High
F.22 on Vaillant Turbomax Plus

Your boiler has detected that there is either not enough water inside the system or that the pump responsible for moving water around is not working properly.

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Call an engineer soon

Book a Gas Safe engineer within 24 to 48 hours. Your boiler may be unsafe or could break down completely if left.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Dry fire protection | No water in appliance, pump cable defective, pump blocked or defective, pump output too low

From this model's manual
Verified against the Vaillant/Vaillant Turbomax Plus installation & service manual, page 40.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

Engineer required

This is a high severity fault. Stop using the boiler and call a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.

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Related fault codes

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All 92 fault codes on the Turbomax Plus

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

d.00d.01d.02d.05d.07d.08d.10d.11d.21D.22d.23D.24d.25d.30d.33d.34d.35d.37d.40d.41d.50d.60d.61d.64d.65d.67d.68d.69d.71d.72d.73d.75d.76d.80d.81d.82d.83F 22F.00F.01F.10F.11F.20F.23F.24F.27F.28F.29F.32F.33F.37F.41F.42F.43F.60F.61F.62F.63F.64F.65F.66F.67S.00S.01S.02S.03S.04S.05S.07S.08S.10S.11S.13S.14S.16S.17S.20S.21S.23S.24S.27S.28S.30S.31S.32S.33S.34S.36S.39S.53S.54

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