OBD Guide

C0274

Excessive Dump/Isolation Time

Severity
🔴 High
Can you drive?
Limited driving only, diagnose soon
Approx. repair cost
$56–167 (est.)

Symptoms

  • Airbag light is on
  • Disabling SRS
  • Malfunction of seat belt pretensioners

Causes

  • Open or short circuit in wiring harness
  • Squib malfunction
  • Problems with the SRS control module
  • Corrosion of contacts in the circuit

How to Fix

  1. Check the wiring harness for opens and shorts
  2. Diagnose squibs and pretensioners
  3. Check SRS control module
  4. Clean or replace corroded contacts

Related codes

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