P03E4
Cylinder 8 Combustion Performance
What it means
P03E4 means Cylinder 8 Combustion Performance.
Check these first
- A worn spark plug or plug wire on cylinder 8
- A dirty or failing fuel injector on cylinder 8
- A weak ignition coil on cylinder 8
- Low compression on cylinder 8
- A vacuum leak at the cylinder 8 intake runner
What to do next
- Swap the cylinder 8 coil and plug with a known good cylinder
- Run a compression test on cylinder 8
- Test the cylinder 8 injector for flow and spray pattern
- Smoke test the intake runner for cylinder 8
- Check fuel pressure at the rail
- Clear the code and retest
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Updated
Generic SAE J2012 definition. Last updated 2026-10-10.