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P2CE1

Intake Air Heater C Circuit/Open

The control circuit of intake air heater C reports a circuit/open condition. Cold-start preheating cannot be commanded as expected.

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

Common causes

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

  • Open in heater control wireCommon
  • Open heater elementPossible
  • Pin pushed back out of connector bodyLess likely

Parts involved

  • Intake Air Heater C
  • Wiring Harness
  • ECM

P2CE1 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.