OBD-II trouble code
P0244: Turbocharger/Supercharger Wastegate Solenoid "A" Range/Performance
SAE J2012 APR2002: wastegate solenoid A range/performance. A coil that ohms in range can still set this row. The printed pair is the solenoid after the command test fails.
Quick facts
- System
- Powertrain
- Category
- Fuel & Air
- Severity
- Medium severity
- Drivable
- Usually safe to drive short-term
- Repair cost range
- $206 – $241 (turbocharger boost-pressure solenoid replacement, parts and labor, after the vent command and the sensor checks fail; a hose and a turbo are outside this pair)
- DIY difficulty
- Intermediate DIY
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What does P0244 mean?
SAE J2012 APR2002 names P0244 Turbo/Super Charger Wastegate Solenoid "A" Range/Performance. Section 3.2 is a circuit inside its normal range that is not correct for the current conditions, including a stuck or skewed result. P0245 and P0246 are the low and high electrical rows. A solenoid that fails those rows is not this code.
The 2011 GM 11OBDGS2 text extraction places a wastegate functional test near P0244, with an engine-speed band and a boost-slope cell, but the cells are interleaved with the closed-loop rows and could not be separated cleanly. No kPa-per-second limit from that extract is printed here. Use the slope in the service information for the VIN.
RepairPal's solenoid diagnosis, updated 3 September 2026, is a mechanical sequence that fits a performance complaint better than an ohm check: play at the rod and the actuator, a scan-tool command that should vent boost, and only then the MAP and boost sensor if the overboost remains. A coil that measures in spec and still will not move the rod is the stuck case section 3.2 allows. Replacing the coil on resistance alone does not answer that sequence.
Volkswagen tip TT 21-10-02 measures a 3 mm wastegate-lever gap for P0299, P0234, or P0236 on CCTA/CBFA engines. P0244 is not on that tip. Ford's about-34 kPa (5.0 psi) sentence is the pneumatic solenoid's off state in the 2020 tech tip, not a performance-monitor threshold for this code.
Common causes
- A wastegate rod with no free play
- A solenoid command that does not vent boost
- A coil that measures in range on a valve that does not move
- A MAP or boost sensor that is still wrong after that vent command
Symptoms
- P0244 stored
- Boost that does not follow a vent command, with the electrical low and high codes absent
- A rod that will not travel when the actuator is worked by the published method
- P0245 or P0246 stored, which moves the job off this performance row
Diagnostic steps
- 1.Read P0244 apart from P0245 and P0246. An in-range electrical result is still allowed to fail section 3.2.
- 2.Do not publish a slope number from the 11OBDGS2 extract. The functional-test cells were not cleanly separated. Open the VIN's wastegate performance monitor and use that threshold, including the engine-speed window it prints.
- 3.Inspect rod and actuator play with the turbo cool. Then command the vent with a scan tool and record whether boost drops. RepairPal tests the MAP and the boost sensor if the overboost remains, before the solenoid is condemned.
- 4.If a resistance spec is in the chart, measure it with the connector off and the ignition off. A normal resistance does not cancel a failed command.
- 5.Leave the 3 mm CCTA/CBFA gap on TT 21-10-02's code list. Leave the 34 kPa figure on the pneumatic off-state description.
- 6.The printed pair is the solenoid average. It is the part RepairPal replaces after the command and the sensors have been tested, not a hose and not a turbo.
- 7.Verify by repeating the command and recording boost, with a passenger or a log, not by watching the tool while driving.
Repair cost
$206 – $241 (turbocharger boost-pressure solenoid replacement, parts and labor, after the vent command and the sensor checks fail; a hose and a turbo are outside this pair)
RepairPal's turbocharger boost pressure solenoid replacement, updated 3 September 2026, is $206–$241 (labor $75–$111, parts around $130). The printed pair is that average. RepairPal's sequence can end at a hose, a rod, or a sensor instead, and those are outside the pair. The boost-sensor average is $236–$273. Diagnosis is $125–$183 labor and is separate. No slope-monitor part price was found.
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DIY vs shop
This is an intermediate DIY job. It usually involves diagnostic steps, specialty parts, and some careful work in tight spaces. If you have the tools and a service manual or trustworthy video for your specific vehicle, it is achievable in a weekend. Otherwise, a competent independent shop will be faster.