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B00F0

Driver Inflatable Seat Belt Deployment Control

Fault on the deployment circuit of the driver inflatable seat belt. Inflatable belts (e.g. Ford rear-seat system) widen the belt webbing on impact to spread crash loads over a larger area.

  • Check engine light: Yes
  • Emissions related: No
  • Repair difficulty: hard

Symptoms

  • Warning light or symbol related to the affected system
  • Comfort or safety function impaired

Common causes

Ordered by how often each turns out to be the cause.

  • Inflator squib openCommon

Parts involved

  • Driver Inflatable Belt
  • Squib Circuit

B00F0 is a generic OBD-II code defined by SAE J2012. Exact wording and diagnostic procedure vary by manufacturer and model. Code definitions are drawn from the public-domain OBDex dataset; the workshop notes are our own.