Lennox fault codes
99 codes from Lennox plates on FieldBench. Same number on another maker is a different code.
The list stays open.
- Protect
0-10V
VFD speed reference
Drive is enabled but stays at min Hz or 0 because analog / serial speed is missing.
2 plates
- Hazard
1 flash
Unexpected flame
Flame with the valve off.
3 plates
- Lockout
2 flash
PS closed
Pressure switch is made with the inducer off.
3 plates
- Lockout
3 flash
PS open
Draft not proven. On this 96% that is trap / PVC / collector — not a chimney.
3 plates
- Protect
4 flash
Primary limit
Airflow / overtemp.
3 plates
- Hazard
5 flash
Rollout
Flame containment. Hazard.
3 plates
- Lockout
6 flash
PS lockout
Hardened 3-flash / 2-flash. Retries used up on draft.
3 plates
- Lockout
7 flash
Ignition lockout
Failed to light / prove flame.
3 plates
- Lockout
8 flash
Flame lost lockout
Had flame, then lost it. Retries used up.
3 plates
- Lockout
9 flash
Polarity
L1/N reversed or ground missing.
3 plates
- Protect
ACT ERR
ACT ERROR (JADE LCD example)
JADE LCD: ACT ERROR / ACT RANGE. Actuator did not follow command. Feedback pot off the shaft is the weekly.
2 plates
- Lockout
Blower
Prodigy blower
Indoor blower alarm / prove.
1 plate
- Protect
Cap
Dual run capacitor
HERM and/or FAN section out of rating. Single-stage Comfort dies this way all summer.
3 plates
- Protect
Charge
Charge (SH piston / SC TXV)
Wrong charge method is as common as wrong charge.
3 plates
- Protect
CO2 ERR
CO2 SENS ERR (JADE LCD example)
JADE LCD: CO2 / SENS ERR. DCV sensor failed or the 0–10 V input is floating. Damper holds open; compressor never runs.
2 plates
- Lockout
Comm
ABCD / outdoor drop
Drive or bus. Wall control loses the outdoor.
2 plates
- Lockout
Contactor
Contactor / coil
Will not pull, chatters, or is welded.
5 plates
- Lockout
Cool
Cool fail
Mechanical cool did not prove.
1 plate
- Lockout
Cool alarm
Prodigy cool
Mechanical cool did not prove.
1 plate
- Protect
Drain
Condensate / float
Float switch or tripped condensate opened 24V.
2 plates
- Status
E
Error recall
Menu: last 10 stored codes.
2 plates
- Lockout
E105
RS BUS communication
Device off the iComfort bus. Native, expected, first-class on SLP99.
4 plates
- Lockout
E111
Low line voltage
Line voltage below nameplate. Control waits; resumes ~5 s after voltage recovers.
2 plates
- Lockout
E112
Ground not detected
IFC does not see earth ground. Unit shuts down.
2 plates
- Lockout
E113
High line voltage
Line voltage above nameplate.
2 plates
- Lockout
E114
Line frequency out of range
No clean 60 Hz. OEM: no 60 Hertz power.
2 plates
- Lockout
E115
Low 24V
Secondary below ~18–30 V class. Control restarts if voltage recovers.
2 plates
- Protect
E117
Poor ground
Ground is present but dirty. Warning only — clears ~30 s after it recovers.
2 plates
- Lockout
E201
Indoor blower communication
IFC lost serial talk with the VS indoor blower (including a motor that never powered up).
6 plates
- Lockout
E202
Indoor blower HP / unit capacity mismatch
Programmed unit size does not match the motor horsepower the IFC sees.
2 plates
- Lockout
E203
Appliance capacity not programmed
Unit size code is blank or invalid after a new IFC.
2 plates
- Lockout
E204
Gas valve mis-wired
Valve harness does not match what the IFC commanded.
2 plates
- Lockout
E205
Gas valve control relay shorted
IFC thinks its valve relay contacts are shorted.
2 plates
- Protect
E206
Second-stage gas valve relay failure
High-fire solenoid will not drive. OEM: furnace runs first stage only for the rest of the call.
2 plates
- Lockout
E207
HSI sensed open
Hot-surface ignitor circuit measures open.
4 plates
- Lockout
E207 / E290
HSI / ignitor circuit
Ignitor open or trigger fault.
3 plates
- Lockout
E223
Low PS failed OPEN
Low-fire pressure path did not make.
4 plates
- Lockout
E223 / 3-flash
Low PS open / draft
Low-fire prove failed. On this 80% that is chimney, inducer, common vent — not a drowned 96% trap.
1 plate
- Lockout
E223 / E225
Pressure / inducer band
Modulating prove failed at that rate. Stat may say low/high PS even though the hardware is a band, not two EL296 discs.
2 plates
- Lockout
E224
Low PS failed CLOSED
Low switch made with inducer off.
4 plates
- Lockout
E225
High PS failed OPEN
High-fire prove failed.
5 plates
- Lockout
E226
High PS failed CLOSED
High switch made when it should be open.
4 plates
- Lockout
E227
Low PS opened during trial or run
Low switch had closed, then opened mid-trial or in run.
4 plates
- Lockout
E228
Combustion air inducer calibration failure
Could not finish PS calibration.
4 plates
- Status
E229
Ignition on high fire
Low PS did not close; IFC lit on high. OEM: not a separate high-fire repair.
5 plates
- Protect
E240
Low flame current — run mode
Flame is present but µA is below the run threshold.
4 plates
- Lockout
E240 / E270
Flame current / retry lockout
Weak µA or max retries with no flame current.
2 plates
- Hazard
E241
Flame out of sequence — flame still present
Flame with valve off. Hazard.
4 plates
- Protect
E250
Limit switch circuit open
Limit / rollout string open. Open >3 min → E274.
6 plates
- Protect
E250 / 4-flash
Limit
Airflow / overtemp. 5-flash on a flash SKU is still rollout.
1 plate
- Protect
E252
Discharge air too high
Leaving-air temperature above the gas-heat limit (DAT sensor).
2 plates
- Lockout
E270
Soft lockout — max retries, no flame current
Never saw flame current.
4 plates
- Lockout
E270 / 7-flash
Ignition lockout
Max retries, no flame current (7-seg) or ignition lockout (flash).
1 plate
- Lockout
E271
Soft lockout — last retry failed because PS opened
Last try died on a pressure switch.
4 plates
- Lockout
E272
Soft lockout — last recycle PS opened
Ran, then draft dropped.
4 plates
- Lockout
E273
Soft lockout — last recycle flame failure
Lost flame after it had proven.
4 plates
- Lockout
E274
Soft lockout — last recycle limit open or limit >3 min
Hardened E250.
4 plates
- Hazard
E275
Flame out of sequence lockout
Soft lockout after out-of-sequence flame. Same hazard family as E241.
2 plates
- Lockout
E290
Ignitor circuit fault
Failed ignitor or trigger circuit.
4 plates
- Protect
E292
Heat airflow restricted below minimum
VS heat CFM is below the minimum the IFC will allow for this firing rate.
2 plates
- Lockout
E310
Blower unable to start
Indoor blower did not start — seized bearings / obstructed wheel class.
2 plates
- Protect
E311
Blower temperature too high
Blower / module overtemp. IFC sheds or parks heat.
2 plates
- Protect
E312
Restricted airflow — cooling / CF
Cooling or continuous-fan CFM is below the setting. Cutback / high-static warning.
2 plates
- Protect
Econo
Economizer FDD
Start here when the hood is the complaint. Title 24 FDD classes: sensor, not-economizing, false-economizing, damper not modulating, excess OA.
2 plates
- Protect
Enable
VFD enable missing
Drive has line voltage but will not run — the unit board never enabled it.
2 plates
- Protect
Excess OA
Excess outdoor air
Damper open past the commanded minimum with no economizer or DCV request.
2 plates
- Status
F
Flame signal
Menu: live flame current in µA on the 7-seg.
2 plates
- Protect
False econ
Economizing when it should not
Damper open with OA above changeover. Space hot, high OA bills, or wet coil.
2 plates
- Lockout
Fan
Blower fail
Indoor fan did not prove.
1 plate
- Lockout
Fan prove
Indoor fan proving
Controller did not see blower current / pressure.
2 plates
- Protect
Flame
Flame sense
Flame present then dropped, or µA too low to prove.
1 plate
- Protect
FREEZE
FREEZING (JADE LCD example)
JADE LCD: FREEZING. Mixed air below the low-limit. Damper drives shut; mechanical cool may lock.
2 plates
- Hazard
GF
GF — ground fault
Keypad example: GF. Drive sees current to ground on the motor leads.
2 plates
- Lockout
Heat
Heat fail
Heat section did not prove.
1 plate
- Lockout
Heat alarm
Prodigy heat
Heat did not prove.
1 plate
- Lockout
HPS
High pressure switch open
Outdoor HPS opened — coil circuit is dead. Not an inverter pressure fault and not an L-code.
5 plates
- Lockout
HPS / LPS
Pressure protection
Still real on an inverter.
2 plates
- Status
idle
Decimal blink
Idle / heartbeat. Decimal blinks 1 Hz. Not a fault.
2 plates
- Lockout
Ignition
Ignition lockout
Trial for ignition failed after the IGC retries.
1 plate
- Lockout
Inverter
Drive overcurrent / overheat
L5/L4-class faults on the drive.
2 plates
- Protect
Limit
Limit / aux limit
Heat-exchanger or supply limit opened.
1 plate
- Protect
Limp
VFD limp / min Hz — fan prove
Drive is running too slow to close the prove switch, so the unit board reports fan fail. Reliatel example: Fan Fail with the drive still at min Hz.
2 plates
- Lockout
LPS
Low pressure / freeze
Suction dropped out the low-pressure switch.
2 plates
- Protect
MA ERR
MA SENS ERR (JADE LCD example)
JADE two-line LCD: MA / SENS ERR. Mixed-air sensor failed. This one alarms immediately on power-up — others wait the 60-minute setup window.
2 plates
- Protect
No mod
Damper not modulating
Damper is two-position (0 or 100) instead of tracking 2–10 V. Title 24 FDD class.
2 plates
- Protect
Not econ
Not economizing when it should
OA is in the free-cooling window and the damper stayed shut. Title 24 FDD class.
2 plates
- Protect
OA ERR
OA SENS ERR (JADE LCD example)
JADE LCD: OA / SENS ERR (or OA SYLK ERR). Outside-air thermistor failed or lost SYLK. Board thinks the roof is 20 °F or 120 °F.
2 plates
- Lockout
oC
oC / OC — overcurrent
Keypad example: oC (Yaskawa) or OC. Output current trip. Locked rotor, dirty filters, or FLA set too low.
2 plates
- Protect
ODF
Outdoor fan fail
Fan not turning. Compressor may still run and then HPS.
3 plates
- Protect
oH
oH — heatsink overtemp
Keypad example: oH. Drive thermal trip.
2 plates
- Lockout
ov
ov / OU — overvoltage
Keypad example: ov (Yaskawa) or OU. DC bus high. Usually regen on decel, not a new drive.
2 plates
- Status
P
Program unit size
VS only. Stores cabinet / motor capacity in non-volatile memory.
2 plates
- Lockout
PF
PF — input phase loss
Keypad example: PF. Missing or imbalanced incoming phase.
2 plates
- Lockout
Phase
Phase loss / rotation
Three-phase monitor opened.
2 plates
- Protect
RA ERR
RA SENS ERR (JADE LCD example)
JADE LCD: RA / SENS ERR. Return-air thermistor failed. Differential / enthalpy changeover compares OA to RA.
2 plates
- Hazard
Rollout
Rollout / flame spill
Flame left the burner box.
1 plate
- Hazard
Smoke
Smoke / firestat
Supply or return smoke detector, or a firestat, has the unit locked out.
2 plates
- Lockout
Uv
Uv / LU — undervoltage
Keypad example: Uv (Yaskawa) or LU. DC bus dropped. Incoming power or a missing phase.
2 plates
- Lockout
VFD
VFD / indoor-fan drive
The indoor fan is a drive, not a contactor + cap. Type the keypad string: oC, Uv, ov, GF, oH, PF.
2 plates