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OBD-II Code

P0967

Severity

Not yet reviewed

Nobody on our side has assessed this code yet, so we are not going to guess at how serious it is.

Can you drive it

We cannot say

Treat it as unknown until a shop reads it with live data. If the check-engine light is FLASHING, stop driving as soon as it is safe to — that means an active misfire, whatever the code.

Indicative cost (USD)

$300–$1,500

From this code's diagnostic notes. Varies by vehicle, diagnosis, parts, and local labor. This is not a repair quote.

P0967 is the Pressure Control Solenoid B Control Circuit Intermittent — the TCM sees the circuit drop out of normal operating range, then return, and stores the code without going into a full short/open state.

How a shop works this

Work from evidence to part, not the other way round. A code names a circuit or a symptom; it does not name the part that failed.

  1. Note every code that is set, not just this one.

    Codes that appear together usually narrow the cause faster than any one of them read alone.

  2. Read the freeze frame — the conditions the fault was recorded under.

    Cold or warm, idle or load, road speed and engine speed. A fault that only appears cold is a different fault from one that only appears under load, even with the same code on the scanner.

  3. Confirm the fault is current rather than history.

    Clear the code and see whether it returns under those same conditions. A code that does not come back may have been logged during a repair, a flat battery, or a bad connection that has since been disturbed.

  4. Then follow the diagnostic notes further down this page, in the order they are written.

    They are written in the order a shop works this code, cheapest checks first. Where they name a component, inspect its wiring and connector before replacing it.

If the code comes back after a repair, the underlying fault is still there. That is the point to bring in a scanner with live data and freeze-frame, or a shop that has one.

Common symptoms

  • Check engine light
Read the full diagnostic procedureP0967 is the Pressure Control Solenoid B Control Circuit Intermittent — the TCM sees the circuit drop out of normal operating range, then return, and…

P0967 is the Pressure Control Solenoid B Control Circuit Intermittent — the TCM sees the circuit drop out of normal operating range, then return, and stores the code without going into a full short/open state. Intermittents are the hardest to diagnose because the fault doesn't present at the bay.

Cheapest-first

  1. pull freeze-frame data and look at the conditions when the code set — fluid temp, vehicle speed, RPM, and gear range tell you when to recreate the fault.
  2. Then physically wiggle-test the case connector and the harness route between TCM and trans with the engine running and a scan tool live-graphing the PCS-B PID; movement that drops the signal points at a specific connector or chafe point.
  3. Ohm the solenoid pin-to-pin both cold and hot — a solenoid that ohms 12 ohms cold and 4 ohms hot is breaking down thermally even though it passes a static test (spec stays inside 8-30 ohms across temp on a healthy unit).
  4. Check ohms-to-ground hot and cold (>100k ohms expected, dropping under load means partial short).
  5. Run the trans through full-temp cycle on a road test with min-max recording on the scan tool, watching circuit voltage and commanded current — current excursions outside 0.5-1.5 A on the driver indicate intermittent winding breakdown.
  6. Expensive-misdiagnosis caveat: on Chrysler 545RFE/68RFE intermittent P0967 is the textbook early-warning sign of an integrated solenoid-pack going thermally noisy — the pack passes cold tests, sets the code at full operating temp, then clears on cool-down, and technicians who throw a fluid flush or a single connector clean at it routinely see the code return hot and louder within 1,000 miles.
  7. The right call on a 545RFE/68RFE intermittent is pack replacement once you've confirmed the case connector and harness are clean, not another shotgun service.
Vehicle-specific patterns1996-2007 GM 4L60E throws intermittent P0967 from a marginal case connector that loses pin-fit during temperature cycling — the fix is connector body…
  • 1996-2007GM 4L60E throws intermittent P0967 from a marginal case connector that loses pin-fit during temperature cycling — the fix is connector body replacement, not just deox spray.
  • 2003-2010Dodge Ram 1500/2500 with 545RFE and 2007-up 68RFE sees P0967 as the classic precursor to solenoid-pack failure; AAMCO and independent transmission shops aggregate this as one of the highest-volume RAM trans codes between 70k-150k miles, full solenoid-pack replacement $500-900 parts plus labor.
  • 2007-2013Ram HD with the Aisin AS69RC throws intermittent P0967 after a torque-converter shudder event dumps debris into the PCS-B bore — valve-body service required, $800-1,400.
  • 2001-2010GM HD with the Allison 1000 (LCT1000) sets intermittent P0967 from the PCS-2/PCS-3 wire chafing at the case-flange ridge under thermal expansion, which Allison Transmission service guidance specifically addresses with a harness re-route procedure before solenoid replacement.

Estimated repair$300 to $1,500.

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