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P25CD

Intake Camshaft Actuator Park Lock Control Circuit / Open Bank 2

The controller cannot drive the park-lock pin that secures the intake camshaft phaser on bank 2 in its base position at engine off. Without the lock, the next start can suffer poor combustion or rough idle until the phaser builds oil pressure.

  • Check engine light: Yes
  • Emissions related: No
  • Repair difficulty: hard

Symptoms

  • Check engine light on
  • Power loss especially in mid-rpm range
  • Possible rough idle or stalling
  • Increased fuel consumption

Common causes

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

  • Open coil in the park-lock solenoidCommon
  • Broken control wire between ECU and solenoidPossible

Parts involved

  • Intake Cam Phaser B2
  • Park Lock Solenoid
  • Wiring Harness

P25CD 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.