P06B8: owner reports and bulletins

Powertrain (generic, all makes). We haven't written the explanation for this code yet. Below is what owners and manufacturers have filed with NHTSA.

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What owners report to NHTSA

5 complaints filed with NHTSA mention P06B8, 4 of them since 2015, across 2 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: power train.

Most-reported models

VehicleComplaintsModel years reported
FORD FIESTA32011, 2016

Manufacturer service bulletins that name P06B8

3 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention P06B8, from 1 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:

  • FORD EXPEDITION (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), bulletin 10057865: FORD: AFTER POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) IS ON WITH SEVERAL DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) P06B8, P068A, P2610, IF KEY NOT LEFT FOR 30 SECONDS IN OFF POSITION FOLLOWING PR…
  • FORD FIESTA (2014), bulletin 10056929: FORD: WITH ONE OR MORE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) 02610, P286F, P06B8, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) WILL ILLUMINATE AND POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) IS REPROGRAMMED AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE THE TRANS…
  • FORD FOCUS (2012, 2013), bulletin 10056788: FORD: SOME VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING, WITH OR WITHOUT POWERTRAIN DIAGOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) P0805, P06B8, P0809, P0850, P087A, P087E, P0884, P283A, P2831, P2836, P2837, P2835, AN INTERMITTENT OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENT, AU…

Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database and manufacturer communications file, snapshots September 2026. A complaint or bulletin that mentions a code is a report about that vehicle, not a statement that the code has one cause.