B007E-13 reports the driver seat belt retractor pretensioner deployment control circuit open. That pretensioner pulls slack out of the driver belt at the start of a crash, and the module cannot verify it will fire.
Retractor pretensioners live in the belt retractor itself, usually low in the B pillar on these trucks. A small igniter fires to spin the spool and take up slack. The airbag control module measures that igniter circuit and expects resistance in a set range. The 13 suffix identifies the reading as open, meaning the current has nowhere to go.
One answer explains a large share of these, and it is a pretensioner that already fired. Once an igniter has been used it reads open permanently, so a retractor pulled from a wrecked truck, or one left in place after a prior accident, sets this code the moment power is applied. The rest come down to connectors and harness damage along the sill.
The module measures this circuit live, which is what puts the code in the circuit family. It reflects the state of the retractor and its wiring right now. Crash data works on a separate track: written permanently when the restraint system deploys, invisible to a scan tool clear, and removable only by a module reset.
If the pretensioner has fired, no reset makes it work again and the retractor has to be replaced or rebuilt. Repair the wiring where that is the fault. Once the belt hardware is right, a module still holding crash data from the same collision is exactly what our mail in service clears, and we rebuild fired retractors for many Ram applications. Call 501-988-0611 if you want to confirm what your truck needs.
Our listing puts B007E-13 under Ram, covering the driver retractor pretensioner deployment control circuit. Trucks with buckle mounted pretensioners in addition to retractor units will carry separate codes for those, so check the whole code set before ordering parts.
Pull the driver belt out fully and let it retract, since a fired pretensioner usually will not pay out normally and that check costs nothing. Look at the retractor housing for heat marks and at the webbing for a locked, shortened belt. If the unit is intact, reseat the connector at the B pillar and measure the loop from both ends. We stock genuine OEM Ram seat belts and rebuild fired retractors. Related codes: B0052-13, B007F-11, B1002.
Trace the wiring and connectors first. If the module still holds the fault after the repair, mail it to us and we will clear it.
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