P0219
Engine Overspeed Condition
- Severity
- Medium
- Driving
- Drivable — book it in
The engine has been turned faster than its rev limit. The module records this because over-revving can damage valves, pistons and bearings. In the great majority of cases the cause is a mis-selected gear on a manual car - selecting a much lower gear than intended and letting the clutch out spins the engine well past its limit before the driver can react.
Possible causes
- CommonWrong gear selected while changing down
- CommonEngine braking in too low a gear on a descent
- PossibleWheels spinning on a slippery surface
- PossibleTransmission fault causing an unintended downshift
- PossibleFaulty engine speed sensor recording a false reading
What you might notice
- Usually recorded after a specific incident the driver will remember
- Check engine light on
- Sometimes a noise or roughness that started at that moment
- Often no symptom at all
What to check, in order
- Think back to when it happened. This code almost always follows a specific event, and if you remember a mis-shift, that is the explanation.
- Listen for any new noise, and check the oil level and condition. A serious over-rev can damage valves or bearings, and that would show as a noise or a misfire rather than as another code.
- Read all codes. Misfire or compression-related codes appearing at the same time would suggest actual damage.
- Check for transmission codes if you were not driving hard - an unintended downshift is the other plausible cause.
- If nothing sounds or feels different, clear the code and see whether it returns. A one-off incident will not.
Read this code from your own car
Plug an ELM327 adapter into the OBD-II port under the dashboard. Pin16 reads every stored, pending and permanent code, explains each one like this page does — offline, with no account — and shows what the car recorded when the fault was set.
Where this code sits
P00xxP01xxP02xxP03xxP04xxP05xxP06xxP07xxP08xxP09xxP0AxxP0BxxP0CxxP0DxxP0ExxP0FxxP10xxP11xxP12xxP13xxP14xxP15xxP16xxP17xxP18xxP19xxP1AxxP1BxxP1CxxP1DxxP1ExxP1FxxP20xxP21xxP22xxP23xxP24xxP25xxP26xxP27xxP28xxP29xxP2AxxP2BxxP2CxxP2DxxP2ExxP2FxxP30xxP31xxP32xxP33xxP34xxP35xxP36xxP37xxP38xxP39xxP3AxxP3BxxP3CxxP3DxxP3ExxP3Fxx
Fuel and air metering - injector circuits
P0200P0201P0202P0203P0204P0205P0206P0207P0208P0209P0210P0211P0212P0213P0214P0215P0216P0217P0218P0219P0220P0221P0222P0223P0224P0225P0226P0227P0228P0229P0230P0231P0232P0233P0234P0235P0236P0237P0238P0239P0240P0241P0242P0243P0244P0245P0246P0247P0248P0249P0250P0251P0252P0253P0254P0255P0256P0257P0258P0259P0260P0261P0262P0263P0264P0265P0266P0267P0268P0269P0270P0271P0272P0273P0274P0275P0276P0277P0278P0279P0280P0281P0282P0283P0284P0285P0286P0287P0288P0289P0290P0291P0292P0293P0294P0295P0296P0297P0298P0299