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.
- P0443Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve A Circuit
- P0444Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve A Circuit Open
- P0445Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve A Circuit Shorted
- P0446Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Vent Control Circuit
- P0447Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Vent Control Circuit Open
- P0448Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Vent Control Circuit Shorted
- P0449Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Vent Valve Control Circuit/Open
- P044AGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor C Circuit
- P044BGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor C Circuit Range/Performance
- P044CGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor C Circuit Low
- P044DGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor C Circuit High
- P044EGeneric · PowertrainEGR Sensor C Circuit Intermittent/Erratic
- P044FGeneric · PowertrainAIR System Switching Valve A Circuit High
- P0450Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Pressure Sensor/Switch A Circuit
- P0451Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Pressure Sensor/Switch A Circuit Range/Performance
- P0452Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Pressure Sensor/Switch A Circuit Low
- P0453Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Pressure Sensor/Switch A Circuit High
- P0454Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Pressure Sensor/Switch A Circuit Intermittent
- P0455Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Leak Detected - Large Leak
- P0455Audi · PowertrainMissing fuel cap, Defective or damaged fuel cap, Distorted or damaged Fuel Tank Filler Neck, Torn or punctured Evaporative system hose(s), Defective Fuel Tank Sending Unit gasket or seal, Split or damaged Carbon Canister, Defective Evaporative Vent Valve and or Evaporative Purge Valve, Defective or damaged fuel tank, Defective Fuel Tank Pressure Sensor
- P0455Dodge · PowertrainLarge EVAP Leak
- P0456Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Leak Detected (very small leak)
- P0457Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Leak Detected (fuel cap loose/off)
- P0458Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve A Circuit Low
- P0459Generic · PowertrainEVAP System Purge Control Valve A Circuit High
- P045AGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Control Circuit
- P045BGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Control Circuit Range/Performance
- P045CGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Control Circuit Low
- P045DGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Control Circuit High
- P045EGeneric · PowertrainEGR B Control Stuck Open
