MechanicDB
Fault Family System: Powertrain (P-Codes) 27 SAE Codes

O2 Sensor Slow Response

Diagnostic & Technical Explanation
Code P0133 (O2 Sensor Circuit Slow Response Bank 1 Sensor 1) sets when an oxygen sensor takes longer than the calibrated time to transition between rich and lean voltage states. This is typically a sensor element that has aged or been contaminated by silicone, oil ash, or coolant, though an exhaust leak that dilutes the sample can also slow the switching response.

These 27 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 27 times.

Codes in this family (27)

CodeDefinitionRepair coverage
P0133O2 Sensor Circuit Slow Response Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0139O2 Sensor Circuit Slow Response Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P013AO2 Sensor Slow Response - Rich to Lean Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P013BO2 Sensor Slow Response - Lean to Rich Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P013CO2 Sensor Slow Response - Rich to Lean Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P013DO2 Sensor Slow Response - Lean to Rich Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P013EO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Rich to Lean Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P013FO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Lean to Rich Bank 1 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P0145O2 Sensor Circuit Slow Response Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P014AO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Rich to Lean Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P014BO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Lean to Rich Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P014CO2 Sensor Slow Response - Rich to Lean Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P014DO2 Sensor Slow Response - Lean to Rich Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P014EO2 Sensor Slow Response - Rich to Lean Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P014FO2 Sensor Slow Response - Lean to Rich Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0153O2 Sensor Circuit Slow Response Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0159O2 Sensor Circuit Slow Response Bank 2 Sensor 23 ranked fixes
P015AO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Rich to Lean Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P015BO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Lean to Rich Bank 1 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P015CO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Rich to Lean Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P015DO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Lean to Rich Bank 2 Sensor 13 ranked fixes
P0165O2 Sensor Circuit Slow Response Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P019AO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Rich to Lean Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P019BO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Lean to Rich Bank 1 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P019CO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Rich to Lean Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P019DO2 Sensor Delayed Response - Lean to Rich Bank 2 Sensor 33 ranked fixes
P01F4O2 Sensor Circuit Slow Response Bank 1 Sensor 43 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: