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P06E9

1 owner report and 160 manufacturer filings across 27 model years from Chevrolet, Chrysler, Ford, Jeep and others.

PowertrainGeneric OBD-II code160 manufacturer filings1 owner report

Where P06E9 shows up

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints
Model yearFiled underBulletinsOwner reports
2019 Volkswagen Golf / GTIEngine And Engine Cooling33
2020 Volkswagen Golf / GTIEngine And Engine Cooling17
2019 Volkswagen JettaEngine And Engine Cooling12
2019 Volkswagen PassatEngine And Engine Cooling12
2019 Volkswagen TiguanEngine And Engine Cooling12
2020 Volkswagen JettaEngine And Engine Cooling9
2020 Volkswagen PassatEngine And Engine Cooling9
2020 Volkswagen TiguanEngine And Engine Cooling9
2019 Jeep CompassElectrical System5
2027 Chevrolet CorvetteUnknown Or Other4
2026 Chevrolet CorvetteUnknown Or Other4
2018 Volkswagen AtlasEquipment4
2018 Volkswagen JettaUnknown Or Other4
2017 Volkswagen JettaUnknown Or Other4
2016 Volkswagen JettaUnknown Or Other4
2019 Ford F-250 Super DutyPower Train2
2018 Ford F-250 Super DutyPower Train2
2019 Ford F-350 Super DutyPower Train2
2018 Ford F-350 Super DutyPower Train2
2019 Ford F-450 Super DutyPower Train2
2018 Ford F-450 Super DutyPower Train2
2018 Jeep CompassElectrical System2
2025 Chevrolet CorvetteUnknown Or Other1
2024 Chevrolet CorvetteUnknown Or Other1
2023 Chevrolet CorvetteUnknown Or Other1
2018 Chrysler PacificaEquipment1
2019 Lincoln MKCEngine1

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 53Unknown Or Other 52Equipment 17Power Train 12Electrical System 6Engine 4
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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 codes pulled were P0217, P0303, P0316, P0420, and P06E9 - overheat, misfire, misfire, catalyst efficiency, and turbocharger coolant/fluid, all consistent with the coolant intrusion pattern described in TSB 22-2229
2019 Lincoln MKCAug 15, 2026NHTSA owner report

Manufacturer filings that name it

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Service bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names P06E9. Quoting the document number at a service desk is often the fastest route to a diagnosis someone has already written down.

What P06E9 means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P06E9 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 P06E9

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Can I keep driving with P06E9 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.