C0209ABS Solenoid Valve Rear Right Circuit
- Generic OBD-II code · Chassis
- Can trigger limp mode
- How the car detects it
- C0209 appears in none of the accessible J2012 tables, NHTSA bulletins or manufacturer indexes and is therefore not publicly verifiable. Its title, a circuit fault of the rear right ABS solenoid valves, corresponds to Saab's C2485 on the 9-5 with Bosch TC/ABS. In the Saab ESP unit twelve valves share one block: an inlet and an outlet valve for each wheel plus two pairs used only for traction control. At every key-on the module pulses all valves for 20 ms alongside the pump test, and any failure turns off ESP, TCS and ABS together. Bosch describes the same layout of per-wheel valves, return pump and electronics in one hydraulic unit. MOTOR notes that a single bad solenoid often means replacing the whole valve block, so exact coil and wiring tests come first.
- What you may notice
- ABS, brake and ESP OFF lamps on
- No anti-lock, traction or stability intervention
- Likely causes
- LikelyOpen or shorted coil of a rear right valve
- PossiblePoor contact between control module and valve block
- RareInternal failure of the hydraulic unit
- Repair
- Hard · Usually a job for a workshop.Typical cost: €100 – €1,500
- Related codes
Explanation from obdex (CC0), exactly as the app shows it. Guidance only; confirm with a workshop.