P2101: Throttle actuator control motor circuit range/performance
What the code tells you on its own
- System
- Powertrain
- Functional group
- Throttle and pedal
- Subsystem
- Fuel and air metering
- Failure type byte, when the tool sends one
- 00 (No sub-type information)
Engine, fuel, air, ignition, emissions and transmission. The overwhelming majority of what workshops bring to the AI.
Scan tools report the same fault as P2101 and as P2101xx, where xx is a sub-type. They are one fault, and whether the sub-type appears at all depends on the tool and the protocol rather than on the car.
What we see when P2101 turns up
Measured across the diagnostics run through Wrenchlane, not taken from a reference table. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
- Diagnostics
- 3
- Separate workshops
- 3
- Arrived code only
- 67%
- Most common marque
- Volvo
May 2026 to October 2026
Not one shop meeting it repeatedly
No symptom description entered at all
Where we have seen it most
These are counts from our own work, not a claim about how common the fault is across all vehicles. They describe what independent workshops brought to us, which is a narrower and more specific thing.
Run P2101 against the car in front of you
Enter the code and the symptoms and get ranked probable causes for that specific vehicle, with the checks in the order worth doing them. Free account, no card.
Start freeOther throttle and pedal codes
- P0121 Throttle or pedal position sensor A circuit range/performance
- P0222 Throttle or pedal position sensor B circuit low
- P0120 Throttle or pedal position sensor A circuit
- P2100 Throttle actuator control motor circuit open
- P2135 Throttle or pedal position sensor A/B voltage correlation
- P0122 Throttle or pedal position sensor A circuit low
- P0221 Throttle or pedal position sensor B circuit range/performance
- P2102 Throttle actuator control motor circuit low
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I run a diagnosis?
Select the vehicle on Start, click the Diagnostic card and choose New diagnostic. Fill in the description, the error codes and the mileage, then click Analyze.
Learn more: Diagnostic (vehicle-first start), Diagnostic form: description, error codes and mileage
Do I have to type the codes from my scan tool?
No. Click the camera button next to Error codes and take or choose a photo (JPEG or PNG) of the scan tool's screen; WrenchLane reads the codes and their descriptions into the form. You can also speak them with the microphone.
Learn more: OBD reader photo scan (fault codes from a photo), Voice input for the problem description
Are the public fault code pages built from my diagnostics?
They are built from anonymised, aggregated diagnostics run in WrenchLane; no workshop, customer or vehicle can be identified. Each fault code page shows how often the code was seen across those diagnostics and in how many separate workshops.
Learn more: Fault code pages on wrenchlane.com (fault-code cluster)