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P2705

2 owner reports and 471 manufacturer filings across 47 model years from Ford, Lincoln.

PowertrainGeneric OBD-II code471 manufacturer filings2 owner reports

Where P2705 shows up

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints
Model yearFiled underBulletinsOwner reports
2020 Ford ExplorerPower Train23
2022 Ford ExplorerPower Train16
2021 Ford ExplorerPower Train16
2021 Ford F-150Power Train16
2021 Ford MustangPower Train16
2022 Ford F-150Power Train15
2020 Ford F-150Power Train121
2022 Ford ExpeditionPower Train12
2019 Ford F-150Power Train111
2022 Ford MustangPower Train12
2020 Ford MustangPower Train12
2019 Ford MustangPower Train12
2018 Ford MustangPower Train12
2021 Ford TransitPower Train12
2020 Ford TransitPower Train12
2020 Lincoln AviatorPower Train12
2022 Lincoln NavigatorPower Train12
2021 Ford ExpeditionPower Train11
2020 Ford ExpeditionPower Train11
2019 Ford ExpeditionPower Train11
2018 Ford ExpeditionPower Train11
2018 Ford F-150Power Train11
2017 Ford F-150Power Train11
2023 Ford TransitPower Train11
2022 Ford TransitPower Train11
2021 Lincoln NavigatorPower Train11
2020 Lincoln NavigatorPower Train11
2019 Lincoln NavigatorPower Train11
2018 Lincoln NavigatorPower Train11
2021 Ford RangerPower Train10
2020 Ford RangerPower Train10
2019 Ford RangerPower Train10
2023 Ford F-150Power Train8
2022 Ford RangerPower Train8
2022 Lincoln AviatorPower Train8
2021 Lincoln AviatorPower Train8
2023 Ford ExplorerPower Train7
2023 Ford RangerPower Train7
2023 Lincoln AviatorPower Train7
2020 Ford F-250 Super DutyPower Train4
2020 Ford F-350 Super DutyEquipment4
2020 Ford F-450 Super DutyEquipment4
2023 Ford ExpeditionPower Train3
2023 Ford MustangPower Train3
2023 Lincoln NavigatorPower Train3
2022 Ford EdgePower Train1
2022 Lincoln NautilusPower Train1

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

Power Train 340Unknown Or Other 76Electrical System 32Equipment 12Equipment Adaptive/Mobility 3
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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.

miles 42,110 11/27/2024, Transmission clunk between 3 rd and 4 th gear, ( found code p2705 found valve sticking-worked valves manually to unstick)
2020 Ford F-150Jan 9, 2025NHTSA owner report

Manufacturer filings that name it

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Service bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names P2705. Quoting the document number at a service desk is often the fastest route to a diagnosis someone has already written down.

What P2705 means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P2705 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 P2705

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Can I keep driving with P2705 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.