B010ACamera Washer Actuator A
- Generic OBD-II code · Body
- How the car detects it
- B010A opens a row of eighteen camera washer actuators, lettered A to S with I left out. The actuator is the electrically driven part that sends fluid to one camera lens: a pump of its own or a valve on a shared line. Continental's patent US11673532B2 (filed 2019) shows the layout such a row implies: front, side and rear cameras, each with its own nozzle and valve, fed by one or more pumps and switched by a controller that washes when the picture looks blocked and always cleans the rear lens in reverse. Solero sells electromagnetic valves in 2/2- and 3/2-way form for this job, and Valeo builds complete camera cleaning systems including the control unit. Makers keep the camera behind letter A to themselves; B010A appears in no public manufacturer document. The camera keeps working; only its wash is lost.
- What you may notice
- The camera assigned to actuator A is no longer washed, neither on request nor automatically
- Camera view stays dirty in rain, mud or road salt; a camera blocked message may appear
- Likely causes
- LikelyValve coil or pump motor of actuator A open or shorted
- PossibleCorroded or loose plug at actuator A, which sits in the splash zone near the camera
- RareDriver stage in the controlling module defective
- Repair
- Medium · Often possible to do yourself.Typical cost: €30 – €400
- Related codes
Explanation from obdex (CC0), exactly as the app shows it. Guidance only; confirm with a workshop.