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P06EF on Volkswagen vehicles

P06EF is named on 12 Volkswagen model years (2016–2020): 129 manufacturer filings and 0 owner reports in NHTSA’s files, across Golf / GTI, Jetta, Passat, Tiguan, Atlas.

Powertrain 12 model years 129 manufacturer filings

Which Volkswagen model years name P06EF

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints

Model year	Filed under	Bulletins	Owner reports
2019 Volkswagen Golf / GTI	Engine	33	—
2020 Volkswagen Golf / GTI	Engine	17	—
2019 Volkswagen Jetta	Engine	12	—
2019 Volkswagen Passat	Engine	12	—
2019 Volkswagen Tiguan	Engine	12	—
2020 Volkswagen Jetta	Engine	9	—
2020 Volkswagen Passat	Engine	9	—
2020 Volkswagen Tiguan	Engine	9	—
2018 Volkswagen Atlas	Equipment	4	—
2018 Volkswagen Jetta	Not specified	4	—
2017 Volkswagen Jetta	Not specified	4	—
2016 Volkswagen Jetta	Not specified	4	—

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.

Engine 54 Not specified 41 Equipment 21 Exterior Lighting 1

Volkswagen filings that name P06EF

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Bulletins and campaigns Volkswagen filed with NHTSA whose summary names P06EF. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

VIN4APIN20200114 Service bulletin
2020-01-14 · 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, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start Customer states the airbag light is on
VIN4APIN20200117 Service bulletin
2020-01-17 · Electrical System
Customer states MIL-on with P0133 Customer states No/low heat output No Crank/No Start with P06EF and/or P06E9 Customer states MIL-on with P0463 Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start Customer states the airbag light is on
VIN4APIN20200124 Service bulletin
2020-01-24 · Engine And Engine Cooling
Customer states MIL-on with P0133 Customer states No/low heat output No Crank/No Start with P06EF and/or P06E9 Customer states MIL-on with P0463 Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start
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
VIN4APIN20200401 Service bulletin
2020-04-01 · Engine And Engine Cooling
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 with U0284 Customer states MIL-on with P02CC, P02CE, P02D0, P02D2, P02D4, and P02D6 P02D7 Customer states MIL-on, HPFP mounting bolts loose/broken No crank, no start Customer states bo
VIN4APIN20200318 Service bulletin
2020-03-18 · Unknown Or Other
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 Customer states MIL-on with U019900 No crank, no start Customer states fuel leak / Smell from engine area
VIN4APIN20200320 Service bulletin
2020-03-20 · Unknown Or Other
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 Customer states fuel leak / Smell from engine area
VIN4APIN20200325 Service bulletin
2020-03-25 · Unknown Or Other
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 Customer states fuel leak / Smell from engine area

What P06EF means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P06EF 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. The record above is what Volkswagen and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.

From here

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Is P06EF a known problem on Volkswagen vehicles?

It is a documented one: NHTSA's files hold 129 manufacturer filings and 0 owner reports naming P06EF on 12 Volkswagen model years (2016–2020). Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count — but a bulletin that names the code on your model year is the place to start.

Which Volkswagen models does P06EF appear on most?

2019 Golf / GTI (33 documents), 2020 Golf / GTI (17 documents), 2019 Jetta (12 documents).

Does P06EF on a Volkswagen mean it is recalled?

No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN; no recall is triggered by a scan tool. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or open the model year's page here for the campaigns filed against it.