P053F on Ford — Intermittent loss of power with the engine warning light on
Code P053F indicates that the fuel pressure on cold starting is outside the range expected by the control unit. On the Ford B-Max 1.0 EcoBoost it appears with intermittent power loss and the engine warning light on.
- System
- Fuel injection
- Component
- High-pressure fuel pump
- Fault
- The vehicle intermittently shows poor performance with severe power loss and the engine warning light on.
- Typical symptoms
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- Intermittent, marked loss of power
- Poor engine performance
- Engine warning light on
- Fuel pressure, boost pressure and valve timing codes are stored together in the diagnostic memory
- Vehicles affected
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- Ford B-Max 1.0 EcoBoost 12v
- Main code
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- P053F Fuel pressure, cold start, range/performance inconsistency
- Related codes
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- P253F Degraded engine oil detected
- P0016 Crankshaft position/timing 1, bank 1, incorrect correlation
- P0234 Turbocharger boost pressure, high reading
- P132B Boost pressure control circuit A, range/performance inconsistency
- P000A Intake camshaft position 1, bank 1, slow response
On this fault the diagnostic tool often returns several codes together.
- Solution
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