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S.008 on Vaillant Turbomax 242/282 1E

Your boiler is currently taking a short, intentional rest period between heating cycles to prevent excessive wear on the system.

Reviewed by the BoilerFaultCodes Editorial Team · Last reviewed 31 August 2026

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Heating mode is active and the unit is in burner anti-cycling time.

Shared across the 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.

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All 172 fault codes on the Turbomax 242/282 1E

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

Burner lock out indicator F.000 F.001 F.002 F.003 F.010 F.011 F.012 F.013 F.020 F.022 F.023 F.024 F.025 F.027 F.028 F.029 F.032 F.035 F.040 F.042 F.044 F.047 F.049 F.057 F.061 F.062 F.063 F.064 F.065 F.067 F.068 F.070 F.071 F.072 F.074 F.075 F.076 F.077 F.078 F.080 F.081 F.083 F.084 F.085 F.087 F.088 F.089 F.090 F.092 F.095 F.096 F.097 F.105 F.194 F.195 F.196 F.317 F.318 F.320 F.321 F.322 F.323 F.324 F.325 F.326 F.327 F.330 F.334 F.336 F.337 F.338 F.342 F.343 F.344 F.347 F.363 F.707 F.905 Fan operation indicator Flame indicator Hot water demand indicator I.003 I.020 I.144 Ignition indicator L.016 L.022 L.025 L.032 L.095 L.096 L.097 L.105 L.144 L.194 L.195 L.196 L.319 L.320 L.322 L.343 N.013 N.027 N.032 N.089 N.095 N.096 N.097 N.100 N.144 N.194 N.270 N.317 N.319 N.324 N.343 Power on indicator S.000 S.001 S.002 S.003 S.004 S.005 S.006 S.007 S.009 S.010 S.011 S.012 S.013 S.014 S.015 S.016 S.017 S.019 S.020 S.021 S.022 S.023 S.024 S.025 S.026 S.027 S.028 S.029 S.030 S.031 S.032 S.034 S.039 S.041 S.042 S.054 S.057 S.059 S.088 S.091 S.092 S.093 S.096 S.097 S.098 S.109 S.175 S.199 S.326 S.328 S.335 S.341 S.599

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