📋 Key Takeaways
- 1.What it means: Burner failed to ignite or flame not detected.
- 2.What to do: Check gas. One reset. Persistent fault needs Gas Safe engineer.
- 3.DIY or engineer? You can try one reset after addressing the cause. If it returns, call a Gas Safe engineer.
🔒Written by a Gas Safe registered engineer
Viessmann — Vitodens 200-W
Fault Code F4: Flame failure
Burner failed to ignite or flame not detected.
What to do: Check gas. One reset. Persistent fault needs Gas Safe engineer.
🔄 You can try resetting
This fault code can often be cleared by addressing the underlying issue (e.g. repressurising) and pressing the reset button once. If the fault returns after one reset, do not keep resetting — call a Gas Safe engineer to investigate.
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