B00D2Restraint System Malfunction Indicator 1
- Generic OBD-II code · Body
- How the car detects it
- B00D2 means the restraint module has found a fault in the circuit of its primary warning lamp, the airbag or SRS light. FMVSS 208 S4.5.2 requires such a readiness indicator, watching its own readiness and within the driver's view, and FMVSS 101 lets it push other messages out of a shared display. No carmaker publishes B00D2. Saab shows what the check looks like under its own older numbers: on the 1998 9-3, B1227 is set when the lamp output reads above 5 V for 1.25 s, a short to positive that keeps the lamp from its 3 to 4 s bulb check, and B1228 when it reads below 1 V or above 10 kOhm while off, an open or short to ground that turns on the central warning lamp instead. Until fixed, the driver may not see further airbag faults.
- What you may notice
- Airbag lamp does not come on for the bulb check at ignition-on, or stays on
- A substitute warning such as a central warning lamp or a tone may appear
- Safety note: airbag faults may go unnoticed; work on cluster and restraint wiring only de-energised (ignition off, battery off, wait time), specialist workshop only
- Likely causes
- LikelyBulb or LED of the airbag warning lamp failed
- PossibleLamp lead open, shorted to ground or to battery voltage, or loose cluster connector
- RareInternal fault in the instrument cluster circuit board
- Repair
- Medium · Usually a job for a workshop.Typical cost: €40 – €600
- Related codes
Explanation from obdex (CC0), exactly as the app shows it. Guidance only; confirm with a workshop.