Universal HVAC System Error Codes
Generic error codes that appear on many HVAC systems across different manufacturers.
Error Codes
G1
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G1 on an HVAC system typically indicates a gas valve fault or gas ignition …
G2
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G2 on an HVAC system indicates a gas pressure fault.
The system detected that …
N1
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The N1 error means the indoor unit and outdoor unit of your HVAC system cannot …
N2
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The N2 error means your thermostat and HVAC system have lost communication.
The …
N3
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The N3 error means the HVAC system's zone controller has lost contact with one …
N4
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The N4 error means there is a communication conflict between multiple units …
N5
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The N5 error means your wireless remote control has stopped communicating with …
S1
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S1 on an HVAC system means the frost protection circuit has activated.
The …
S2
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S2 on an HVAC system means the overheat protection circuit has activated.
The …
T1
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T1 on an HVAC system indicates a problem with the outdoor temperature sensor. …
V1
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The V1 error means your HVAC system is not getting enough electrical voltage. …
V2
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The V2 error means your HVAC system detected a voltage spike or surge.
Too much …
V3
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The V3 error means your HVAC is detecting unstable, fluctuating voltage.
The …
V4
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The V4 error means there is a problem with a capacitor inside your HVAC unit.
A …
V5
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The V5 error means the inverter board inside your HVAC unit has a DC voltage …
W1
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The W1 error means water has filled up the drain pan under your indoor unit.
A …
W2
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The W2 error means the sensor that monitors water in the drain pan is not …
W3
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The W3 error means your condensate drain line is blocked.
Water from normal AC …
W4
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The W4 error means the condensate pump that removes water from the drain pan has …
W5
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The W5 error means the water flow sensor has detected a problem with water …
A1
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Error code A1 on most HVAC systems means the indoor unit's float switch has …
A2
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Error code A2 on HVAC systems typically means the indoor coil (evaporator coil) …
A3
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Error code A3 on HVAC systems typically indicates the condensate drain pan is …
A4
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Error code A4 on HVAC systems typically indicates a communication error between …
A5
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Error code A5 on most HVAC systems is a freeze protection error.
It means the …
A6
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Error code A6 on most HVAC systems means the indoor (evaporator) fan motor has a …
B1
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Error code B1 on an HVAC system typically indicates an outdoor unit …
B2
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Error code B2 on most HVAC systems indicates a fault with the indoor unit's fan …
B3
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Error code B3 on most HVAC systems is a communication fault between the indoor …
B4
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Error code B4 on most HVAC systems indicates a fault with the outdoor unit's …
C1
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HVAC error code C1 means the compressor failed to start within the expected time …
C2
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HVAC error code C2 typically indicates a communication fault between the indoor …
C3
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HVAC error code C3 typically indicates a communication fault between system …
C4
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HVAC error code C4 typically means the condensate drain float switch has …
C5
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HVAC error code C5 indicates a problem with the indoor unit's swing motor or …
C6
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C6 means your HVAC system has detected a fault with the outdoor unit's fan …
C7
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Error C7 means the outdoor temperature sensor on your HVAC system has a problem. …
C8
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Error C8 means the condensate drain sensor inside your HVAC unit has detected …
C9
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HVAC error code C9 indicates a communication error between the indoor unit and …
D1
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Error code D1 on an HVAC system usually indicates a drain pan overflow or a …
D2
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Error code D2 on most heat pump and HVAC systems indicates a problem with the …
D3
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Error code D3 on most HVAC systems means the discharge temperature — the …
D4
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Error code D4 on most HVAC systems means the suction pressure — the pressure of …
D5
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Error code D5 on most HVAC systems means the compressor is drawing more …
D6
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HVAC error D6 means the defrost cycle — the process that melts frost buildup …
D7
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HVAC error D7 means the condensate drain pump or drain system has detected a …
E0
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HVAC error code E0 indicates a communication failure or general system fault.
On …
E1
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E1 means the room temperature sensor in your air conditioner or heat pump has a …
E10
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HVAC error code E10 means the system has detected a mismatch between the indoor …
E11
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HVAC error code E11 typically indicates a communication error between the indoor …
E12
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Error E12 means the refrigerant pressure inside your HVAC system is outside the …
E13
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E13 on an HVAC system typically indicates a refrigerant pressure fault.
The …
E14
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Error E14 on an HVAC system typically indicates an abnormal refrigerant pressure …
E15
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Error E15 on an HVAC system typically indicates a compressor protection fault or …
E2
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E2 means the coil temperature sensor (also called the evaporator or pipe sensor) …
E3
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E3 means the low pressure protection switch has tripped in your HVAC system. …
E4
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E4 means the compressor has triggered its overload protection and shut down.
The …
E5
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E5 means the overcurrent protection has activated in your HVAC system.
The unit …
E6
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E6 on an HVAC system means the indoor unit and outdoor unit are not …
E7
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E7 means the outdoor fan motor in your HVAC system has failed or is not …
E8
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E8 means the indoor fan motor — also called the blower motor — has a problem. …
E9
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E9 means the outdoor coil temperature sensor has a problem.
This sensor monitors …
F0
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HVAC error code F0 typically indicates a sensor initialization failure or a …
F1
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F1 on an HVAC system typically means the ambient temperature sensor — sometimes …
F10
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HVAC error code F10 means the indoor evaporator coil has frozen or iced over, …
F11
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HVAC error code F11 typically indicates an outdoor fan motor fault.
The outdoor …
F12
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Error F12 means the inverter control board inside your outdoor HVAC unit has …
F13
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Error F13 on an HVAC system indicates a problem with the fan motor or airflow. …
F14
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HVAC error code F14 indicates a fan motor speed error — the indoor or outdoor …
F2
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F2 on an HVAC system typically means there is a fault with the evaporator coil …
F3
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HVAC error F3 indicates a condenser coil temperature sensor fault.
The sensor …
F4
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HVAC error F4 indicates a discharge line temperature sensor fault.
The discharge …
F5
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HVAC error F5 indicates a suction line temperature sensor fault.
The suction …
F6
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F6 means the outdoor ambient temperature sensor is not working correctly.
This …
F7
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F7 means the outdoor discharge temperature sensor has a fault.
The discharge …
F8
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F8 means the compressor has reached a dangerously high temperature and shut …
F9
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F9 means the IPM module — the Intelligent Power Module — has triggered its …
H1
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HVAC code H1 means your heat pump has entered defrost mode.
This is a completely …
H10
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HVAC error code H10 typically indicates a defrost failure or a heat pump defrost …
H11
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Error H11 on an HVAC system typically means the outdoor unit has detected an …
H12
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HVAC error code H12 indicates an outdoor ambient temperature sensor fault.
The …
H13
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HVAC error code H13 indicates a problem with the outdoor unit's fan motor or the …
H14
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HVAC error code H14 means the system detected abnormally high pressure in the …
H15
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HVAC error code H15 indicates a low pressure fault in the refrigerant circuit. …
H2
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H2 means the compressor is drawing more electrical current than it should.
The …
H3
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H3 means the compressor's internal thermal overload protector has tripped.
Every …
H4
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H4 means the HVAC system has detected an abnormal operating condition and has …
H5
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H5 means the IPM module — the Intelligent Power Module — has failed or detected …
H6
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HVAC error H6 means the indoor blower fan has stopped running or is running at …
H7
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HVAC error code H7 means the system detected a problem with the outdoor …
H8
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H8 means your HVAC system has detected a problem with the current (amperage) …
H9
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H9 means your HVAC system has detected a fault with the outdoor ambient …
L1
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HVAC error code L1 means the outdoor unit has detected an internal abnormality …
L2
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L2 on an HVAC system typically indicates an outdoor unit current fault or power …
L3
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HVAC error code L3 typically indicates a fault with the outdoor unit — most …
L4
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HVAC error code L4 typically indicates a drain pan overflow condition, a …
L5
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L5 means the DC bus voltage inside the inverter circuit has dropped below a safe …
L6
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HVAC error code L6 indicates an overcurrent or compressor overload condition. …
L7
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HVAC error code L7 means the indoor unit has lost communication with the outdoor …
L8
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HVAC error L8 means the compressor is drawing more electrical current than it …
L9
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HVAC error code L9 typically indicates a compressor overload or a capacity …
LC
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HVAC error code LC typically means there is a drain blockage, float switch trip, …
P1
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HVAC error code P1 means the system detected a problem with voltage or power …
P10
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HVAC error code P10 means the system detected dangerously high pressure in the …
P11
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HVAC error code P11 means the system detected dangerously low pressure in the …
P12
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HVAC error code P12 indicates a power supply voltage fault — the unit is …
P2
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HVAC error code P2 usually means there is a high-pressure fault in the …
P3
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HVAC error code P3 means the system detected dangerously high pressure on the …
P4
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HVAC error code P4 typically indicates an inverter or compressor module fault. …
P5
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HVAC error code P5 means the control board has lost communication with the …
P6
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P6 means the Intelligent Power Module (IPM) inside your HVAC unit has triggered …
P7
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HVAC error code P7 commonly indicates a power supply voltage problem or a DC bus …
P8
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Error P8 means the IPM (Intelligent Power Module) inside your HVAC system has …
P9
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P9 on an HVAC system typically indicates a compressor inverter module fault. …
R1
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Error code R1 on HVAC systems most commonly indicates a refrigerant pressure …
R2
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HVAC error code R2 typically indicates a communication or sensor fault between …
R3
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HVAC error code R3 typically signals a fault with the outdoor unit's fan motor. …
U1
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HVAC error code U1 means the system detected an overcurrent condition in the …
U10
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HVAC error U10 means the inverter drive module in the outdoor unit detected a …
U2
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U2 means your HVAC system has detected that the supply voltage is abnormal — …
U3
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U3 indicates a charge circuit fault in your HVAC system.
Most commonly this …
U4
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HVAC error code U4 means the indoor unit and the outdoor unit have lost …
U5
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U5 on an HVAC system typically means the indoor unit fan motor has stopped …
U6
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HVAC error code U6 means the system detected that the compressor is drawing too …
U7
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HVAC error code U7 typically indicates a fault with the DC fan motor — usually …
U8
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HVAC error U8 means the outdoor unit's main PCB (Printed Circuit Board) has …
U9
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HVAC error U9 means the system has detected that the indoor and outdoor units do …