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Blown fuse or failed supply

Simple, cheap, and worth eliminating before anything else. A fuse rarely fails from age — it failed because something drew more current than it was rated for, so a fuse that blows again immediately is reporting a short rather than being faulty itself.

Typically an easy fix. Often worth checking before paying anyone to look.

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Some of these codes mean you should stop driving

23 of the 216 codes this can cause indicate a fault where continuing to drive risks damage or is unsafe. Which one you have matters more than the cause does — read the code's own page before deciding.

Codes this can cause (216)

Codes where this is a likely explanation first, rather than merely a possible one.

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Have anything you intend to act on checked by a trained person against the manufacturer's own procedure for your vehicle. Nothing here replaces that procedure.

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