P0615
0 owner reports and 23 manufacturer filings across 13 model years from Mazda, Ram.
Where P0615 shows up
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints| Model year | Filed under | Bulletins | Owner reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Ram 1500 | Electrical System | 3 | — |
| 2021 Ram 1500 | Electrical System | 3 | — |
| 2020 Ram 1500 | Electrical System | 3 | — |
| 2020 Mazda CX-5 | Visibility | 2 | — |
| 2019 Mazda CX-5 | Visibility | 2 | — |
| 2018 Mazda CX-5 | Visibility | 2 | — |
| 2017 Mazda CX-5 | Visibility | 2 | — |
| 2025 Mazda CX-5 | Engine | 1 | — |
| 2024 Mazda CX-5 | Engine | 1 | — |
| 2023 Mazda CX-5 | Engine | 1 | — |
| 2022 Mazda CX-5 | Engine | 1 | — |
| 2021 Mazda CX-5 | Engine | 1 | — |
| 2019 Mazda Mazda3 | 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 P0615. Quoting the document number at a service desk is often the fastest route to a diagnosis someone has already written down.
- SA-014-252025-03-06 · Engine
- Some vehicles may experience an engine no start/no crank with either of the following DTC's stored: P0615:12 - Starter relay circuit malfunction B112A:12 - IG2 relay circuit malfunction This may be caused by water contamination/corrosion at electrical connector C-04 due to: Windshield tint installation: Windshield tint installed to block UV light. The water used during the installation of the tint
- S22080001132022-08-04 · Electrical System
- No Start, DTC P0615 Starter Control Circuit Open
- S22080001132022-08-04 · Electrical System
- No Start, DTC P0615 Starter Control Circuit Open
- S22080001132022-08-04 · Electrical System
- No Start, DTC P0615 Starter Control Circuit Open
- SA-051-202020-05-11 · Visibility — Windshield
- Some vehicles may experience an engine no start/no crank with either of the following DTC's stored: P0615:12 - Starter relay circuit malfunction B112A:12 - IG2 relay circuit malfunction. This may be caused by water contamination/corrosion at electrical connector C-04 due to: Windshield tint installation: Windshield tint installed to block UV light. The water used during the installation of the tin
- 01-018-19-36422019-11-14 · Engine And Engine Cooling
- Some vehicles that have a drained battery recovered may exhibit that the engine will not start and the ignition switch will not turn off. The following DTC's may also be stored: ï· U3000:49 - BCM internal malfunction ï· B10E7:12 - IG1 relay circuit malfunction ï· P0615:11 - Starter relay circuit malfunction. This concern most likely occurs on vehicles in a show room with frequent door
What P0615 means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIP0615 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 P0615
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardCan I keep driving with P0615 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.