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Fault codes

Fault codes: 12 pieces on carscan.app — what it means, what to look at in the live data and where to start. Open and free, no app needed.

Twenty reference sections: catalyst, canister, soot filter
Twenty reference sections: catalyst, canister, soot filter
The «emission controls» heading held 41 codes: the catalyst, exhaust gas recirculation, the charcoal canister, the fuel level and the particulate filt
6 September 20262 min
Sixty codes under one heading split into four sections
Sixty codes under one heading split into four sections
The «fuel and air» section held 62 codes: oxygen sensors, throttle, accelerator pedal and mixture — four different conversations in one list. Each now
6 September 20262 min
Three new reference sections: communication, brakes, body
Three new reference sections: communication, brakes, body
Until today the reference sections existed only for engine codes. Forty-nine codes — every U, C and B — belonged to none: they were in the reference,
6 September 20262 min
All 298 codes in the reference now have a way forward
All 298 codes in the reference now have a way forward
A week ago 169 of the 298 code pages ended with a description and nothing else — nowhere to go. Today not one is left.
6 September 20262 min
Eleven codes got a walkthrough without new text
Eleven codes got a walkthrough without new text
It turned out that some codes already had a walkthrough written — there was simply no link to it from the code page. Plus three new articles. Dead end
6 September 20262 min
Walkthroughs: urea, speed sensor, internal unit faults
Walkthroughs: urea, speed sensor, internal unit faults
Another 20 codes stopped being dead ends. Code pages with nowhere to go after the description: 55 left out of 298 — it was 169 two rounds ago.
6 September 20261 min
Walkthroughs: throttle, mixture by bank, tank sender
Walkthroughs: throttle, mixture by bank, tank sender
Another 28 codes stopped being dead ends. Code pages with nowhere to go after the description: 75 left out of 298.
6 September 20261 min
Twenty more codes with walkthroughs: oil, relays, charging
Twenty more codes with walkthroughs: oil, relays, charging
Three new walkthroughs cover oil pressure, the fan relay and charging. Codes whose page used to end in nothing: 103 instead of 123.
6 September 20261 min
Transmission and lost-communication codes: walkthroughs
Transmission and lost-communication codes: walkthroughs
The two largest blank spots in the reference are closed: 46 codes that had neither an article nor a guide now lead to a walkthrough.
6 September 20261 min
Every one of the 298 codes now has a where-to-start guide
Every one of the 298 codes now has a where-to-start guide
Some codes used to carry a single line of definition. Now every one says what to check first, and why the part is not the first move.
5 September 20263 min
Guidance added for the gearbox, oil pressure and fuel level
Guidance added for the gearbox, oil pressure and fuel level
27 codes that used to carry a single line of definition. Most of the new text went where the name frightens people most.
5 September 20263 min
«Where to start» advice now covers 113 codes
«Where to start» advice now covers 113 codes
Thirty-nine new write-ups in two batches: sensor circuits, coils, injectors, the fuel pump, boost. In the app and on the site alike.
5 September 20262 min