B156D
0 owner reports and 292 manufacturer filings across 84 model years from Ford, Jeep, Lincoln.
Where B156D shows up
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaintsShowing the 25 model years where B156D appears most; it is on file for 84 in total.
A model year appears here because the code is named in its record, not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are mentions in the federal files, not failure rates — nobody publishes the denominator.
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B156D by make
The same record, one make at a time: the model years, bulletins and owner reports that name B156D on that maker’s vehicles.
What it gets filed under
292 manufacturer filings name B156D. Start with what the maker wrote down.
A code names the test that failed, not the part. A bulletin that names it is often a diagnosis someone has already written down — quote its number at the service desk.
Manufacturer filings that name it
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsService bulletins and campaigns whose filed summary names B156D.
- SSM 54589 Other2026-02-17 · Electrical System
- Some 2019-2024 Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with SYNC3 may experience various connectivity concerns with The Ford App Lincoln App including but not limited to: missing activation prompt pop-upon the vehicle's center display screen when attempting to activate vehicle through The Ford App Lincoln App, incorrect location global positioning system GPS reported through The Ford App Lincoln App,
- SSM 52722 Service bulletin2024-07-16 · Unknown Or Other
- Some 2019-2024 Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with SYNC3 may experience various FordPass/LincolnWay connectivity concerns including but not limited to: missing activation prompt (pop-up) on the vehicle's center display screen when attempting to activate vehicle through FordPass/LincolnWay, incorrect location/global positioning system (GPS) reported through FordPass/LincolnWay, problems with re
- SSM 50346 Service bulletin2021-12-14 · Equipment — Electrical
- Some 2018-2021 Ford and Lincoln vehicles may exhibit inoperative remote features via the Ford Pass/Lincoln Way mobile app, incomplete user authorization, no modem electronic serial number (ESN) displayed or DTCs U2100 and/or B156D in the telematics control unit (TCU). These symptoms may persist even after performing a TCU software update and/or replacement. To correct this condition, start a new s
- 9004388 Service bulletin2021-06-23 · Electrical System — Instrument Cluster/Panel
- CLUSTER, Instrument Panel 1. MY2021 WL IPC has a stored fault for HUD (IPC setting LOC with HUD U0158 and LVDS Cable with HUD B156D ). This DTC goes to STORED when the vehicle goes from Logistics to customer mode. The only action to be performed in this instance is to clear the fault - there is no problem with the vehicle. Please do not replace the cluster or the HUD. 2. Cluster Map Display Be
- 9004388 Service bulletin2021-06-23 · Electrical System
- CLUSTER, Instrument Panel 1. MY2021 WL IPC has a stored fault for HUD IPC setting LOC with HUD U0158 and LVDS Cable with HUD B156D . This DTC goes to STORED when the vehicle goes from Logistics to customer mode. The only action to be performed in this instance is to clear the fault - there is no problem with the vehicle. Please do not replace the cluster or the HUD. 2. Cluster Map Display Beco
- SSM 49803 Service bulletin2021-05-18 · Equipment
- Some 2018-2020 Ford and Lincoln vehicles may exhibit inoperative remote features via the Ford Pass/Lincoln Way mobile app, incomplete user authorization, no modem electronic serial number (ESN) displayed or DTCs U2100 and/or B156D in the telematics control unit (TCU). These symptoms may persist even after performing a TCU software update and/or replacement. To correct this condition, start a new s
What B156D means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIB156D is a manufacturer-specific code: the second character is a 1, which under the OBD-II standard hands the definition to whoever built the vehicle. The same code can mean one thing on a Ford and something unrelated on a Hyundai. Any site that prints a single definition for it is guessing.
A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. It is the starting point of a diagnosis, not its conclusion — the same code has several possible causes and the cheap one is not always right.
Common questions about B156D
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardWhy does this page not define B156D?
Because it cannot be defined honestly. The second character of a trouble code says who owns its meaning, and a 1 or a 3 hands that to the manufacturer. Sites that print one definition for a manufacturer-specific code are showing you one automaker's meaning and hoping it is yours.
Can I keep driving with B156D stored?
Nobody can answer that from the code alone, and a site that does is guessing. A steady light means a fault was logged and the car should be checked soon; a flashing light means a severe misfire — slow down and get it seen as soon as possible, because severe misfire can quickly damage the catalytic converter. The safe read of this page is the mileage and the components, not permission.
Does a code mean the car is recalled?
No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN, and none of them are triggered by a scan tool. If you want to know whether an open recall applies to one specific vehicle, check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls — that is the only source that settles it.
Why do the counts here differ from other sites?
Because these are not estimates. Every number on this page is a count of documents in NHTSA's own files: manufacturer communications that name the code in their filed summary, and owner complaints that name it in the narrative. We do not model, weight or extrapolate them.
Will clearing the code fix it?
Clearing turns the light off and erases the freeze-frame data a technician would have used to work out what happened. If the condition is still there the code returns, usually within a few drive cycles, and the diagnosis now starts from less information than before.