P0460
Fuel Level Sensor A Circuit
A general electrical fault on the primary fuel-level sensor (A) — open, shorted, or out of plausibility.
- Check engine light: Not always
- Emissions related: No
- Repair difficulty: hard
Common causes
Ordered by how often each turns out to be the cause.
- Sender failedCommon
Parts involved
- Fuel Level Sensor
P0460 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.