P04F0 on Volkswagen vehicles

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.

Bulletins and campaigns Volkswagen filed with NHTSA whose summary names P04F0. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

• VIN4APIN20200207 Service bulletin
  2020-02-07 · Equipment
• Customer states MIL-on with P0133 No Crank/No Start with P06EF and/or P06E9 Customer states MIL-on with P0463 Customer states MIL-on with P04F0 P0441 Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start
• VIN4APIN20200221 Service bulletin
  2020-02-21 · Engine And Engine Cooling
• Customer states MIL-on with P0133 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, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start
• VIN4APIN20200226 Service bulletin
  2020-02-26 · Engine And Engine Cooling
• Customer states MIL-on with P0133 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, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start
• VIN4APIN20230517 Service bulletin
  2023-05-17 · Engine And Engine Cooling — Engine — Engine Control Module (Ecu/Ecm)
• Customer states MIL-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P2402 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P04F0 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P0456 and/or P0442 stored in ECM memory Noise from front end while driving Customer states condensation in the taillights Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press (n
• VIN4APIN20230518 Service bulletin
  2023-05-18 · Seat Belts
• Customer states MIL-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P2402 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P04F0 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P0456 and/or P0442 stored in ECM memory Noise from front end while driving Customer states condensation in the taillights Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press (n
• VIN4APIN20230615 Service bulletin
  2023-06-15 · Engine And Engine Cooling — Engine — Engine Control Module (Ecu/Ecm)
• Customer states MIL-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, P0322 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P04F0 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P0456 and/or P0442 stored in ECM memory Noise from front end while driving Customer states condensation in the taillights Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states key FOB lock/unlock fun
• VIN4APIN20250818 Other
  2025-08-18 · 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 wind noise and or water ingress; Customer states middle row seat rattles; Customer states there is a noise coming from the front strut arae; Customer states ther
• VIN4APIN20250910 Other
  2025-09-10 · 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 wind noise and or water ingress; Customer states there is a noise coming from the front strut arae; Customer states there is a noise coming from the front strut
• VIN4APIN20251001 Other
  2025-10-01 · 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
• VIN4APIN20230626 Service bulletin
  2023-06-26 · Electrical System — Ignition — Anti-Theft — Immobilizer/Proximity — Key/Sender
• Customer states MIL-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P04F0 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P0456 and/or P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states condensation in the taillights Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press (not KESSY) Customer states seat memory is inoperat
• VIN4APIN20230713 Service bulletin
  2023-07-13 · Engine And Engine Cooling
• Customer states MIL-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states rattle from below the vehicle Customer states MIL-on, fault P04F0 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL-on, fault P0456 and/or P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states condensation in the taillights Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press (not
• VIN4APIN20251008 Other
  2025-10-08 · 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

A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. The record above is what Volkswagen and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.