P02D2
0 owner reports and 119 manufacturer filings across 14 model years from Ford, Volkswagen.
Where P02D2 shows up
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints| Model year | Filed under | Bulletins | Owner reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Volkswagen Golf / GTI | Engine And Engine Cooling | 25 | — |
| 2020 Volkswagen Golf / GTI | Engine And Engine Cooling | 11 | — |
| 2018 Volkswagen Atlas | Engine And Engine Cooling | 10 | — |
| 2020 Volkswagen Jetta | Engine And Engine Cooling | 10 | — |
| 2019 Volkswagen Jetta | Engine And Engine Cooling | 10 | — |
| 2020 Volkswagen Passat | Engine And Engine Cooling | 10 | — |
| 2019 Volkswagen Passat | Engine And Engine Cooling | 10 | — |
| 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan | Equipment | 10 | — |
| 2019 Volkswagen Atlas | Engine And Engine Cooling | 9 | — |
| 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan | Engine And Engine Cooling | 9 | — |
| 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty | Electrical System | 2 | — |
| 2016 Ford F-350 Super Duty | Electrical System | 1 | — |
| 2016 Ford F-450 Super Duty | Electrical System | 1 | — |
| 2016 Volkswagen Jetta | Engine And Engine Cooling | 1 | — |
A model year appears here because the code is named in its record, not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are mentions in the federal files, not failure rates — nobody publishes the denominator.
What it gets filed under
Manufacturer filings that name it
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsService bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names P02D2. Quoting the document number at a service desk is often the fastest route to a diagnosis someone has already written down.
- VIN4APIN202005272020-05-27 · Equipment — Other — Owners/Service/Other Manual
- Customer states MIL-on with P0496 Customer states MIL-on with P2440 Customer states MIL-on with U0284 Customer states MIL-on with P02CC, P02CE, P02D0, P02D2, P02D4, and P02D6 P02D7 Customer states oil leak from the engine Customer states MIL-on with P0442 Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start Customer states both headlights are cracked
- VIN4APIN202005142020-05-14 · Engine
- Customer states MIL-on with P0496 Customer states MIL-on with P2440 Customer states MIL-on with U0284 Customer states MIL-on with P02CC, P02CE, P02D0, P02D2, P02D4, and P02D6 P02D7 Customer states oil leak from the engine Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start Customer states both headlights are cracked
- VIN4APIN202004282020-04-28 · Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
- Customer states MIL-on with P0496 Customer states MIL-on with P2440 Customer states MIL-on with U0284 Customer states MIL-on with P02CC, P02CE, P02D0, P02D2, P02D4, and P02D6 P02D7 Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start Customer states both headlights are cracked
- VIN4APIN202004132020-04-13 · Exterior Lighting
- No Crank/No Start with P06EF and/or P06E9 Customer states MIL-on with P0463 Customer states MIL-on with P0496 Customer states MIL-on with P04F0 P0441 Customer states MIL-on with P2440 Customer states MIL-on with U0284 Customer states MIL-on with P02CC, P02CE, P02D0, P02D2, P02D4, and P02D6 P02D7 Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start Customer states bo
- VIN4APIN202004012020-04-01 · Engine And Engine Cooling
- No Crank/No Start with P06EF and/or P06E9 Customer states MIL-on with P0463 Customer states MIL-on with P0496 Customer states MIL-on with P04F0 P0441 Customer states MIL-on with P2440 Customer states MIL-on with U0284 Customer states MIL-on with P02CC, P02CE, P02D0, P02D2, P02D4, and P02D6 P02D7 Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start Customer states bo
- SSM 460572016-09-08 · Engine And Engine Cooling
- Some 2016 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L and dual generators built on 26-Oct-2015 and through 9-Dec-2015 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with no drivability symptoms and diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P02CC, P02CE, P02D0, P02D2, P02D4, P02D6, P02D8 and/or P02DA. This may be caused by a thickness variation in the accessory drive belt due to a cord shift duri
What P02D2 means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIP02D2 sits in the generic range of the OBD-II standard, so it means the same thing on every vehicle sold in the United States — but WhichTrim does not carry a definition for it and will not invent one. What is on this page is the record: who named it and on what.
A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. It is the starting point of a diagnosis, not its conclusion — the same code has several possible causes and the cheap one is not always right.
Common questions about P02D2
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardCan I keep driving with P02D2 stored?
Nobody can answer that from the code alone, and a site that does is guessing. A steady light generally means the fault was logged and the vehicle is in a reduced-risk mode; a flashing light means stop soon, because a misfiring engine can destroy a catalytic converter in minutes. The safe read of this page is the mileage and the components, not permission.
Does a code mean the car is recalled?
No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN, and none of them are triggered by a scan tool. If you want to know whether an open recall applies to one specific vehicle, check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls — that is the only source that settles it.
Why do the counts here differ from other sites?
Because these are not estimates. Every number on this page is a count of documents in NHTSA's own files: manufacturer communications that name the code in their filed summary, and owner complaints that name it in the narrative. We do not model, weight or extrapolate them.
Will clearing the code fix it?
Clearing turns the light off and erases the freeze-frame data a technician would have used to work out what happened. If the condition is still there the code returns, usually within a few drive cycles, and the diagnosis now starts from less information than before.