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.
- P1188Volkswagen · PowertrainLinear Oxygen Sensor Compensation Resistor Short To Ground
- P1189BMW · PowertrainFuel Control Bank 2 Sensor 1
- P1189Buick · PowertrainEngine Oil Pressure Switch Circuit
- P1189Cadillac · PowertrainEngine Oil Pressure Switch Circuit
- P1189Chevrolet · PowertrainEngine Oil Pressure Switch Circuit
- P1189Chrysler · PowertrainEngine Oil Pressure Switch Circuit
- P1189Ford · PowertrainPump Speed Signal Fault
- P1189GM · PowertrainEngine Oil Pressure Switch Circuit
- P1189GMC · PowertrainEngine Oil Pressure Switch Circuit
- P1189Jaguar · PowertrainO2 Sensor Heater Circuit Low Resistance Fault 1
- P1189Lincoln · PowertrainPump Speed Signal Fault
- P1189Mazda · PowertrainPump Speed Signal
- P1189Mercury · PowertrainPump Speed Signal Fault
- P1189Oldsmobile · PowertrainEngine Oil Pressure Switch Circuit
- P1189Other · PowertrainPump Speed Signal Fault
- P1189Saturn · PowertrainEngine Oil Pressure Switch Circuit
- P1189Volkswagen · PowertrainLinear Oxygen Sensor Compensation Resistor Short To B+
- P1190BMW · PowertrainPre-Catalyst Fuel Trim System Bank 1
- P1190Buick · PowertrainEngine Vacuum Leak
- P1190Cadillac · PowertrainEngine Vacuum Leak
- P1190Chevrolet · PowertrainEngine Vacuum Leak
- P1190Chrysler · PowertrainEngine Vacuum Leak
- P1190Ford · PowertrainCalibration Resistor Out Of Range
- P1190GM · PowertrainEngine Vacuum Leak
- P1190GMC · PowertrainEngine Vacuum Leak
- P1190Jaguar · PowertrainO2 Sensor Heater Circuit Low Resistance Fault 2
- P1190Lincoln · PowertrainCalibration Resistor Out Of Range
- P1190Mazda · PowertrainCalibration Resistor Out Of Range
- P1190Mercury · PowertrainCalibration Resistor Out Of Range
- P1190Oldsmobile · PowertrainEngine Vacuum Leak
