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Old Sep 23, 2025 | 07:34 AM
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Hello everyone,
As the title says I got this CEL + Service Active Handling and Service Traction Systems messages.
Backstory: driving normally, got the 2 service messages, car started running a little rough but not too uncomfortable to drive the 10 minutes back. Next day it happened again, this time I was close to the garage so I restarted the car and turned off traction control just to see what would happen. Drove about 5 minutes until CEL came on together with the other 2. Stopped in and in 15 minutes started driving back to the garage. After I started it, I started to smell raw fuel and the CEL started blinking. I limped home and got P0202 and P0300.

Now, browsing the forums and youtube, I did some routine checks and nothing has fixed it so far. Here is what I have done:

Swapped injectors 2 and 4. P0202 stayed. Interestingly, the error went away and I test drove it 5 miles until I decided to turn off traction to see if that would trigger the CEL. It did.
Cleaned the plugs on injector 2 as there was some liquid inside.
Checked fuses, spark plugs, coils.
Cleaned battery terminals and the grounds bellow the battery + all the other ones in the engine bay that I could reach.
I did not check the pins on the ECU connection as the space in my garage is tight and it would be a pain to do it.

Now the weird thing is after cleaning the grounds, I cleared the codes, started the car and immediately the service messages came up. This has never happened before. The car idling okay, and then I decided to rev it a bit. As soon as it reached 2000 rpm, the CEL started blinking.

I checked the battery and the voltage is low so it is due a change. I ordered a new one and will get it tomorrow. I am stumped and would appreciate any help.
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You will always get the TC message when you have a misfire and most cars these days do the same thing…the P0202 is an injector control “circuit” DTC so it’s not something like a clogged injector…could be a bad injector, injector wiring or even a bad ECM…the blinking MIL is a cat damaging misfire do you don’t want to drive the car and be dumping fuel into the cat and damaging it…not knowing how much electrical diagnostic experience you have I won’t get into the troubleshooting aspect of this…if you have no experience find an auto electrical shop in your area…this is not a “ground” issue…as a new member it is ALWAYS a good idea to let us know the model year as a minimum since not all C6’s are the same.




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Originally Posted by C5 Diag
You will always get the TC message when you have a misfire and most cars these days do the same thing…the P0202 is an injector control “circuit” DTC so it’s not something like a clogged injector…could be a bad injector, injector wiring or even a bad ECM…the blinking MIL is a cat damaging misfire do you don’t want to drive the car and be dumping fuel into the car and damaging it…not knowing how much electrical diagnostic experience you have I won’t get into the troubleshooting aspect of this…if you have no experience find an auto electrical shop in your area…this is not a “ground” issue…as a new member it is ALWAYS a good idea to let us know the model year as a minimum since not all C6’s are the same.



https://youtu.be/kQUtAs-VrDY?si=kdTGZGk_vcsGuXc3
Thank you, I have a 2011 C6.
Will do some of the tests in the videos you provided today and see if it makes a difference.
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Clear the P0202 before testing !!!!






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You said you ordered a battery, my cousin 2013 Corvette brought on tractions control, and asked him how old the battery said almost 4 years, told him to replace, he did and no more problems.

These cars are funny when the battery gets weak!
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Be sure and also have your alternator tested to make sure it can adequately charge your battery...like others have said, these cars are very finicky about low battery voltage.
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