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Diagnostic trouble code

P0887

8 owner reports and 12 manufacturer filings across 9 model years from Fiat, Ford, Jeep, Ram.

PowertrainGeneric OBD-II code12 manufacturer filings8 owner reports

Where P0887 shows up

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints
Model yearFiled underBulletinsOwner reports
2016 Jeep CherokeePower Train—8
2016 Ram Promaster CityPower Train3—
2022 Ford F-150 LightningElectrical System2—
2017 Jeep RenegadePower Train2—
2017 Fiat 500 XElectrical System1—
2016 Fiat 500 XPower Train1—
2023 Ford F-150 LightningElectrical System1—
2016 Jeep RenegadePower Train1—
2017 Ram Promaster CityElectrical System1—

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

Electrical System 9Power Train 9Engine 1
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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.

After getting the code read, it was displaying P0887 "TCM power relay control circuit high." i've researched the issue and noticed that it has happen on a lot of the chrysler vehicles from 2014 to 2018
2016 Jeep Cherokeeat 90,484 milesAug 3, 2020NHTSA owner report

Manufacturer filings that name it

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Service bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names P0887. Quoting the document number at a service desk is often the fastest route to a diagnosis someone has already written down.

What P0887 means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P0887 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 P0887

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Can I keep driving with P0887 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.