B0016Right Front/Passenger Frontal Deployment Loop Short to Ground
- Generic OBD-II code · Body
- How the car detects it
- The public J2012 code lists skip B0016. General Motors used it in two generations with different meanings. In older modules, documented for the Saab 9-5 2006 and the Saab 9-3 up to 2011, B0016 means low resistance in the passenger frontal stage 1 loop: the reading drops under about 1.5 ohms, tolerance 0.2, for two seconds. That is close to the title, since a short to ground or between the leads also pulls the measured resistance down. In later GM modules (Saab 9-4X 2011) B0016 is the left roof rail airbag loop, with its own bytes for short to ground (02) and low resistance below 1.4 ohms (0E). GM bulletin 08-09-41-002H lists B0016 among codes caused by unseated connector locks on many 2005-14 GM models. The airbag lamp is on in every case.
- What you may notice
- Airbag warning lamp on
- Passenger frontal airbag stage 1 (older GM) or left head airbag (later GM) may not deploy
- Safety note: do not probe the airbag circuit yourself; unplug airbag connectors only with the battery disconnected and the stated wait time observed
- Likely causes
- LikelySquib leads shorted together or to ground in the passenger frontal loop (older GM)
- PossibleConnector position assurance lock not seated (GM 08-09-41-002H)
- PossibleOn later GM vehicles fault in the left roof rail airbag loop
- Repair
- Workshop only · Usually a job for a workshop.Typical cost: €80 – €1,200
- Related codes
Explanation from obdex (CC0), exactly as the app shows it. Guidance only; confirm with a workshop.