P1400 Trouble Code
Diagnose and fix P1400 trouble code
If you have an engine coolant heater, read this GM service bulletin first
GM defines a P1400 as Cold Start Emission Reduction Control System. That may sound like Greek to you, but there’s a method to their madness. A catalytic converter must warm up sufficiently to process excess hydrocarbons. One way to do that is to increase idle speed and retard timing during a cold start. So the computer commands those parameter on cold start up and then monitors this data:
Engine speed
Spark advance
Throttle position
Engine airflow
Engine coolant temperature
Engine runtime
Park/neutral position
Vehicle speed
The computer runs the test for P1400 for 15 seconds within the first 20mins of start up every time it detects a cold start with vehicle speed less than 1-MPH, engine at idle with NO input from driver’s accelerator pedal and none of the following trouble codes active:
P0068, P0101, P0102, P0103, P0106, P0107, P0108, P0112, P0113, P0116, P0117, P0118, P0120, P0121, P0122, P0123, P0220, P0222, P0223, P0201, P0202, P0203, P0204, P0205, P0206, P0300, P0335, P0336, P0351, P0352, P0353, P0501, P0502, P0506, P0507, P0601, P0602, P0603, P0604, P0606, P0607, P060D, P062F, P0641, P0651, P1101, P1516, P1682, P2101, P2119, P2120, P2122, P2123, P2125, P2127, P2128, P2135, P2138, P2176, P2610
NOTE: If you load the engine with partial clutch application or turn on the AC during the first 120 seconds after startup, you can set a P1400 trouble code.
How to diagnose P1400
This code is set because the computer has determined the actual exhaust energy model does not match the expected exhaust energy model.
Start by inspecting the air intake system for the following:
Damage, restriction or aftermarket modification (aftermarket cold air system)
Dirty or deteriorating air filter element
PCV Crankcase ventilation system for correct operation
Next, inspect for:
Water intrusion
Vacuum leak and other un-metered air downstream of the mass air flow (MAF) sensor
Intake manifold leak
Most common causes of P1400
Carbon buildup in throttle body
Carbon buildup in an electronic throttle body
Worn spark plugs
Dirty or intermittent MAF sensor
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