9Generic · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Position Sensor/Switch Circuit High
- P04AAGeneric · PowertrainExhaust Pressure Control Valve B Position Sensor/Switch Circuit Intermittent/Erratic
- P04ABGeneric · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve B Circuit/Open
- P04ACGeneric · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve B Circuit Low
- P04ADGeneric · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve B Circuit High
- P04AEGeneric · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve B Performance/Stuck Open
- P04AFGeneric · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve B Stuck Closed
- P04B0Generic · PowertrainRefueling Vapor Control Valve Circuit/Open
- P04B1Generic · PowertrainRefueling Vapor Control Valve Circuit Low
- P04B2Generic · PowertrainRefueling Vapor Control Valve Circuit High
- P04B3Generic · PowertrainRefueling Vapor Control Valve Stuck Performance/Stuck Open
