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P30BF on Chevrolet vehicles

P30BF is named on 18 Chevrolet model years (2019–2026): 138 manufacturer filings and 0 owner reports in NHTSA’s files, across Silverado, Colorado, Silverado 2500HD, Silverado 3500HD.

Powertrain 18 model years 138 manufacturer filings

Which Chevrolet model years name P30BF

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints
Model yearFiled underBulletinsOwner reports
2022 Chevrolet SilveradoNot specified15—
2023 Chevrolet SilveradoNot specified14—
2021 Chevrolet SilveradoNot specified14—
2020 Chevrolet SilveradoNot specified14—
2019 Chevrolet SilveradoNot specified14—
2024 Chevrolet ColoradoNot specified10—
2024 Chevrolet SilveradoNot specified10—
2023 Chevrolet ColoradoNot specified10—
2025 Chevrolet ColoradoNot specified8—
2025 Chevrolet SilveradoNot specified8—
2026 Chevrolet ColoradoNot specified5—
2026 Chevrolet SilveradoNot specified5—
2022 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HDEngine3—
2023 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HDEngine2—
2023 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HDEngine2—
2022 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HDEngine2—
2025 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HDNot specified1—
2025 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HDNot specified1—

A model year is listed because the code is named in its own record — a bulletin filed against it, or an owner’s complaint about it — not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are documents in NHTSA’s files, not failure rates.

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Chevrolet filings that name P30BF

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Bulletins and campaigns Chevrolet filed with NHTSA whose summary names P30BF. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

What P30BF means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P30BF is a manufacturer-specific code: the second character is a 3, which under the OBD-II standard hands the definition to whoever built the vehicle. The same code can mean one thing on a Ford and something unrelated on a Hyundai. Any site that prints a single definition for it is guessing.

A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. The record above is what Chevrolet and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Is P30BF a known problem on Chevrolet vehicles?

It is a documented one: NHTSA's files hold 138 manufacturer filings and 0 owner reports naming P30BF on 18 Chevrolet model years (2019–2026). Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count — but a bulletin that names the code on your model year is the place to start.

Which Chevrolet models does P30BF appear on most?

2022 Silverado (15 documents), 2023 Silverado (14 documents), 2021 Silverado (14 documents).

Does P30BF on a Chevrolet mean it is recalled?

No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN; no recall is triggered by a scan tool. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or open the model year's page here for the campaigns filed against it.