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P213F

Fuel Pump System Fault - Forced Engine Shutdown

A safety-critical fuel-pump fault has been detected and the engine has been shut down. Typical for HPFP runaway or low-pressure pump that loses control authority.

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

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.

  • HPFP runawayCommon

Parts involved

  • High Pressure Fuel Pump
  • Low Pressure Fuel Pump

P213F 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.