MechanicDB
Fault Family System: Powertrain (P-Codes) 60 SAE Codes

Cylinder Combustion Pressure Performance

Diagnostic & Technical Explanation
Code P039A (Cylinder 1 Pressure Too Low) sets when the ECM's in-cylinder pressure sensor reports a real combustion-pressure reading (not a wiring fault) that is too low, too high, or varies cycle-to-cycle beyond the calibrated limit for that cylinder, or the combustion-quality algorithm flags degraded performance. This points to an actual combustion problem on that cylinder rather than a sensor circuit issue: a worn or clogged injector changing spray/timing, low compression from valve or ring wear, or carbon buildup altering the combustion chamber's effective volume.

These 60 diagnostic trouble codes share one detection mechanism and one repair path, which is why MechanicDB groups them into a single authored fault family rather than repeating the same explanation 60 times.

Codes in this family (60)

CodeDefinitionRepair coverage
P039ACylinder 1 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P039BCylinder 1 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P039CCylinder 1 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P039DCylinder 1 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P039ECylinder 1 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P03A4Cylinder 2 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P03A5Cylinder 2 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P03A6Cylinder 2 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P03A7Cylinder 2 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P03A8Cylinder 2 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P03AECylinder 3 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P03AFCylinder 3 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P03B0Cylinder 3 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P03B1Cylinder 3 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P03B2Cylinder 3 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P03B8Cylinder 4 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P03B9Cylinder 4 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P03BACylinder 4 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P03BBCylinder 4 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P03BCCylinder 4 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P03C2Cylinder 5 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P03C3Cylinder 5 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P03C4Cylinder 5 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P03C5Cylinder 5 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P03C6Cylinder 5 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P03CCCylinder 6 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P03CDCylinder 6 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P03CECylinder 6 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P03CFCylinder 6 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P03D0Cylinder 6 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P03D6Cylinder 7 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P03D7Cylinder 7 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P03D8Cylinder 7 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P03D9Cylinder 7 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P03DACylinder 7 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P03E0Cylinder 8 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P03E1Cylinder 8 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P03E2Cylinder 8 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P03E3Cylinder 8 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P03E4Cylinder 8 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P234DCylinder 9 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P234ECylinder 9 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P234FCylinder 9 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P2350Cylinder 9 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P2351Cylinder 9 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P2357Cylinder 10 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P2358Cylinder 10 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P2359Cylinder 10 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P235ACylinder 10 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P235BCylinder 10 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P2361Cylinder 11 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P2362Cylinder 11 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P2363Cylinder 11 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P2364Cylinder 11 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P2365Cylinder 11 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes
P236BCylinder 12 Pressure Too Low4 ranked fixes
P236CCylinder 12 Pressure Too High4 ranked fixes
P236DCylinder 12 Pressure Variation Low4 ranked fixes
P236ECylinder 12 Pressure Variation High4 ranked fixes
P236FCylinder 12 Combustion Performance4 ranked fixes

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This page publishes the fault mechanism and the code index. The licensed dataset adds, for every one of the 15,886 codes, the full authored repair set (56,729 procedures in total) with the fields deliberately withheld here: