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.
- P1259Acura · PowertrainVTEC System Malfunction Rear Bank 1
- P1259Honda · PowertrainVTEC System Malfunction Rear Bank 1
- P1259Infiniti · PowertrainVTEC System Malfunction Rear Bank 1
- P1259Other · PowertrainImmobilizer to PCM Signal Error
- P1259Volkswagen · PowertrainEngine Coolant System Valve Short To Ground
- P1260Buick · PowertrainLast Test Failed SCC Or Theft Detected, Vehicle Immobilized
- P1260Cadillac · PowertrainLast Test Failed SCC Or Theft Detected Vehicle Immobilized
- P1260Chevrolet · PowertrainLast Test Failed SCC Or Theft Detected Vehicle Immobilized
- P1260Chrysler · PowertrainLast Test Failed SCC Or Theft Detected Vehicle Immobilized
- P1260Ford · PowertrainTheft Detected Engine Disabled
- P1260GM · PowertrainLast Test Failed SCC Or Theft Detected Vehicle Immobilized
- P1260GMC · PowertrainLast Test Failed SCC Or Theft Detected Vehicle Immobilized
- P1260Jaguar · PowertrainTheft Detected Vehicle Immobilized
- P1260Lincoln · PowertrainTheft Detected Engine Disabled
- P1260Mazda · PowertrainAnti-Theft System Signal Detected Engine Disabled
- P1260Mercury · PowertrainTheft Detected Engine Disabled
- P1260Oldsmobile · PowertrainLast Test Failed SCC Or Theft Detected Vehicle Immobilized
- P1260Other · PowertrainTHEFT Detected, Vehicle Immobilzed
- P1260Saturn · PowertrainLast Test Failed SCC Or Theft Detected Vehicle Immobilized
- P1261Ford · PowertrainCylinder #1 High To Low Side Short
- P1261Lincoln · PowertrainCylinder 1 High To Low Side Short
- P1261Mercury · PowertrainCylinder 1 High To Low Side Short
- P1261Other · PowertrainCylinder #1 High To Low Side Short
- P1262Ford · PowertrainCylinder #2 High To Low Side Short
- P1262Lincoln · PowertrainCylinder 2 High To Low Side Short
- P1262Mercury · PowertrainCylinder 2 High To Low Side Short
- P1262Other · PowertrainCylinder #2 High To Low Side Short
- P1263Ford · PowertrainCylinder #3 High To Low Side Short
- P1263Lincoln · PowertrainCylinder 3 High To Low Side Short
- P1263Mercury · PowertrainCylinder 3 High To Low Side Short
