B009ERight Side Restraints Sensor 5
- Generic OBD-II code · Body
- How the car detects it
- B009E stands for a fifth crash sensor on the vehicle's right flank. No carmaker documents this code publicly: Mitsubishi's airbag index ends its right row with the C-pillar unit B0098, and the NHTSA bulletin index shows no entry for B009E at all. A fifth right-hand sensor would mostly make sense on long bodies, vans with sliding doors or vehicles with extra seat rows. Two sensing principles are on offer: Bosch's peripheral pressure sensor sits in a door cavity and reacts when the crushed door raises the air pressure, while satellites such as Continental's gSAT pick up the shock in stiff structure. FMVSS 214 shows why several are needed, because a pole can hit the flank at many points. With B009E stored the airbag lamp is on and deployment near that sensor may come late.
- What you may notice
- Airbag warning lamp on
- Side and curtain airbags on the right may react later in the area of that sensor
- Safety note: airbag system; unplug sensors only with the ignition off, battery disconnected and wait time observed; after replacement have the configuration checked, specialist workshop only
- Likely causes
- LikelyOpen, shorted or corroded line or plug to the fifth right sensor, often after door or trim work
- PossibleInternal fault of the fifth right crash sensor (pressure or acceleration type)
- RareAirbag control unit coded for a sensor that the vehicle does not have
- Repair
- Workshop only · Usually a job for a workshop.Typical cost: €60 – €500
- Related codes
Explanation from obdex (CC0), exactly as the app shows it. Guidance only; confirm with a workshop.