Low
d.05 on Vaillant Thermocompact

Your boiler is simply displaying the current temperature setting for the water flowing to your radiators, which is a normal status report rather than a fault.

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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

Flow temperature setting °C

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

This is a status code, not an error.Press the 'i' button on your boiler display to return to the standard operating view.No further action is required as the boiler is operating normally.

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All 121 fault codes on the Thermocompact

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

22.D24.D33.S35.SBurner lock out indicatord.00d.01d.02d.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.83Er.1Er.2Er.3Er.4Er.5Er.6Er.7Er.8Er.9Er.10Er.11Er.12Er.13Er.14Er.15Er.16Er.17F.00F.01F.10F.11F.20F.22F.23F.24F.27F.28F.29F.32F.33F.37F.41F.42F.43F.60F.61F.62F.63F.64F.65F.66F.67F22P1P2P3P11P12P13S.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.52S.53S.54

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