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P06DD

5 owner reports and 369 manufacturer filings across 137 model years from Alfa Romeo, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and others.

PowertrainGeneric OBD-II code369 manufacturer filings5 owner reports

Where P06DD shows up

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints
Model yearFiled underBulletinsOwner reports
2021 Cadillac EscaladeEngine And Engine Cooling9
2022 Chevrolet SuburbanEngine And Engine Cooling8
2021 Chevrolet SuburbanEngine And Engine Cooling8
2022 GMC YukonEngine And Engine Cooling8
2021 GMC YukonEngine And Engine Cooling8
2022 Cadillac EscaladeEngine And Engine Cooling6
2021 Chevrolet SilveradoEngine And Engine Cooling6
2020 Chevrolet SilveradoEngine And Engine Cooling6
2021 GMC SierraEngine And Engine Cooling51
2018 GMC YukonEngine And Engine Cooling6
2017 GMC YukonEngine And Engine Cooling6
2023 Jeep CompassEngine And Engine Cooling6
2022 Jeep CompassEngine And Engine Cooling6
2023 Jeep RenegadeEngine And Engine Cooling6
2022 Jeep RenegadeExterior Lighting6
2016 Cadillac EscaladeEngine5
2022 Chevrolet SilveradoEngine And Engine Cooling5
2016 Chevrolet SuburbanEngine5
2016 Chevrolet TahoeEngine5
2020 GMC SierraEngine And Engine Cooling41
2016 GMC YukonEngine5
2018 Cadillac EscaladeEngine4
2018 Chevrolet SuburbanEngine4
2022 Chevrolet TahoeEngine And Engine Cooling4
2021 Chevrolet TahoeEngine And Engine Cooling4
2018 Chevrolet TahoeEngine4
2017 Chrysler 300Engine And Engine Cooling4
2016 Chrysler 300Engine And Engine Cooling4
2017 Chrysler PacificaEngine And Engine Cooling4
2022 GMC SierraEngine And Engine Cooling4
2019 GMC YukonEngine And Engine Cooling4
2017 Lincoln MKZEngine31
2016 Ram ProMasterEngine And Engine Cooling4
2016 Cadillac CTSEngine And Engine Cooling3
2016 Chevrolet CamaroEngine And Engine Cooling3
2016 Chevrolet CorvetteEngine And Engine Cooling3
2017 Ford EdgeEngine3
2016 Ford EdgeEngine3
2017 Ford FusionEngine3
2024 Jeep CompassEngine And Engine Cooling3
2017 Lincoln ContinentalEngine3
2017 Lincoln MKXEngine3
2016 Lincoln MKXEngine3
2017 Alfa Romeo GiuliaEngine And Engine Cooling2
2020 Buick EncoreEngine2
2019 Cadillac CTSEngine And Engine Cooling2
2018 Cadillac CTS-VEngine And Engine Cooling2
2019 Chevrolet CamaroEngine And Engine Cooling2
2018 Chevrolet CamaroEngine And Engine Cooling2
2017 Chevrolet CamaroEngine And Engine Cooling2
2019 Chevrolet CorvetteEngine And Engine Cooling2
2018 Chevrolet CorvetteEngine And Engine Cooling2
2017 Chevrolet CorvetteEngine And Engine Cooling2
2016 Chevrolet SilveradoEngine2
2021 Chevrolet TrailblazerFuel System, Gasoline2
2017 Chrysler 200Engine And Engine Cooling2
2016 Chrysler 200Engine And Engine Cooling2
2025 Chrysler PacificaEngine2
2024 Chrysler PacificaEngine2
2023 Chrysler PacificaEngine2

Showing the 60 model years where P06DD appears most; it is on file for 137 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.

What it gets filed under

Engine And Engine Cooling 185Engine 76Fuel System, Gasoline 58Electrical System 25Exterior Lighting 14Power Train 5
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What owners said

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Owners’ own words, one per nameplate, scrubbed of anything identifying. These are unverified reports filed with NHTSA — they are what was said, not a finding that it was true.

The contact scanned the vehicle and retrieved DTCs: P0011, P0016, P006DD, and P0521, stored DTCs: P06DD P0011, and permanent DTCs: P0011 and P0016
2021 GMC Sierraat 101,148 milesNov 24, 2025NHTSA owner report
Upon further inspection by the service department it was revealed that the issue was related to TSB 19-2243, which reads "2.7L/3.0L - Oil Consumption With DTC P0524 And/Or P06DD, Rough Idle, Misfire And/Or White Or Blue Exhaust Smoke…
2017 Lincoln MKZAug 7, 2023NHTSA owner report

Manufacturer filings that name it

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Service bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names P06DD. Quoting the document number at a service desk is often the fastest route to a diagnosis someone has already written down.

What P06DD means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P06DD 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 P06DD

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Can I keep driving with P06DD 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.