Code BCCEN_w097 was reported by the “Central body controller” controller in the car. The letter “w” in the middle places it among entries of the warning type.
The central body controller on Model S and X. Handles locking, the alarm, keys, interior lighting and key transponder communication.
The car is flagging that something is not right. Driving is usually still possible, but some function may be limited.
This is how the fault is named inside the car's firmware. For codes without a description it is the most precise clue there is — the name itself says what the event is about.
The text below comes from Tesla's technical documentation. We leave it in the original English so that translation cannot shift its meaning.
The UHF antennae chip can loose its calibration when temperature transits from hot to cold. If this happen, BCCEN will attempt to calibrate the antennae again but this command can fail sometime. Resetting BCCEN will trigger a new calibration and should clear off the alert.
Copy it exactly, letter and number included. Photographing the screen is safest — codes often differ by a single digit, and mixing them up leads somewhere else entirely.
Some codes clear after a screen restart or after the car sits locked for a few hours. If the code does not come back, it was usually a one-off glitch.
A one-off entry and a code that appears after every drive are two different things. It helps a service centre enormously if you know exactly when it shows up.
With airbags, brakes, steering and high voltage there is no point waiting it out. With the other groups you can watch and see whether the code returns at all.
Error codes are only part of the picture. For cars on TesList you also see battery health pulled straight from the vehicle, plus a price calculator that works out from current listings what a given car is actually worth today.