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Fault Family System: Powertrain (P-Codes) 62 SAE Codes

Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit

Diagnostic & Technical Explanation
Code P0544 (Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 1 Sensor 1) sets when the ECM sees an open, shorted, or implausible resistance from an exhaust gas temperature sensor used to protect the turbo, catalyst, or DPF from thermal damage and to manage regeneration events. Causes are a sensor tip fouled or degraded by exhaust soot, a corroded connector, or wiring damaged by exhaust heat.

These 62 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 62 times.

Codes in this family (62)

CodeDefinitionRepair coverage
P0544Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0545Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0546Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0547Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0548Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0549Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P2031Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2032Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2033Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2034Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2035Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2036Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2080Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P2081Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P2082Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P2083Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P2084Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2085Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2086Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P2087Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P242AExhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P242BExhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P242CExhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P242DExhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P242EExhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent/Erratic Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P2466Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P2467Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P2468Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P2469Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P246AExhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent/Erratic Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P246EExhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 1 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P246FExhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 1 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2470Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 1 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2471Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 1 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2472Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent/Erratic Bank 1 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2473Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 2 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2474Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 2 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2475Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 2 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2476Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 2 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2477Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent/Erratic Bank 2 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2478Exhaust Gas Temperature Out of Range Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P2479Exhaust Gas Temperature Out of Range Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P247AExhaust Gas Temperature Out of Range Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P247BExhaust Gas Temperature Out of Range Bank 1 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P247CExhaust Gas Temperature Out of Range Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P247DExhaust Gas Temperature Out of Range Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P247EExhaust Gas Temperature Out of Range Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P247FExhaust Gas Temperature Out of Range Bank 2 Sensor 43 ranked fixes
P2480Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit/Open Bank 1 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2481Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 1 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2482Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 1 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2483Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 1 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2484Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent/Erratic Bank 1 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2485Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit/Open Bank 2 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2486Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 2 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2487Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 2 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2488Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 2 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2489Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Intermittent/Erratic Bank 2 Sensor 53 ranked fixes
P2EA1Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Bank 1 Sensor 63 ranked fixes
P2EA2Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High Bank 1 Sensor 63 ranked fixes
P2EA3Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low Bank 1 Sensor 63 ranked fixes
P2EA5Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 1 Sensor 63 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: