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P023F

Fuel Pump Secondary Circuit/Open

Open circuit on the secondary fuel pump (transfer/lift pump). Pump cannot be driven.

  • Check engine light: Yes
  • Emissions related: Yes
  • Repair difficulty: medium

Symptoms

  • Check engine light on
  • Hard start, no start, or stalling under load
  • Power loss especially at high load or rpm
  • Possible long cranking time

Common causes

Ordered by how often each turns out to be the cause.

  • Wiring breakCommon
  • Pin pushed back out of connector bodyLess likely
  • Cracked solder joint inside the module or sensorLess likely

Parts involved

  • Secondary Fuel Pump
  • Pump Wiring

P023F is a generic OBD-II code defined by SAE J2012. Exact wording and diagnostic procedure vary by manufacturer and model. Code definitions are drawn from the public-domain OBDex dataset; the workshop notes are our own.