P25B3
0 owner reports and 37 manufacturer filings across 18 model years from Ford, Lincoln.
Where P25B3 shows up
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints| Model year | Filed under | Bulletins | Owner reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Ford Edge | Engine And Engine Cooling | 3 | — |
| 2019 Ford Edge | Engine And Engine Cooling | 3 | — |
| 2020 Ford Escape | Electrical System | 3 | — |
| 2021 Lincoln Corsair | Electrical System | 3 | — |
| 2020 Lincoln Corsair | Engine And Engine Cooling | 3 | — |
| 2020 Lincoln Nautilus | Engine And Engine Cooling | 3 | — |
| 2021 Ford Bronco Sport | Engine And Engine Cooling | 2 | — |
| 2021 Ford Edge | Engine And Engine Cooling | 2 | — |
| 2024 Ford Expedition | Power Train | 2 | — |
| 2021 Lincoln Nautilus | Engine And Engine Cooling | 2 | — |
| 2019 Lincoln Nautilus | Electrical System | 2 | — |
| 2024 Lincoln Navigator | Power Train | 2 | — |
| 2023 Lincoln Navigator | Power Train | 2 | — |
| 2022 Ford Bronco Sport | Electrical System | 1 | — |
| 2022 Ford Edge | Electrical System | 1 | — |
| 2022 Ford Escape | Electrical System | 1 | — |
| 2022 Lincoln Corsair | Engine And Engine Cooling | 1 | — |
| 2022 Lincoln Nautilus | Electrical System | 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.
What it gets filed under
Manufacturer filings that name it
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsService bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names P25B3. Quoting the document number at a service desk is often the fastest route to a diagnosis someone has already written down.
- SSM 540832025-07-29 · Power Train
- Some 2020-2023 Explorer, 2022-2023 F-150, and 2023-2024 Expedition/Navigator vehicles equipped with a 2.3L/3.5L EcoBoost engine may exhibit may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) and/or powertrain malfunction (wrench) indicator with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P25B3, P25B4, P25B5, P25B6, P2ABA, P2ABB, P2ABC, P2AB7, P2AB8, and/or P2AB9 stored in the powertrain control modul
- TSB 23-23532023-11-14 · Power Train
- Some 2020-2023 Explorer vehicles equipped with a 2.3L EcoBoost engine, 2022-2023 F-150 vehicles equipped with a 3.5L EcoBoost engine, and 2023-2024 Expedition/Navigator vehicles may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) and/or powertrain malfunction (wrench) indicator with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P25B3, P25B4, P25B5, P25B6, P2ABA, P2ABB, P2ABC, P2AB7, P2AB8, and/or P2AB9.
- SSM 504852022-02-11 · Electrical System
- Some 2019-2022 Edge/Nautilus, 2020-2022 Escape/Corsair, and 2021-2022 Bronco Sport vehicles equipped with a 2.0L EcoBoost or 2.3L EcoBoost may exhibit a lack of power with an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) P02AB, P0243, P0299, P25B3, P25B4, P2AB7, P2AB8 and/or P2AB9. This may be due to an inoperative wastegate actuator, missing wastegate actuator e
- SSM 501712021-10-04 · Engine And Engine Cooling — Engine — Hard Parts Internal/Mechanical
- Some 2019-2021 Edge/Nautilus/Ranger, 2020-2021 Escape/Corsair/Explorer, and 2021 Bronco Sport vehicles equipped with a 2.0L/2.3L EcoBoost may exhibit a lack of power with an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) P02AB, P0243, P0299, P1464, P25B3, P25B4, P2AB7, P2AB8 and/or P2AB9. This may be due to an inoperative wastegate actuator, missing wastegate actu
- SSM 494272021-01-05 · Electrical System
- Some 2019-2020 Edge/Nautilus/Ranger, 2020 Escape and 2020-2021 Corsair/Explorer vehicles equipped with a 2.0L/2.3L EcoBoost may exhibit a lack of power with an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P02AB, P0243, P0299, P1464, P25B3, P25B4, P2AB7, P2AB8 and/or P2AB9. This may be due to a missing wastegate actuator e-clip. A lower level service component h
What P25B3 means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIP25B3 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 P25B3
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardCan I keep driving with P25B3 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.