P08BAPressure Control Solenoid L
- Generic OBD-II code · Powertrain
- Turns on the check-engine light
- Matters for the ITP
- Can trigger limp mode
- Needs a drive cycle to confirm a fix
- How the car detects it
- Base code for the twelfth pressure control solenoid of an automatic transmission; which valve carries the letter L is up to the manufacturer. Toyota is the one documented user: bulletin T-SB-0094-24 for the 2024 Tacoma and Tacoma Hybrid lists it as P08BA71, actuator stuck, next to the stuck faults of solenoids A, C, D, G and H and a torque converter clutch stuck off. Because Toyota reports the fault type through the suffix, the stuck valve sits under this base code rather than under P08BB/P08BC. The MIL comes on. For trucks built before the production change Toyota's fix is a new transmission with torque converter, on the hybrid also the hybrid module. GM's Corvette dual clutch tables contain no L code.
- What you may notice
- Check engine light on
- Harsh, delayed or missing shifts
- Transmission may hold a substitute gear
- Likely causes
- LikelySolenoid or its control valve sticking inside the valve body
- PossibleInternal transmission fault from production, debris spreading through the hydraulics
- PossibleContaminated or wrong transmission fluid
- RareConnector or harness fault at the solenoid
- Inspection (ITP)
- Matters for the ITP. While the check-engine light is on, the car fails the emissions check.
- Repair
- Workshop only · Usually a job for a workshop.Typical cost: €300 – €9,000
- Related codes
Explanation from obdex (CC0), exactly as the app shows it. Guidance only; confirm with a workshop.