BMW fault code A256

Supplementary control module

SEC2: Button, panic alarm

Module version: Supplementary control module 2 (SECUR2)

In: 7 Series (E67) 2002–2008

Reading and clearing it

Fault code A256 is a BMW code, stored in the car's supplementary control module, 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 supplementary control module is on: 7 Series (E65), 7 Series (E66), 7 Series (E67)

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