Trane fault codes
61 codes from Trane 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
- 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
- Protect
Cap
Dual run capacitor
HERM and/or FAN section out of rating. Single-stage Comfort dies this way all summer.
2 plates
- Protect
Charge
Charge (SH piston / SC TXV)
Wrong charge method is as common as wrong charge.
2 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
- Status
CoF
Continuous fan
Status. G or IFC fan-on. Not a fault.
2 plates
- Lockout
Comm
Data bus
Indoor / stat / outdoor dropped off ComfortLink. Not an S9V2 E-decimal.
1 plate
- Lockout
Comm / data pair
ComfortLink indoor-outdoor drop
Stat, indoor, or outdoor off the bus. Outdoor silent while the indoor is calling is often this — or a dead drive. Check bus vs drive LEDs before you gauge.
2 plates
- Lockout
Contactor
Contactor / coil
Will not pull, chatters, or is welded.
4 plates
- Lockout
Cool fail
Reliatel cool fail
Mechanical cool did not prove.
2 plates
- Protect
Discharge / coil sensors
Outdoor thermistors
Discharge or outdoor-coil sensor open/short/out of range. ComfortLink will name which. Defrost and drive protection both lie when these are wrong.
2 plates
- Lockout
Draft / PS
Metal-vent pressure / draft (door decimals)
Inducer running, metal-vent prove failed — or the switch is already made. If the door prints S9-looking E-decimals, confirm the line here. Physics are chimney/inducer, not collector drown.
4 plates
- Protect
Drain
Condensate / float
Float switch or tripped condensate opened 24V.
2 plates
- Lockout
E1.x
Polarity / line / ground family (door-card confirm)
Line polarity, missing ground, or IFC power-quality family. Read the exact E1 decimal on THIS door card / service facts — do not invent a title.
2 plates
- Lockout
E2.1
Retry lockout (if this door uses it)
On doors that print E2.1: ignition tries exceeded on this heat call. Confirm THIS S9X1 card — do not invent a different title.
6 plates
- Lockout
E3.1
Shorted first-stage pressure switch
Trane Link-enabled alarm table: first-stage PS is shorted / already made when the IFC expected it open.
2 plates
- Lockout
E3.2 / E3.4
Open first/second-stage PS (door-card confirm)
If these decimals are on THIS S9V2 door they are the OPEN first- / second-stage PS counterparts to the confirmed shorted E3.1 / E3.3. Do not assert an unconfirmed OEM title — read the exact door line / service facts.
2 plates
- Lockout
E3.3
Shorted second-stage pressure switch
Trane Link-enabled alarm table: second-stage PS is shorted / already made when the IFC expected it open.
2 plates
- Protect
E4.1
Open reverse-airflow limit
Trane S9V2 alarm table: reverse-airflow limit is open.
2 plates
- Hazard
E5.x
Unexpected flame / flame sense family (door-card confirm)
Flame-sense or unexpected-flame family. Confirm the exact decimal and OEM line on THIS S9V2 door card / service facts.
2 plates
- Lockout
E6.x
Igniter / gas valve circuit family (door-card confirm)
HSI or gas-valve electrical family. Confirm the exact decimal on THIS door card / service facts.
2 plates
- Lockout
E11 / E12 / E13
Indoor blower / IFC motor communication (door-card confirm)
Field-reported on some S9V2 door cards as indoor blower / IFC-to-motor communication. Read the exact door line. Do not treat E13 as Carrier 13 (limit lockout).
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
- 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 fail
Reliatel fan fail
Indoor fan did not prove.
2 plates
- 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 fail
Reliatel heat fail
Heat section did not prove.
2 plates
- Lockout
HPS
High pressure
Discharge / liquid opened the high-pressure switch.
4 plates
- Lockout
HPS / LPS
Pressure protection
Still real on an inverter. High = outdoor airflow / overcharge / restriction. Low = charge, indoor airflow, metering.
2 plates
- Status
Ht1 / Ht2
Heat stage running
Status. First / second heat stage is firing.
2 plates
- Status
IdL
Idle
Status. No heat/cool/fan call the IFC is honoring.
2 plates
- Lockout
Ignition
Trial / retry (door-card confirm)
HSI / gas / flame prove. If THIS door prints E2.1, treat it as retry lockout the same way as the S9 IFC — confirm the card. Do not invent a different title.
5 plates
- Lockout
Ignition / flame
Prove / valve / HSI
Trial without flame, or unexpected flame. Confirm the ComfortLink text — do not map it to S9V2 E2.1 / E5.x by habit.
1 plate
- Lockout
Inverter OC / OH
Drive overcurrent / overheat (drive LED)
Outdoor inverter protection. Read the drive LED / ComfortLink text. Not a contactor or dual-cap failure.
2 plates
- Protect
Limit
Open limit
Overtemp / airflow. 80% coils still dirty.
9 plates
- Protect
Limit / airflow
Overtemp / CFM
Communicating heat CFM is a bus request, not a tap.
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.
2 plates
- Protect
oH
oH — heatsink overtemp
Keypad example: oH. Drive thermal trip.
2 plates
- Lockout
Outdoor fan
Failed outdoor fan
Fan not following the drive. Head pressure climbs, HPS or inverter OH follows.
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
- 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
- Lockout
Polarity / power
Line / ground (door-card confirm)
If this door shows a polarity / line / ground token, treat L1/N and chassis ground. Confirm the exact code here.
4 plates
- Lockout
Pressure band
Inducer / vent at that rate
Modulating prove failed at the requested capacity. Not a single discrete PS swap.
1 plate
- Lockout
PS open / closed
Single pressure switch (door decimals)
One switch, one hose, 96% collector/trap. Open = will not prove. Closed/shorted = already made with inducer off. Use the decimals printed on THIS door — do not import S9V2 E3.1/E3.3 or a second-stage pair.
4 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
- Protect
SA / RA
Space / air sensor
Supply, return, or OA sensor out of range.
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