P2AB9
0 owner reports and 41 manufacturer filings across 17 model years from Ford, Lincoln.
Where P2AB9 shows up
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints| Model year | Filed under | Bulletins | Owner reports | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Lincoln Nautilus | Engine | 6 | — | |
| 2019 Lincoln Nautilus | Electrical System | 5 | — | Battery → |
| 2020 Ford Edge | Engine | 3 | — | |
| 2019 Ford Edge | Electrical System | 3 | — | Battery → |
| 2020 Ford Escape | Engine | 3 | — | |
| 2021 Lincoln Corsair | Engine | 3 | — | |
| 2020 Lincoln Corsair | Engine | 3 | — | |
| 2021 Ford Bronco Sport | Engine | 2 | — | |
| 2021 Ford Edge | Engine | 2 | — | |
| 2024 Ford Expedition | Power Train | 2 | — | |
| 2021 Lincoln Nautilus | Engine | 2 | — | |
| 2024 Lincoln Navigator | Power Train | 2 | — | |
| 2022 Ford Bronco Sport | Electrical System | 1 | — | Battery → |
| 2022 Ford Edge | Electrical System | 1 | — | Battery → |
| 2022 Ford Escape | Engine | 1 | — | |
| 2022 Lincoln Corsair | Engine | 1 | — | |
| 2022 Lincoln Nautilus | Engine | 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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P2AB9 by make
The same record, one make at a time: the model years, bulletins and owner reports that name P2AB9 on that maker’s vehicles.
What it gets filed under
41 manufacturer filings name P2AB9. 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 P2AB9.
- SSM 54083 Service bulletin2025-07-29 · 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 23-2353 Service bulletin2023-11-14 · 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 50485 Service bulletin2022-02-11 · 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 50171 Service bulletin2021-10-04 · 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 49427 Service bulletin2021-01-05 · 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 P2AB9 means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIP2AB9 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 P2AB9
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardCan I keep driving with P2AB9 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.