P280A: The gearbox A position sensor circuit needs its learning procedure
The gearbox A position sensor circuit needs its learning procedure. It is solved at the workshop with a diagnostic tool.
| Code | P280A |
|---|---|
| System | Engine and transmission |
| Group | P28xx, Transmission and engine |
| Type | Generic: it means the same on every make |
How to read and clear P280A with Final OBD
Plug an OBD2 scanner in under the steering wheel, switch the ignition on and open Final OBD. Under Faults you’ll see P280A with its description and whether it’s confirmed, pending or permanent.
This code is usually stored by the gearbox control unit. If the car reports it over standard OBD, you read it for nothing with FREE; to read it straight from the gearbox control unit, with its description and clearing, you need PRO.
Clearing the code only turns the light off: if the cause is still there, it comes back. Clear it once it’s fixed, and not right before an inspection. It’s all in how to read and clear fault codes and in inspections and OBD.
Similar codes
- P2806 The gearbox position sensor is misaligned
- P2807 The pressure control solenoid G is not working properly
- P2808 The pressure control solenoid G has got stuck
- P2809 The pressure control solenoid G has got stuck
- P280B The gearbox B position sensor circuit needs its learning procedure
- P2810 Gearbox oil pressure solenoid G has an electrical fault
- P2811 The pressure control solenoid G fails now and then
- P2812 The pressure control solenoid G control has a broken or disconnected wire
What does code P280A mean?
The gearbox A position sensor circuit needs its learning procedure. It is solved at the workshop with a diagnostic tool.
How do you clear P280A?
With an OBD2 scanner and an app like Final OBD, which clears it for free if it’s stored by the engine control unit. But clearing it only turns the light off: if the cause isn’t fixed, P280A comes back.
Read it on your car
Final OBD reads and clears engine faults through standard OBD for free, each one explained in plain English. With PRO it also reads the faults of every control unit, each make’s own codes included, and clears them in all of them.
