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Communication fault on Vaillant ecoTEC plus 618

Vaillant ecoTEC plus 618 fault code Communication fault

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What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

No communication with the PCB Communication fault between display and PCB in the electronics box

From this model's manual
Verified against the Vaillant/Vaillant Ecotec Plus 618 4104462 installation & service manual.
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All 121 fault codes on the ecoTEC plus 618

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

D.000D.001D.002D.003D.004D.005D.006D.007D.008D.009D.010D.011D.012D.013D.014D.015D.016D.017D.018D.019D.020D.022D.023D.025D.026D.027D.028D.033D.034D.035D.036D.039D.040D.041D.044D.046D.047D.050D.051D.058D.060D.061D.064D.065D.067D.068D.069D.070D.071D.072D.073D.075D.076D.077D.078D.080D.081D.082D.083D.084D.088D.090D.091D.093D.094D.095D.096D.098F.00F.01F.02F.03F.10F.11F.12F.13F.20F.22F.23F.24F.25F.26F.27F.28F.29F.32F.35F.42F.49F.52F.53F.54F.56F.57F.61F.62F.63F.64F.65F.67F.68F.70F.71F.72F.73F.74F.75F.76F.77F.78F.83F.84F.85F.91F.92F.93S.11S.16S.17S.24

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