P03A8
Cylinder 2 Combustion Performance
What it means
P03A8 means Cylinder 2 Combustion Performance.
Check these first
- A misfiring injector on cylinder 2
- A fouled or worn spark plug on cylinder 2
- A weak ignition coil on cylinder 2
- Low compression on cylinder 2
- A vacuum or intake leak feeding cylinder 2
What to do next
- Check misfire counters per cylinder on a scan tool
- Swap the cylinder 2 coil and plug with a neighbor to see if the fault moves
- Test the cylinder 2 injector for flow and pulse
- Run a compression test on cylinder 2
- Smoke test the intake near cylinder 2
- Clear the code and retest
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Updated
Generic SAE J2012 definition. Last updated 2026-10-10.