Top Makes and Models with DTC P0302

Don’t use a car with a code P0302: Cylinder 2 Misfire Detected due to the risk of severe engine damage and potentially hazardous driving conditions. Select Toyota, Ford, Chevrolet, Audi, and Dodge models are the most vulnerable to these problems, but P0302 codes are common to many other vehicles.

David Goldberg
November 19, 2024

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Top 10 Most Affected Makes

Rank	Make	Low	Moderate	High
1	Toyota	Tundra, Tacoma, 4Runner, Sequoia	Sienna, RAV4, Avalon, Highlander	Camry, Corolla, Prius
2	Ford	Taurus, Focus, F-250, Explorer, F-350, Fiesta	Fusion, Ranger, Mustang, Edge, Expedition	F-150, Escape
3	Chevrolet	Malibu, Impala, Equinox, Sonic, Colorado, Cruze, Avalanche, Cobalt, Tahoe, Suburban, Trailblazer	Camaro, Traverse	Silverado 1500
4	Audi	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Dodge	Ram 1500, Durango, Dakota, Charger	N/A	Grand Caravan
6	Nissan	Versa, Sentra, Frontier, Murano, Maxima, Pathfinder, Rogue, Xterra, Titan	N/A	Altima
7	Volkswagen	N/A	CC	Jetta, Passat, Tiguan
8	Subaru	Legacy	Impreza, Forester	Outback
9	Jeep	N/A	Grand Cherokee, Liberty, Wrangler	N/A
10	Acura	N/A	MDX	N/A

Code P0302-related issues impact vehicles from a wide array of manufacturers—SUVs, trucks, and passenger cars are all vulnerable. FIXD sensor data reveals that vehicles most likely to experience a P0302 code are:

Below is an expanded look at how a P0302 code impacts numerous makes and models. This breakdown covers occurrence rates by model year (2000-2023) and separates the frequency into low, moderate, or high levels. The worst of the worst are the 14 vehicles listed above.

What is the P0302 Code?

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When the engine control module (EMC) detects a P0302 trouble code, it specifically identifies a misfire in the second cylinder of the car’s engine. This means that cylinder #2 isn’t producing power properly during its combustion cycle. The root cause could be as straightforward as worn spark plugs or as complex as internal engine damage. Whatever the source, prompt diagnosis is essential—not only for optimal engine performance but also for safety on the road.

Read the complete article on P0302 Engine Code | Cylinder 2 Misfire Detected to discover the trouble areas to consider. This resource also offers tips on diagnosing the problem and what a DIYer can do to tackle a P0302 code independently (and when not to).

Top Models for P0302 Codes

Here’s a look at the makes and models most likely to have P0302 codes, according to FIXD sensor data. The absence of a model year ranking indicates no P0302 code was detected among the analyzed years, insufficient data, or the model wasn’t in production.

Acura

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Acura MDX	2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019	2002, 2003, 2005	2004, 2006

Audi

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Audi A4	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	2005	2007

BMW

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
BMW 325i	2001, 2003, 2004, 2005	N/A	N/A
BMW X5	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	2011	2005, 2006

Buick

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Buick Enclave	2008, 2012, 2013, 2014	2010, 2011	2009
Buick LaCrosse	2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	2005, 2010	2011
Buick LeSabre	N/A	2001, 2003, 2004, 2005	2002

Cadillac

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Cadillac Escalade	2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018	N/A	N/A
Cadillac CTS	2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018	2004, 2005	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Cadillac DeVille	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005	N/A	N/A
Cadillac SRX	2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015	2008	2006
Cadillac STS	2007	2005, 2008, 2009	2006

Chevrolet

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Chevrolet Avalanche	2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012	N/A	2007
Chevrolet Camaro	2002, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2016	2010, 2011
Chevrolet Cobalt	2005, 2010	2006, 2007, 2008	2009
Chevrolet Colorado	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020	2004, 2007, 2008	2005, 2006
Chevrolet Cruze	2011, 2015, 2016, 2018	2013, 2014, 2017	2012
Chevrolet Equinox	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012	2009, 2011, 2013, 2014
Chevrolet Impala	2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	2004	2006
Chevrolet Malibu	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022	2013	2012
Chevrolet Silverado 1500	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	2014, 2015	2007, 2008
Chevrolet Sonic	2012, 2013, 2017, 2018	2014, 2015	2016
Chevrolet Suburban	2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023	N/A	N/A
Chevrolet Tahoe	2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018	2007	2011, 2015
Chevrolet Trailblazer	2002, 2007	2022	2003
Chevrolet Traverse	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2010, 2011	2009

Chrysler

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Chrysler Town & Country	2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007	2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015	2011, 2016

Dodge

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Dodge Charger	2012, 2018, 2019	2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	2008
Dodge Dakota	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011	2001, 2002, 2004, 2005	2003
Dodge Durango	2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2020, 2021	2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	2012
Dodge Grand Caravan	2001, 2002, 2005, 2006,2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	2007	2010, 2011
Dodge Ram 1500^	2001, 2008, 2009	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010	2002

Ford

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Ford Edge	2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019	2008, 2013, 2016, 2018	2017
Ford Escape	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022	2009, 2017	2011
Ford Expedition	2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015	2003
Ford Explorer	2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2020	2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018	2016
Ford F-150	2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Ford F-250	2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016	2017
Ford F-350	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2008	N/A
Ford Fiesta	2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	2005, 2014	N/A
Ford Focus	2015, 2016, 2018	2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014	2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2012
Ford Fusion	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020	2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	2013
Ford Mustang	2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021	2002, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	2001, 2004, 2005, 2015
Ford Ranger	2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2020, 2021	2011	2004
Ford Taurus	2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2013	2005, 2006

GMC

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
GMC Acadia	2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	2010, 2011	2009
GMC Envoy	2006, 2007	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009	N/A
GMC Sierra	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2011, 2014	2008
GMC Terrain	2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020	N/A	2011
GMC Yukon	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	2010	2007

Honda

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Honda Pilot	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2010, 2011	2009

Infiniti

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Infiniti G35	N/A	2003, 2004, 2006, 2007	2005, 2008

Jeep

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Jeep Grand Cherokee	2009, 2010, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020	2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	2004
Jeep Liberty	2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009	2004, 2010, 2011, 2012	2003
Jeep Wrangler	2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2004, 2007, 2008	2012

Kia

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Kia Rondo	2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015	N/A	N/A

Lexus

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Lexus IS 250	2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015	2006, 2007, 2008	2010
Lexus RX 300	2001, 2002, 2003	N/A	N/A

Lincoln

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Lincoln Navigator	2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017	2004, 2005, 2006	N/A

Mercury

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Mercury Mountaineer	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009	2006	N/A

Nissan

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Nissan Altima	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	2014, 2015	2007, 2008
Nissan Frontier	2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019	2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007	2001
Nissan Maxima	2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019	2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011	N/A
Nissan Murano	2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020	2005, 2006, 2009	2007
Nissan Pathfinder	2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	2001, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015	2014
Nissan Rogue	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019	2009, 2010, 2011, 2013	2008, 2012
Nissan Sentra	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	2005, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015	2006, 2011, 2012
Nissan Titan	2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2017	2005	N/A
Nissan Versa	2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020	2008, 2009	2012
Nissan Xterra	2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014	2004, 2006, 2007	2002

Pontiac

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Pontiac G6	2005, 2006, 2009	2007, 2008	N/A
Pontiac Grand Prix	2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008	2006	2004

Ram

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Ram 1500^	2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022	2014, 2017, 2019	2011, 2012, 2013, 2016

Scion

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Scion tC	2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016	2006, 2008	2007

Subaru

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Subaru Forester	2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018	2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012	2009, 2010
Subaru Impreza	2001, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016	2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012	2008, 2010
Subaru Legacy	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018	2005, 2006, 2008	2009, 2010
Subaru Outback	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	2014, 2015	2013

Toyota

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Toyota 4Runner	2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018	2001, 2004, 2006	2002, 2005
Toyota Avalon	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018	2006	2007
Toyota Camry	2001, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2004, 2005, 2009	2002, 2003, 2007
Toyota Corolla	2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	2003, 2004, 2010, 2013	2009
Toyota Highlander	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019	2004, 2005	2001, 2002, 2003
Toyota Prius	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013	2010
Toyota RAV4	2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022	2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010	2007
Toyota Sequoia	2006, 2007, 2010, 2012	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005	2008
Toyota Sienna	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020	2006, 2008	2007, 2009
Toyota Tacoma	2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009	2002, 2004, 2005
Toyota Tundra	2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2019	2007

Volkswagen

Make + Model	Low	Moderate	Table Header
Volkswagen CC	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	2011, 2013	2009, 2010, 2012
Volkswagen Jetta	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021	2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016	2014
Volkswagen Passat	2001, 2018	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	2002, 2003, 2004
Volkswagen Tiguan	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016	2010, 2011

^ Beginning with the 2010 model year, Ram was spun off from Dodge and became a separate brand. Ram-branded trucks are often referred to as Dodges, although this is technically not correct.

Source:

Data was collected from installed FIXD sensors in vehicles from the 2000-2023 model years.

David Goldberg

Dave Goldberg is an automotive journalist and lifelong car fanatic. He writes for numerous enthusiast and business outlets and is an ongoing contributor to HotCars.com, one of the most popular car culture websites. When he’s not writing or driving, Dave is either under a hood or asleep. His credentials include a BA in Journalism from The George Washington University.

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