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d.08 on Vaillant ecoTEC sustain

Your boiler is currently receiving a signal from your room thermostat telling it that no heating is required 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

Status of the 230V thermostat: 0=Room thermostat open (no heat requirement), 1=Room thermostat closed (heat requirement)

Shared across the ecoTEC sustain 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 to ensure the target temperature is set higher than the current room temperatureEnsure your thermostat is not in sleep or frost protection modeCheck the battery levels in your wireless thermostat if applicable

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All 153 fault codes on the ecoTEC sustain

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

conConnectiond.00d.01d.02d.04d.05d.06d.07d.09d.10d.11d.13d.14d.15d.16d.17d.18d.20d.21d.22d.23d.25d.27d.28d.33d.34d.35d.36d.39d.40d.41d.43d.45d.47d.50d.51d.58d.60d.61d.64d.65d.66d.67d.68d.69d.71d.73d.75d.77d.80d.81d.82d.83d.84d.85d.88d.90d.91d.93d.94d.95d.96ErrF.00F.01F.1F.10F.11F.13F.20F.22F.23F.24F.27F.28F.29F.32F.46F.49F.61F.62F.63F.64F.65F.67F.68F.70F.71F.72F.73F.74F.75F.77F.83F.84F.85F.87F.88F.89F.97F22F70P.00P.01P.02P.06S.00S.01S.02S.2S.03S.3S.04S.4S.05S.06S.6S.07S.08S.8S.10S.11S.13S.14S.15S.16S.17S.20S.21S.22S.23S.24S.25S.26S.27S.28S.30S.31S.32S.34S.39S.42S.53S.54S.88S.91S.96S.97S.98S.108S.109

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