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P005F–P006F Turbocharger/Supercharger Boost Control B Supply Voltage Circuit High

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The voltage on this circuit is sitting near battery voltage. Typically a short to a positive feed, or a disconnected sensor floating high.

Can you drive it? The car is most likely in limp mode with boost cut. It is drivable gently, but it will not make full power and should not be driven hard until it is fixed.

Which code is which

Same fault, different cylinder or bank — diagnosed the same way. Several set together usually means one shared cause.

CodeDefinitionSeverity
P005FTurbocharger/Supercharger Boost Control B Supply Voltage Circuit HighInvestigate soon
P006FTurbocharger/Supercharger Boost Control A Supply Voltage Circuit HighInvestigate soon

The definition

P005F: Turbocharger/Supercharger Boost Control B Supply Voltage Circuit High.

P005F is a powertrain code (the engine or gearbox), defined by the SAE standard - it means the same thing on any make of car, and any generic OBD-II reader will decode it.

What to check first

Cheapest and fastest checks first:

  1. Unplug the sensor and check whether the signal falls. If it stays high, suspect the wiring rather than the sensor.
  2. Check the earth path - a missing earth makes a sensor read high.

Reading the code is the easy part

A code names the circuit that complained. What tells you why is watching the sensor behind it while the engine runs — and that is where a code reader stops and a diagnostic tool starts.

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Common questions

What does P005F mean?

P005F means Turbocharger/Supercharger Boost Control B Supply Voltage Circuit High. The voltage on this circuit is sitting near battery voltage. Typically a short to a positive feed, or a disconnected sensor floating high.

Can I drive with P005F?

The car is most likely in limp mode with boost cut. It is drivable gently, but it will not make full power and should not be driven hard until it is fixed.

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