Goodman Furnace Error Codes and Blinking Lights
Goodman and Amana furnace error codes from Goodman's own service manuals: how to read the display safely, what E0, E1, E2 and others mean, and when to call.
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Furnace repair in Becker starts with a $79 trip charge, waived when you approve the repair, for 1990s homes on Xcel gas or rural propane. Many Becker furnaces date from the 1990s growth years, and some early-1990s houses still run their original one.
Becker grew from about 900 people in 1990 to more than 4,500 by 2010, so most furnaces here sit in 1990s and 2000s ramblers, split-entries and two-stories. The oldest are now past 30, and repairs on them get harder. Control boards and inducer motors for discontinued models can take time to source, and a heat exchanger crack on a furnace that age usually ends the conversation. The 2000s furnaces are mid-life, and their calls are more routine: a dirty flame sensor, a weak igniter, a pressure switch hose split with age.
Access is rarely a problem, since most sit in an open basement corner. Open ground around town lets winter wind drift snow against side walls, so on a condensing furnace the PVC terminations, the intake screen and the condensate line where it leaves the furnace are the first places to look when heat quits on the coldest night.
Updated November 10, 2026
National averages (HomeGuide, 2026), not our prices: a flame sensor $80–$250, a pressure switch $150–$400, a limit switch $100–$375. More in the furnace repair cost guide.
Symptom guides: Burning smell · Red tag · Carbon monoxide · Blowing cold air · Signs your furnace needs a technician
Sometimes. If it's a universal part like an igniter, a capacitor or a limit switch, the repair is quick and cheap enough to make sense. If it's a model-specific control board or inducer that has to be ordered and may be discontinued, you're paying to keep a furnace going that will likely need more soon. We give you repair and replacement prices side by side in writing.
Xcel handles the gas supply and the meter, and if you smell gas you should leave the house and call Xcel's emergency line or 911. A furnace that simply won't light is a job for an HVAC contractor. Diagnosing a furnace that won't light covers gas pressure at the furnace valve along with the igniter, flame sensor and controls. If the problem turns out to be on the supply side, we tell you so Xcel can deal with it.
Goodman and Amana furnace error codes from Goodman's own service manuals: how to read the display safely, what E0, E1, E2 and others mean, and when to call.
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