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P22CF

Turbocharger Turbine Inlet Valve Control Circuit/Open

The drive circuit for the turbocharger turbine inlet valve is open. On sequential or two-stage charging the turbine inlet valve directs exhaust gas to the relevant turbine.

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

Symptoms

  • Charge status indicator shows fault
  • Charging may not start or interrupts
  • Slower-than-expected charge rate

Common causes

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

  • Solenoid winding openCommon
  • Pin pushed back out of connector bodyLess likely
  • Cracked solder joint inside the module or sensorLess likely

Parts involved

  • Turbocharger
  • Turbine Inlet Valve

P22CF 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.