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Hitachi heat pump error codes

Hitachi · An established brand in the UK. 125 codes across 6 product families, each taken from the manufacturer’s manuals. Hitachi technical support ↗

Find a Hitachi engineer →125 codes · reviewed 23 September 2026

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125 codes

CodeMeaningStops?Homeowner check?
2
Activation of protection device (high pressure switch)
YesYes
02-13
Activation of freeze protection control (water outlet)
YesYes
02-91
Excessively high discharge gas temperature
YesYes
02-e1
Excessively low pressure difference
YesYes
02-g1
Excessively low temperature of heat exchanger refrigerant inlet
YesYes
02-H1
Activation of high pressure switch
YesYes
02-t1
Excessively low suction gas temperature
YesYes
3
Transmission alarm - outdoor unit not detected (abnormal transmission between indoor and outdoor units)
YesYes
4
Abnormal transmission between inverter PCB and RAS unit PCB
YesYes
04
Abnormal transmission between inverter PCB and main PCB
YesYes
5
Reception of abnormal operation code for detection of power source phase
YesYes
05
Abnormality of power supply phase
YesYes
5b
Activation of over current protection (outdoor fan)
YesYes
5c
Abnormality in current detection circuit (outdoor fan)
YesYes
5P
No feedback signal from water pump
YesYes
6
Excessively low or excessively high voltage for the inverter
YesYes
06
Excessively low or excessively high voltage for the inverter
YesYes
7
Decrease in discharge gas superheat
YesYes
8
Excessively high discharge gas temperature at the top of the compressor
YesYes
10
Domestic hot water tank top temperature thermistor (THMDHWT2) anomaly
YesYes
11
Water inlet thermistor anomaly (THMwi)
YesYes
12
Water outlet thermistor anomaly (THMwo)
YesYes
13
Indoor liquid pipe refrigerant temperature thermistor anomaly (THML)
YesYes
14
Indoor gas pipe refrigerant temperature thermistor anomaly (THMg)
YesYes
15
Water circuit 2 (mixing circuit) temperature thermistor anomaly (THMwo2)
YesYes
16
Domestic hot water temperature thermistor anomaly (THMdhwt)
YesYes
17
Auxiliary temperature sensor 2 thermistor anomaly (THMaux2)
YesYes
18
Auxiliary temperature sensor 1 thermistor anomaly (THMaux1)
YesYes
19
Water plate heat exchanger pipe thermistor anomaly (THMwohp)
YesYes
20
Thermistor for discharge gas temperature (THM9, compressor-top thermistor) anomaly
YesYes
21
Abnormality of high pressure sensor
YesYes
22
Thermistor for outdoor ambient temperature (THM7) anomaly
YesYes
23
Failure of discharge gas temperature thermistor (open/short)
YesYes
24
Thermistor for evaporation / condensation temperature (THM8) anomaly
YesYes
25
Auxiliary sensor 3 thermistor anomaly (THMaux3)
YesYes
26
Water pressure sensor (WPS) anomaly
YesYes
27
Economizer thermistor abnormality
YesYes
28
Failure of suction gas thermistor
YesYes
29
Low pressure sensor abnormality
YesYes
30
Incorrect PCB setting
YesYes
31
Incorrect capacity setting or combined capacity between indoor and outdoor units
YesYes
35
Incorrect indoor unit number setting
YesYes
36
Indoor unit combination error
YesYes
38
Anomaly at picking-up circuit for protection (outdoor unit)
YesYes
40
Incorrect unit controller setting
YesYes
41
Cooling overload (outdoor)
YesYes
42
Pressure ratio increase abnormality
YesYes
43
Pressure ratio decrease abnormality
YesYes
44
Low pressure increase abnormality
YesYes
45
Activation of the safety device from excessively high discharge pressure
YesYes
47
Activation of the safety device from excessively low suction pressure (protection from vacuum operation)
YesYes
48
Activation of overcurrent protection
YesYes
51
Abnormal operation of the current sensor
YesYes
52
Activation of protection for inverter instantaneous overcurrent
YesYes
53
Inverter fin temperature increase / protection of the inverter PCB
YesYes
54
Abnormality of inverter fin temperature
YesYes
55
Abnormality of inverter module (inverter non-operation)
YesYes
57
Fan motor protection - abnormality of fan motor protection (DC fan motor)
YesYes
59
Inverter fin temperature thermistor abnormality
YesYes
61
No cascade messages - unit configured for YUTAKI Cascade Controller but no messages received for 180 s or since start
YesYes
62
Central mismatch - Cascade Controller configured but central messages received, or central control configured but Cascade Controller messages received
YesYes
63
Transmission error between central controller and indoor unit
YesYes
70
Hydraulic alarm - low water flow and water pump malfunction (retry code P70)
YesYes
71
Water pump feedback alarm
YesYes
72
Thermostat heater alarm - high temperature detected in the electric heater
YesYes
73
Mixing over-temperature limit protection for mixed circuit (circuit 2)
YesYes
74
Unit over-temperature limit protection (retry code P74)
YesYes
75
Freeze protection by cold water inlet/outlet temperature detection
YesYes
76
Freeze protection stop by indoor liquid temperature thermistor
YesYes
77
Receiver communication failure (intelligent wireless receiver / OpenTherm / H-Link)
YesYes
78
RF communication failure (intelligent thermostat accessory)
YesYes
79
Unit capacity setting error
YesYes
80
Unit controller H-Link (RCS) transmission error between indoor unit and unit controller (PC-ARFH2E)
YesYes
81
Momentary power interruption or low voltage detected (retry code P81)
YesYes
83
Hydraulic alarm - low water pressure (retry code P83)
YesYes
84
High water pressure
YesYes
100
Compressor protection (shown as EE on outdoor unit) - alarms 02, 07, 08, 45, 47 three times within 6 hours
YesYes
101
Activation of high pressure switch (S80 R134a stage)
YesYes
102
Activation of protection control for excessively high pressure (retry code P12)
YesYes
104
Activation of low pressure protection control (retry code P06)
YesYes
105
Excessively low pressure difference (retry code P11)
YesYes
106
Excessively high discharge gas temperature (S80 R134a stage)
YesYes
129
Failure of discharge gas pressure sensor
YesYes
130
Failure of suction gas pressure sensor
YesYes
132
Transmission error between inverter PCB and main PCB (S80)
YesYes
134
Power supply phase anomaly - reverse/open phase (S80)
YesYes
135
Incorrect PCB setting (S80)
YesYes
151
Excessively low or high voltage for the inverter (S80)
YesYes
152
Abnormal operation of the current sensor (S80)
YesYes
153
Activation of protection for inverter instantaneous overcurrent (S80)
YesYes
154
Transistor module protection activation (S80)
YesYes
155
Increase in the inverter fin temperature or abnormality (S80)
YesYes
156
Inverter non-operation (S80)
YesYes
157
Other inverter abnormalities (S80)
YesYes
202
Wrong settings of PC-ARFH2E unit controller
YesYes
203
Slave (sub) PC-ARFH2E stops answering to master PC-ARFH2E
YesYes
204
Indoor unit stops answering to master PC-ARFH2E
YesYes
205
Central alarm - no central message
YesYes
b0
Incorrect setting of unit model
YesYes
b1
Incorrect setting of address or refrigerant cycle number
YesYes
b5
Incorrect setting of indoor unit number for H-LINK type
YesYes
EE
Compressor protection - alarms 02, 07, 08, 45 or 47 occurred three times within 6 hours
YesYes
F01
No outside temperature sensor, short circuit or out of range
PartlyYes
F02
No DHW water temperature sensor, short circuit or out of range
PartlyYes
F03
No HC1 supply water temperature sensor, short circuit or out of range (mixing circuit only)
PartlyYes
F04
No HC2 supply water temperature sensor, short circuit or out of range (mixing circuit only)
PartlyYes
F05
No boiler water temperature sensor or sensor failure/out of range
PartlyYes
F06
No system supply water temperature sensor, short circuit or out of range
PartlyYes
F07
OpenTherm communication failure
PartlyYes
F08
Heat pump connection fault
PartlyYes
F09
Heat pump communications fault (Modbus)
PartlyYes
F10
Mixing over-temperature limit protection HC1
PartlyYes
F11
Mixing over-temperature limit protection HC2
PartlyYes
F12
Heat pump fault
PartlyYes
F13
RF communication failure
PartlyYes
F14
Heat pump maximum inlet temperature protection active
PartlyYes
F15
DHW anti-legionella failure
PartlyYes
F16
HP individual alarm
PartlyYes
F17
HP unit alarm
PartlyYes
FA
Failure of fan motor (MF1)
YesYes
Fb
Failure of fan motor (MF2)
YesYes
pU-flashing
Excessively high water temperature (compressor stop) - pU flickering
YesYes
YCC-03
Lost communication with all slave YUTAKI units (YUTAKI Cascade Controller)
PartlyYes
YCC-21X
Slave unit alarm - module X in alarm state or cascade controller lost communication with module X
PartlyYes
YCC-60
Slave unit alarm - all slave units in alarm state or no communication (YUTAKI Cascade Controller)
PartlyYes