P2005: 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

8 complaints filed with NHTSA mention P2005, 8 of them since 2015, across 4 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: engine.

Most-reported models

VehicleComplaintsModel years reported
FORD F-15042015, 2016, 2017

Manufacturer service bulletins that name P2005

1 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention P2005, from 1 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:

  • FORD F-250 SD (2017, 2018, 2019), bulletin 10176937: Some 2017-2019 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with the 6.2L engine may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P2004 and/or P2005. This may be due to a tear or crack o…

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.