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.
- P1228Mercury · PowertrainWastegate Failed Open Under Pressure
- P1228Oldsmobile · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 3 Intermittent
- P1228Other · PowertrainWastegate Failed Open (Under Pressure)
- P1228Saturn · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 3 Intermittent
- P1228Volkswagen · PowertrainCylinder 4 Injector Circuit Short To Ground
- P1229Ford · PowertrainIntercooler Pump Driver Fault
- P1229Jaguar · PowertrainElectronic Throttle Control Circuit
- P1229Lincoln · PowertrainIntercooler Pump Driver Fault
- P1229Mercury · PowertrainIntercooler Pump Driver Fault
- P1229Other · PowertrainIntercooler Pump Driver Fault
- P1229Volkswagen · PowertrainCylinder 5 Injector Circuit Short To Ground
- P1230Ford · PowertrainOpen Power to Fuel Pump Circuit
- P1230Jaguar · PowertrainFuel Pump Relay
- P1230Lincoln · PowertrainOpen Power to Fuel Pump Circuit
- P1230Mercury · PowertrainOpen Power to Fuel Pump Circuit
- P1230Other · PowertrainFuel Pump Low Speed Malfunction
- P1230Subaru · PowertrainFuel Pump Control Unit Malfunction
- P1230Volkswagen · PowertrainCylinder 6 Injector Circuit Short To Ground
- P1231Buick · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 4 Intermittent
- P1231Cadillac · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 4 Intermittent
- P1231Chevrolet · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 4 Intermittent
- P1231Chrysler · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 4 Intermittent
- P1231Ford · PowertrainHigh Speed Fuel Pump Relay Activated
- P1231GM · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 4 Intermittent
- P1231GMC · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 4 Intermittent
- P1231Lincoln · PowertrainHigh Speed Fuel Pump Relay Activated
- P1231Mercury · PowertrainHigh Speed Fuel Pump Relay Activated
- P1231Oldsmobile · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 4 Intermittent
- P1231Other · PowertrainFuel Pump Secondary Circuit Low, High Speed
- P1231Saturn · PowertrainInjector Circuit Cylinder 4 Intermittent
