P0A45
1 owner report and 23 manufacturer filings across 12 model years from Chrysler, Toyota.
Where P0A45 shows up
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints| Model year | Filed under | Bulletins | Owner reports | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Chrysler Pacifica | Power Train | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023 Chrysler Pacifica | Power Train | 2 | — | |
| 2021 Chrysler Pacifica | Power Train | 2 | — | |
| 2020 Chrysler Pacifica | Electrical System | 2 | — | Battery → |
| 2019 Chrysler Pacifica | Power Train | 2 | — | |
| 2018 Chrysler Pacifica | Electrical System | 2 | — | Battery → |
| 2017 Chrysler Pacifica | Electrical System | 2 | — | Battery → |
| 2023 Chrysler Voyager | Electrical System | 2 | — | Battery → |
| 2022 Chrysler Voyager | Power Train | 2 | — | |
| 2021 Chrysler Voyager | Power Train | 2 | — | |
| 2020 Chrysler Voyager | Power Train | 2 | — | |
| 2017 Toyota RAV4 | Equipment | 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.
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P0A45 by make
The same record, one make at a time: the model years, bulletins and owner reports that name P0A45 on that maker’s vehicles.
What it gets filed under
What owners said
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners’ 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.
Drove to dealer and car stored DTC P0A45 error code, which they cleared and test drove for 50 miles
23 manufacturer filings name P0A45. Start with what the maker wrote down.
A code names the test that failed, not the part. A bulletin that names it is often a diagnosis someone has already written down — quote its number at the service desk.
Manufacturer filings that name it
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsService bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names P0A45.
- 2100823 Service bulletin2023-08-22 · Power Train
- Internal Transmission Wiring Connector Short Warranty Extension XE1 Customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigation, a technician may find one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) have been set: ? P0A3F - Drive Motor A Position Sensor 1 Circuit. ? P0A43 - Drive Motor A Position Sensor Circuit Intermittent. ? P0A45 - Drive Mo
- 2100823 Service bulletin2023-04-05 · Power Train
- Internal Transmission Wiring Connector Short Warranty Extension XE1 Customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigation, a technician may find one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) have been set: ? P0A3F - Drive Motor A Position Sensor 1 Circuit. ? P0A43 - Drive Motor A Position Sensor Circuit Intermittent. ? P0A45 - Drive Mo
- T-SB-0079-19 Service bulletin2019-07-08 · Equipment — Other — Owners/Service/Other Manual
- TSB: Some 2016 ? 2018 model year RAV4 Hybrid vehicles may exhibit a hybrid system warning message/MIL ON condition with Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) P0A45 (Drive Motor ?B? Position Sensor Circuit) present. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin to address this condition.
What P0A45 means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIP0A45 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 P0A45
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardCan I keep driving with P0A45 stored?
Nobody can answer that from the code alone, and a site that does is guessing. A steady light means a fault was logged and the car should be checked soon; a flashing light means a severe misfire — slow down and get it seen as soon as possible, because severe misfire can quickly damage the catalytic converter. 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.