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P21D9

Cylinder 11 Injector B Circuit/Open

The drive circuit of cylinder 11 second injector (B) is open. Modern direct-injection systems sometimes use a port-injection backup; injector B refers to that secondary set.

  • Check engine light: Yes
  • Emissions related: Yes
  • Repair difficulty: hard

Common causes

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

  • Injector winding openCommon
  • Pin pushed back out of connector bodyLess likely
  • Cracked solder joint inside the module or sensorLess likely

Parts involved

  • Fuel Injector

P21D9 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.