Intermittent Failures
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 1995 Volkswagen Passat. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
If a malfunction occurs for no more than 5 seconds, they are stored and considered to be "sporadic" (intermittent failures). When displayed on scan tester, malfunctions will have "SP" (sporadic) code.