Carrier Furnace Error Codes: What the Blinking Light Means
Carrier furnace error codes from the maker's own troubleshooting guides: how to count the flashes safely, what each code means, and when to call a tech.
Read the guide
Hanover furnace repair costs a $79 trip charge, waived once you approve the work, with the price written first, on both the Wright and Hennepin County sides of the Crow River. Furnaces from the late-1990s subdivisions are now past twenty years old.
Many Hanover furnaces are the first ones the house ever had, put in as the subdivisions went up from the late 1990s on. Past twenty years, the usual failures are an inducer motor with worn bearings, a hot-surface igniter that has cracked, a brittle pressure-switch hose or a control board that finally quits. Each of those is a normal repair. The bigger question is whether the heat exchanger and blower have more winters in them, and we tell you what we see.
Walk-out lots add a wrinkle. The furnace usually sits in a mechanical room behind the finished lower level, and a chilly walk-out in January is more often a duct and sizing issue than a broken furnace. On the acreage around town, a propane furnace that locks out on a cold night can simply mean the tank is low, so check the gauge before you call.
Updated November 10, 2026
National averages (HomeGuide, 2026), not our prices: an igniter $100–$250, a flame sensor $80–$250, a pressure switch $150–$400. More in the furnace repair cost guide.
Symptom guides: Red tag · Carbon monoxide · Blowing cold air · Won't ignite · Signs your furnace needs a technician
Usually, yes. Igniters, flame sensors, inducer motors, pressure switches and limit switches for furnaces of that age are still easy to find, either from the manufacturer or as universal parts built to the same specs. Control boards are the part most likely to be discontinued, and a universal board often fills in. What we won't do is patch a cracked heat exchanger, so that finding turns the talk toward replacement.
Leave the house first, then call your gas utility from outside. In Hanover that can be CenterPoint Energy or Xcel Energy depending on your street, so check a recent bill now and save the emergency number before winter. Once the utility has made things safe, we can repair the furnace or its gas valve.
Carrier furnace error codes from the maker's own troubleshooting guides: how to count the flashes safely, what each code means, and when to call a tech.
Read the guideYork furnace error codes from the TM9E installation manual: what 1 to 11 red and 4 amber flashes mean, how to read the LED safely, and when to call.
Read the guideYes. How a gas furnace leaks carbon monoxide, the symptoms MDH lists, Minnesota's CO alarm law, steps to take when one sounds, and what a red tag means.
Read the guideHeat out? AC quit? Call or send a request.