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P0021 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for April 2010

Camshaft Position 'A' Timing Over-Advanced / System Performance (Bank 2)


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P0021
Help Request Posted
2002 BMW 540i 4.4L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBADN534X2
P0021: Variable Intake Timing VANOS inlet camshaft. ... / Limp Mode and MIL on with codes P1637 and P0021. The car has a new MAS and Throttle Body. I reset adaptaions and that did nothing. So I did a hard reset, cleared adaptations and codes and started the car. It ran great, even under load. I let it idle for ...
April 09, 2010
2002 BMW 540i 4.4L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBADN534X2
P0021: Variable Intake Timing VANOS inlet camshaft. ... / Limp Mode and MIL on with codes P1637 and P0021. The car has a new MAS and Throttle Body. I reset adaptaions and that did nothing. So I did a hard reset, cleared adaptations and codes and started the car. It ran great, even under load. I let it idle for ...
April 16, 2010
2006 Infiniti M45 4.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JNKBY01E1G
P0021: Intake Valve Timing Control Range/Performance (Bank 2). came in with multiple problems. ac was caused by damaged wiring in front end. after this was was done, the customer wanted us to go after the code. it shows up for bank 2 ivt control. checked the tsb's mentioned in the archives, and went through the entire dia...
April 26, 2010
2002 Nissan Maxima SE 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1DA31D12
P0021: Intake Valve Timing Control Range/Performance (Bank 2). This nissan has a hard fault, u codes that Im having trouble fixing. can't find any good diagnoses info on alldata check for fixes on IATN all or most talk about a ground under the dash and also there is a TSB out on this code. I added a new ground under dash ...
April 26, 2010