BMW fault code 0001

Seat occupancy detector

SBE: Seat backrest: antenna short-circuited (electrode-guard short circuit)

Module version: Seat occupancy detector (SBE2)

In: 3 Series (E36) 1990–2000

Reading and clearing it

Fault code 0001 is a BMW code, stored in the car's seat occupancy detector, not a generic OBD2 code (P0xxx): a generic OBD2 reader only reaches the engine's emissions faults, so it won't show it. AutoLingo for BMW reads it with BMW's own diagnostic protocols, in plain English, with the details the module stored about it, and clears it after a repair. If a fault comes right back after it's cleared, the problem is still there.

The seat occupancy detector is on: 3 Series (E36), Z3 (E36/7)

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