P0496 on Chevrolet vehicles
P0496 is named on 11 Chevrolet model years (2016–2025): 19 manufacturer filings and 5 owner reports in NHTSA’s files, across Trailblazer, Traverse, Trax, Impala.
Which Chevrolet model years name P0496
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints| Model year | Filed under | Bulletins | Owner reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Chevrolet Trailblazer | Not specified | 3 | — |
| 2024 Chevrolet Trailblazer | Not specified | 3 | — |
| 2023 Chevrolet Trailblazer | Not specified | 3 | — |
| 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer | Not specified | 3 | — |
| 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer | Not specified | 3 | — |
| 2018 Chevrolet Traverse | Fuel/Propulsion System | — | 3 |
| 2019 Chevrolet Trax | Equipment | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 Chevrolet Impala | Fuel/Propulsion System | — | 1 |
| 2018 Chevrolet Trax | Equipment | 1 | — |
| 2017 Chevrolet Trax | Equipment | 1 | — |
| 2016 Chevrolet Trax | Equipment | 1 | — |
A model year is listed because the code is named in its own record — a bulletin filed against it, or an owner’s complaint about it — not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are documents in NHTSA’s files, not failure rates.
Chevrolet filings that name P0496
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsBulletins and campaigns Chevrolet filed with NHTSA whose summary names P0496. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.
- PIP6037 Service bulletin2025-01-16 · Fuel/Propulsion System
- This Preliminary information communicates a potential for dtc p0496 to fail due to damaged purge solenoid valve O-rings.
- PIP6037A Service bulletin2025-01-31 · Unknown Or Other
- This Preliminary information communicates a potential for dtc p0496 to fail due to damaged purge solenoid valve O-rings.
- PIP6037A Service bulletin2025-01-22 · Unknown Or Other
- This Preliminary information communicates a potential for dtc p0496 to fail due to damaged purge solenoid valve O-rings.
- PIP5284A Service bulletin2018-12-19 · Equipment — Other — Owners/Service/Other Manual
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer that if DTC P0496 continues to set after performing Strategy Based Diagnostics, the current customers drive cycle as this may contribute to the concern. It provides information on specific drive cycle concerns that may affect the setting of this DTC. It advises the dealer to review the customers current drive cycle and to if necessary to prov
What P0496 means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIP0496 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. The record above is what Chevrolet and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardIs P0496 a known problem on Chevrolet vehicles?
It is a documented one: NHTSA's files hold 19 manufacturer filings and 5 owner reports naming P0496 on 11 Chevrolet model years (2016–2025). Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count — but a bulletin that names the code on your model year is the place to start.
Which Chevrolet models does P0496 appear on most?
2025 Trailblazer (3 documents), 2024 Trailblazer (3 documents), 2023 Trailblazer (3 documents).
Does P0496 on a Chevrolet mean it is recalled?
No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN; no recall is triggered by a scan tool. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or open the model year's page here for the campaigns filed against it.