MechanicDB
Fault Family System: Powertrain (P-Codes) 48 SAE Codes

Cylinder Fuel Trim Injector Balance

Diagnostic & Technical Explanation
Code P029A (Cylinder 1 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit) sets when the ECM's individual-cylinder fuel trim correction for a specific injector pins against its maximum or minimum adaptation limit, or the ECM determines an injector is restricted or leaking. Causes are a clogged injector, a leaking injector seat, or carbon deposits altering that cylinder's spray pattern.

These 48 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 48 times.

Codes in this family (48)

CodeDefinitionRepair coverage
P029ACylinder 1 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P029BCylinder 1 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P029CCylinder 1 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P029DCylinder 1 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P029ECylinder 2 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P029FCylinder 2 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02A0Cylinder 2 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02A1Cylinder 2 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02A2Cylinder 3 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02A3Cylinder 3 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02A4Cylinder 3 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02A5Cylinder 3 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02A6Cylinder 4 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02A7Cylinder 4 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02A8Cylinder 4 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02A9Cylinder 4 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02AACylinder 5 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02ABCylinder 5 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02ACCylinder 5 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02ADCylinder 5 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02AECylinder 6 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02AFCylinder 6 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02B0Cylinder 6 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02B1Cylinder 6 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02B2Cylinder 7 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02B3Cylinder 7 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02B4Cylinder 7 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02B5Cylinder 7 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02B6Cylinder 8 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02B7Cylinder 8 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02B8Cylinder 8 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02B9Cylinder 8 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02BACylinder 9 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02BBCylinder 9 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02BCCylinder 9 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02BDCylinder 9 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02BECylinder 10 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02BFCylinder 10 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02C0Cylinder 10 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02C1Cylinder 10 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02C2Cylinder 11 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02C3Cylinder 11 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02C4Cylinder 11 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02C5Cylinder 11 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes
P02C6Cylinder 12 - Fuel Trim at Max Limit3 ranked fixes
P02C7Cylinder 12 - Fuel Trim at Min Limit3 ranked fixes
P02C8Cylinder 12 - Injector Restricted3 ranked fixes
P02C9Cylinder 12 - Injector Leaking3 ranked fixes

What this page does not show

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: