C0050 – Brakes, ABS or suspension fault
Right rear wheel speed sensor circuit
Brakes, ABS and chassis · generic OBD-II code
You can drive it, but take it easy and get it looked at soon – waiting usually makes the repair bigger.
Check this first
Normal brakes still work, but ABS and traction control may be off – leave more room.
Reading these codes needs the brand pack for your make.
What usually fixes it
In the order a good shop checks them. Typical total: $196–$2,088 at $130 an hour.
Wheel speed sensor or wiring
Road salt and flexing wires kill these first.
ABS module or pump
The expensive end of the system.
This is the advice for this family of codes – Drive DTC doesn't have a page written for this exact code yet.
What the vehicle can tell you itself
A stored code is a headline, not the story. The vehicle also holds the conditions when it happened, how close the part is to the limit it fails at, what the fuel trims are doing, and whether the fault is still happening right now. Drive DTC reads all of it with a USB adapter and a Windows PC – and it can't change a single setting on the vehicle.
See what your vehicle says about C0050
Codes in plain English, what usually causes them, what the repair costs, and whether it's safe to drive.