System: Powertrain (P-Code)
SAE Standard (Generic)
Family: O2 Heater Circuit
Code P0141: O2 Sensor Heater Circuit Bank 1 Sensor 2
Diagnostic & Technical Explanation
Code P0141 (O2 Sensor Heater Circuit Bank 1 Sensor 2) sets when the ECM detects an open, shorted, or out-of-spec resistance in the internal heater element of an oxygen sensor, or the heater fails to bring the sensor to operating temperature within the expected time. This is almost always a degraded heater element inside the O2 sensor itself, though a blown fuse, relay, or chafed heater wiring can also be responsible.
First-listed procedure
Rank #1
Test O2 sensor heater circuit fuse and relay
Easy DIY
This is the first procedure in the authored
consideration order, not a measured cause likelihood. Execute it only when its prerequisites
and diagnostic findings support it. Its cost and labor estimates (where known), the step-by-step procedure and the
remaining 2 procedure(s) are in the licensed dataset. Ordering context.
Full family: O2 Heater Circuit
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