P144A: owner reports and bulletins

Powertrain (manufacturer-specific). 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

21 complaints filed with NHTSA mention P144A, 20 of them since 2015, across 3 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: fuel/propulsion system.

Most-reported models

VehicleComplaintsModel years reported
FORD FOCUS172012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018

Manufacturer service bulletins that name P144A

1 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention P144A, from 1 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:

  • FORD FOCUS (2016, 2017), bulletin 10095617: SOME 2016-2017 FOCUS RS VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.3L GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION (GTDI) ENGINE AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 10-DEC-2016 MAY EXHIBIT AN ILLUMINATED MIL WITH DTCS P0456, P1450 AND/OR P144A. THIS MAY B…

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.