P04F0
3 owner reports and 560 manufacturer filings across 67 model years from Ford, Lincoln, Volkswagen.
Where P04F0 shows up
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints| Model year | Filed under | Bulletins | Owner reports | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Volkswagen Golf / GTI | Engine | 36 | — | |
| 2023 Volkswagen Atlas | Electrical System | 30 | — | Battery → |
| 2022 Volkswagen Atlas | Electrical System | 30 | — | Battery → |
| 2020 Volkswagen Golf / GTI | Engine | 24 | — | |
| 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan | Not specified | 23 | 1 | |
| 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan | Not specified | 23 | — | |
| 2025 Volkswagen Atlas | Not specified | 22 | — | |
| 2024 Volkswagen Atlas | Not specified | 22 | — | |
| 2025 Volkswagen Golf / GTI | Not specified | 22 | — | |
| 2024 Volkswagen Golf / GTI | Not specified | 22 | — | |
| 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 | Not specified | 20 | — | |
| 2026 Volkswagen Atlas | Not specified | 18 | — | |
| 2023 Volkswagen Jetta | Electrical System | 15 | — | Battery → |
| 2022 Volkswagen Jetta | Electrical System | 15 | — | Battery → |
| 2019 Volkswagen Jetta | Engine | 14 | — | |
| 2023 Volkswagen Taos | Seats | 14 | — | |
| 2022 Volkswagen Taos | Engine | 14 | — | |
| 2020 Volkswagen Jetta | Engine | 13 | — | |
| 2020 Volkswagen Passat | Engine | 12 | — | |
| 2019 Volkswagen Passat | Engine | 12 | — | |
| 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan | Engine | 12 | — | |
| 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan | Not specified | 11 | — | |
| 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan | Engine | 11 | — | |
| 2025 Volkswagen ID.4 | Not specified | 9 | — | |
| 2025 Volkswagen Jetta | Not specified | 8 | — |
Showing the 25 model years where P04F0 appears most; it is on file for 67 in total.
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.
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P04F0 by make
The same record, one make at a time: the model years, bulletins and owner reports that name P04F0 on that maker’s vehicles.
What it gets filed under
560 manufacturer filings name P04F0. Start with what the maker wrote down.
A code names the test that failed, not the part. A bulletin that names it is often a diagnosis someone has already written down — quote its number at the service desk.
Manufacturer filings that name it
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsService bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names P04F0.
- VIN4APIN20251112 Other2025-11-12 · Unknown Or Other
- Oil leak from Cylinder Head Cover; Customer states MIL-on, P0456, P0442, or P04F0 stored in ECM memory; Customer states MIL-on, fault P2080 present; Customer states MIL-on; Customer states various error messages on the cluster; Customer states A/C Inop, no cooling; Customer states wind noise and or water ingress; Customer states front brake noise/premature uneven pad wear; Customer states there is
- VIN4APIN20251027 Other2025-10-27 · Unknown Or Other
- Oil leak from Cylinder Head Cover; Customer states MIL-on, P0456, P0442, or P04F0 stored in ECM memory; Customer states MIL-on; Customer states various error messages on the cluster; Customer states A/C Inop, no cooling; Customer states wind noise and or water ingress; Customer states front brake noise/premature uneven pad wear; Customer states there is a noise coming from the front strut arae; Cu
- VIN4APIN20251020 Other2025-10-20 · Unknown Or Other
- Oil leak from Cylinder Head Cover; Customer states MIL-on, P0456, P0442, or P04F0 stored in ECM memory; Customer states MIL-on; Coolant leak from the cylinder head gasket, low coolant level, visible coolant leak, coolant warning message in instrument cluster; Customer states Electrical System Error Message, U04A1 [42304], U04A5 [42336], and/or U04A9 [42444] stored in DA:008C; Customer states vario
- VIN4APIN20251008 Other2025-10-08 · Unknown Or Other
- Oil leak from Cylinder Head Cover; Customer states MIL-on, P0456, P0442, or P04F0 stored in ECM memory; Customer states MIL-on; Coolant leak from the cylinder head gasket, low coolant level, visible coolant leak, coolant warning message in instrument cluster; Customer states Electrical System Error Message, U04A1 [42304], U04A5 [42336], and/or U04A9 [42444] stored in DA:008C; Customer states vario
- VIN4APIN20251001 Other2025-10-01 · Unknown Or Other
- Oil leak from Cylinder Head Cover; Customer states MIL-on, P0456, P0442, or P04F0 stored in ECM memory; Customer states Electrical System Error Message, U04A1 [42304], U04A5 [42336], and/or U04A9 [42444] stored in DA:008C; Customer states various error messages on the cluster; Customer states wind noise and or water ingress; Customer states front brake noise/premature uneven pad wear; Customer sta
- TSB 25-2431 Service bulletin2025-09-13 · Power Train
- *This article supersedes TSB 24-2199 to add the rear half shaft seals to the TSB parts list. Some of the vehicles listed in the model statement above may exhibit one of the following conditions: *Fuel tank not filling up beyond half-full *Hard to start *Stalls upon restart after refueling *A malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P04F0, P0451, P0455, and/or P0496 may
What P04F0 means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIP04F0 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 P04F0
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardCan I keep driving with P04F0 stored?
Nobody can answer that from the code alone, and a site that does is guessing. A steady light means a fault was logged and the car should be checked soon; a flashing light means a severe misfire — slow down and get it seen as soon as possible, because severe misfire can quickly damage the catalytic converter. 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.