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P2CA3

Charge Air Cooler Coolant Pump Sense Circuit Performance

The sense feedback circuit for the charge air cooler coolant pump reports a performance condition. Pump output verification is impaired.

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

Common causes

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

  • Sense feedback drifted from expectedCommon
  • High-resistance contact in connectorPossible

Parts involved

  • Cac Coolant Pump
  • Wiring Harness
  • ECM

P2CA3 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.