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.
- P1850Saturn · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Circuit
- P1850Volkswagen · PowertrainCAN Bus Missing Message From Engine Control
- P1851Buick · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Performance
- P1851Cadillac · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Performance
- P1851Chevrolet · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Performance
- P1851GM · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Performance
- P1851GMC · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Performance
- P1851Oldsmobile · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Performance
- P1851Other · PowertrainTransmission Transfer Case Contact Plate 'B' Open Circuit
- P1851Saturn · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Performance
- P1851Volkswagen · PowertrainCAN Bus Missing Message From Brake Control
- P1852Buick · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Low Voltage
- P1852Cadillac · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Low Voltage
- P1852Chevrolet · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Low Voltage
- P1852GM · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Low Voltage
- P1852GMC · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Low Voltage
- P1852Oldsmobile · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Low Voltage
- P1852Other · PowertrainTransmission Transfer Case Contact Plate 'B' Short Circuit To Battery
- P1852Saturn · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid Low Voltage
- P1852Volkswagen · PowertrainCAN Bus Unplausible Message From Engine Control
- P1853Buick · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid High Voltage
- P1853Cadillac · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid High Voltage
- P1853Chevrolet · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid High Voltage
- P1853GM · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid High Voltage
- P1853GMC · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid High Voltage
- P1853Oldsmobile · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid High Voltage
- P1853Other · PowertrainTransmission Transfer Case Contact Plate 'B' Short Circuit To Ground
- P1853Saturn · PowertrainBrake Band Apply Solenoid High Voltage
- P1853Volkswagen · PowertrainCAN Bus Unplausible Message From Brake Control
- P1854Ford · PowertrainTransmission Transfer Case Contact Plate C Circuit Failure
