Medium
4 green flashes on Baxi 400 Heat

Your boiler is having trouble communicating with the external controls or its internal components, meaning it might not know when to turn on or off.

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This fault should be looked at by a Gas Safe engineer within the next week or two. It may get worse if left.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Communication Fault warning

Shared across the Heat range
This code is shared by the boilers in this range, which use the same control board. It may not be printed in this exact variant’s manual.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

DIY fix possible

Check if your thermostat or programmer has power or fresh batteries.Ensure your thermostat is set to a temperature higher than the current room temperature.Reset the boiler by turning the selector switch to the 'R' position for at least five seconds.

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All 10 fault codes on the 400 Heat

Seeing a different code? Every code this model can display, in one place.

1 green flash1 red flash2 green flashes2 red flashes3 green flashes3 red flashes4 red flashes5 green flashes5 red flashes

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