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P0171 — Fuel System Too Lean (Bank 1)

P0171 is set when the engine control module detects that long-term fuel trim on Bank 1 has been pushed beyond approximately +25 % to compensate for what it interprets as a lean air-fuel mixture. In other words, the ECM is adding the maximum amount of fuel it is allowed to, and the oxygen sensors still report a lean condition. The cause is almost always either unmetered air entering the engine, a fuel delivery problem, or a sensor reporting bad data.

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