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S.031 on Vaillant Turbomax 242/282 1E

Your boiler is currently idle because it has not been asked to provide any heating or hot water at this moment.

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Monitor it

This is a minor fault. Keep an eye on it and mention it at your next annual boiler service. Reset the boiler and see if it clears.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Heating mode has been deactivated and there is no domestic hot water demand.

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.
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 your room thermostat is set to a higher temperature than the current room temperature.Ensure your heating timer or programmer is currently in an 'on' period.Open a hot water tap to see if the boiler fires up to heat the water.

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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 indicatorF.000F.001F.002F.003F.010F.011F.012F.013F.020F.022F.023F.024F.025F.027F.028F.029F.032F.035F.040F.042F.044F.047F.049F.057F.061F.062F.063F.064F.065F.067F.068F.070F.071F.072F.074F.075F.076F.077F.078F.080F.081F.083F.084F.085F.087F.088F.089F.090F.092F.095F.096F.097F.105F.194F.195F.196F.317F.318F.320F.321F.322F.323F.324F.325F.326F.327F.330F.334F.336F.337F.338F.342F.343F.344F.347F.363F.707F.905Fan operation indicatorFlame indicatorHot water demand indicatorI.003I.020I.144Ignition indicatorL.016L.022L.025L.032L.095L.096L.097L.105L.144L.194L.195L.196L.319L.320L.322L.343N.013N.027N.032N.089N.095N.096N.097N.100N.144N.194N.270N.317N.319N.324N.343Power on indicatorS.000S.001S.002S.003S.004S.005S.006S.007S.008S.009S.010S.011S.012S.013S.014S.015S.016S.017S.019S.020S.021S.022S.023S.024S.025S.026S.027S.028S.029S.030S.032S.034S.039S.041S.042S.054S.057S.059S.088S.091S.092S.093S.096S.097S.098S.109S.175S.199S.326S.328S.335S.341S.599

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