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Read your own Bryant
The things people describe on the phone, what they turn out to be on a Bryant, and what the fix costs.
The burners lit and went out, or never lit. On a Bryant that’s usually a sooted flame sensor ($95 to $180 to clean) or a cracked igniter ($240 to $410). The board’s light will be flashing a code; the table below says which. Count the flashes: the short ones are the first digit and the long ones the second. Three short and four long is code 34: the burners lit but the flame wasn’t proven, and Carrier’s fix list starts with cleaning the flame sensor.
A furnace that keeps restarting is protecting itself: a dirty flame sensor, a clogged filter tripping the high limit, or a pressure switch that can’t prove the venting. Start with the filter. Then count the flashes.
Most of the time it’s the run capacitor ($240 to $370). Turn it off at the thermostat: a compressor that keeps trying to start against a dead capacitor can burn itself out.
In summer, ice means the coil isn’t getting enough air (a filter, a dirty blower wheel at $300 to $440) or it’s low on refrigerant, which means a leak. On a heat pump in winter, some frost is normal; a solid block of ice that never clears points at the defrost board ($450 to $1,150).
A high-efficiency furnace and every AC coil make water, and it has to drain. A clogged trap or drain line ($175 to $420 to clear, with a float switch added) is the usual answer. Water from the tank beside it is a water heater call. On a condensing Bryant, a plugged drain can show up first as pressure switch code 31 or 32.
A squeal or whine is usually the inducer or the blower motor’s bearings on the way out (a blower motor runs $670 to $2,400, standard against variable speed). A bang at startup is delayed ignition: gas building up before it lights. That one needs a look soon, not next month.
A system that never shuts off is short on capacity: low refrigerant, a dirty outdoor coil, a blower wheel packed with dust, or a heat pump leaning on its backup electric heat. Each one is a price, not a guess.
Leave the house, then call the gas company from outside. Once it’s safe, call us: (703) 997-9757, 24/7.
The codes on the board
A Bryant furnace flashes a two-digit code on a light you can see through the window in the lower door: count the short flashes for the first digit and the long flashes for the second. Write it down before you reset anything.
From Bryant’s 2026 manual for the Legacy 96 (916SA), the same table Carrier prints for its matching furnace. The light flashes the two-digit code; a small display on the board adds a third digit, like 33.1.
| Code | What it means | What it usually takes |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid flashing | Line voltage polarity reversed (10.1): the furnace won’t heat | A wiring fix |
| 13 | Limit lockout: a switch in the main limit circuit stayed open over 3 minutes | Airflow first: the filter and the blower |
| 14 | Ignition lockout after 4 tries in a row | Gas supply, igniter or flame sensor |
| 22 | False flame: flame sensed when there shouldn’t be one | Call |
| 24 | Fuse fault: the 24-volt fuse is open | A shorted low-voltage wire, thermostat wires included |
| 31 | The secondary pressure switch is open; 31.3 is a lockout after three tries | A plugged condensate drain, water in the vent pipe, a blocked pressure tube or the inducer |
| 32 | The main pressure switch is open | The same list: the drain, the venting, the tubing or the inducer motor |
| 33 | A switch opened in the main limit circuit | A dirty filter or restricted ductwork first |
| 34 | Ignition fault: the burners lit but the flame wasn’t proven | Usually a flame sensor cleaning |
| 45 | Control failure: the gas valve relay won’t close | Cycle the power; if 45 comes back, a new board |
Source: Bryant 916SA installation instructions. Codes vary by model and control board: the chart printed on your unit, or its manual, is the final word.
The Evolution Extreme 191VAN air conditioner and the 290VAN, 291VAN and 293VAN heat pumps report a fault to the thermostat as a pair of numbers.
| Code | What it means | What it usually takes |
|---|---|---|
| 14-94 | Line voltage low: incoming power dropped below 180 volts | The power supply, the disconnect or the wiring |
| 18-11 | Not enough airflow across the indoor coil, or a low refrigerant charge | The filter and ductwork first, then the charge |
| 31-16 | High pressure switch shutdown; three of them lock it out for 2 hours | A dirty outdoor coil or the outdoor fan |
| 31-58 | Compressor high pressure lockout | A dirty condenser, blocked airflow, an overcharge or the expansion valve |
| 32-59 | Low pressure lockout | Bryant’s manual says most likely a refrigerant leak |
| 38-13 | The drive can’t get the compressor turning | Compressor damage or a high pressure difference: a technician’s call |
| 39-13 | Fan start error | The outdoor fan motor |
| 41-13 | Defrost timed out before the coil warmed up | Heavy ice, a loose coil sensor, or high wind cooling the coil |
| 61-13 | Reversing valve timeout (heat pumps) | The reversing valve or its coil |
| 86-06 | The inverter drive stopped talking to the control | Wiring or a board |
Source: Bryant Evolution variable-speed service manual. Codes vary by model and control board: the chart printed on your unit, or its manual, is the final word.
What it costs
Our own repair prices, by part, priced exactly like a Carrier. Carrier, Bryant’s parent company, lists capacitors, blower motors, contactors, condenser fans, igniters, flame sensors and drain lines among the parts that wear out most. Tap a system to narrow the list.
Flame sensor cleaned
The thin rod that proves the burners lit. Coated in soot, it tells the board the flame went out, and the gas shuts off a few seconds after the burners light.
$95 to $180
Condensate drain cleared, trap and switch added
High-efficiency furnaces and every AC coil make water. When the drain or trap clogs, a float switch stops the system on purpose so the water doesn’t end up in the ceiling.
$175 to $420
Refrigerant topped up
One to three pounds. If it needs it again next season it’s leaking, and topping it up every year is the expensive way to lose.
$190 to $740
Run capacitor replaced
The part that kicks the compressor and fan motors into turning. The single most common reason an outdoor unit hums and never starts.
$240 to $370
Igniter or flame sensor replaced
A cracked hot surface igniter glows weakly or not at all, so the burners never light. Usually on the van.
$240 to $410
Contactor replaced
The relay that sends power to the outdoor unit. Burnt or stuck points mean it sits silent while the thermostat calls, or runs when it shouldn’t.
$290 to $425
Blower wheel pulled and cleaned
A wheel caked in dust moves a fraction of the air it should: weak airflow, a frozen coil, a furnace tripping its limit.
$300 to $440
Thermostat replaced
Standard through smart, wired and set up for the system it runs.
$300 to $640
Defrost board replaced
Heat pumps only: the board that decides when to melt the ice off the outdoor coil.
$450 to $1,150
Control board replaced
The brain in the furnace or air handler. When it goes, nothing downstream of it does what it’s told.
$550 to $1,180
Blower motor replaced
The indoor fan motor. The spread is a standard motor against a variable-speed one.
$670 to $2,400
Condenser fan motor replaced
The fan on top of the outdoor unit. If it stops while the compressor runs, the repair gets more expensive by the minute.
$1,100 to $1,500
Refrigerant leak found and repaired
Finding it, fixing it, then recharging the system.
$1,850 to $2,700
or $31/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Compressor replaced, part under warranty
Labor and refrigerant, when the manufacturer still covers the compressor.
$1,900 to $2,500
or $32/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Compressor replaced, out of warranty
The big one, and usually the point where replacing the system wins. You get both numbers.
$2,200 to $5,100
or $37/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Monthly figures: 60mo @ 0% APR on each starting price, the whole price financed, on approved credit. Longer plans lower the payment and cost more in total. The lender sets the final terms. How financing works
Comfort+ members get the $99 diagnostic included in the visit, 15% off any service, and 50% of each repair bill banked toward replacing that system, up to $1,500. How Comfort+ works.
Fix it or replace it
The serial number on the rating plate gives the year it was built. Here’s how to read it.
On a Bryant air conditioner or heat pump, the first two digits of the serial number are the week it was built and the next two the year: 2218E… is week 22 of 2018 (Bryant service manual). The model number says which it is: one that starts with 1 is an air conditioner, 2 a heat pump. Bryant’s furnace manuals don’t spell out a date rule, so match the furnace to the outdoor unit or the install invoice.
Consumer Reports members expect a gas furnace to last a median of 20 years and central air about 15 (gas furnaces, 2024; central air, 2025). What shortens that: how long a furnace lasts.
Gas furnace alone
$4,285 to $14,040
or $71/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Keeping the AC you have. By size and efficiency, installed.
Furnace and AC together
$8,898 to $23,000
or $148/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
2 to 5 ton, matched, installed with the permit.
Heat pump system
$8,499 to $21,650
or $142/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Heat pump and air handler, 2 to 5 ton, installed.
Monthly figures: 60mo @ 0% APR on each starting price, the whole price financed, on approved credit. Longer plans lower the payment and cost more in total. The lender sets the final terms. How financing works
Want your own number before anyone comes out? The HVAC estimator prices your house in a few questions.
A Bryant air conditioner on its pad beside a Northern Virginia house, on one of our service calls.
When it’s time for a new one
We install Carrier and Trane, not Bryant. Since Bryant is a Carrier company, that puts the same family of equipment beside our first pick, priced side by side in writing.
A Carrier gas furnace, from the same company as Bryant, with its coil and flue in a Northern Virginia basement on one of our jobs.
The system we put in first
Built to take a beating. Put in by our crew.
Heat lamps, snow and rain on one outdoor unit: that’s Trane’s own film. We’re a Trane Comfort Specialist, on Trane’s own dealer locator, and when you pick a Trane, our crew puts it in.
Films: Trane’s own.
The warranty
Maybe, and the serial number tells us. Here’s how Bryant’s warranty works.
A manufacturer’s warranty pays for the part, not the labor. We read your serial number before ordering anything, so you know what’s covered.
Where we work
Out of Chantilly and Ashburn, across six counties. Pick your town for its own furnace repair page: the houses there, the county’s permit rules, and the same prices.
Keep reading
Every make we work on, in one place: the brands we repair.
Asked on the phone
The diagnostic is $99. Most Bryant repairs run $95 to $1,500: a flame sensor cleaned is $95 to $180, an igniter $240 to $410, a capacitor $240 to $370, a control board $550 to $1,180. If it’s past fixing, a new Carrier or Trane furnace is $4,285 to $14,040 installed and a furnace with an AC is $8,898 to $23,000. From about $71 a month at 0% APR for 60 months, the whole price financed, on approved credit. How financing works
Three short flashes, then three long: a switch in the furnace’s limit circuit opened, which usually means it ran too hot. Code 13 is the same switch held open over 3 minutes, and the furnace locks out. Carrier’s first check is a dirty filter or restricted ductwork, so change the filter, and call if 33 comes back. If the manual-reset rollout switch by the burners tripped, Bryant’s manual says to fix the cause before resetting it, and never to jumper it.
A pressure switch is open, so the furnace won’t light. On the current condensing Bryants it’s the secondary pressure switch, and 31.3 means it locked out after three tries. Carrier’s own checklist: a plugged condensate drain, water sitting in the vent pipe, a blocked pressure tube or a failing inducer motor. A clogged drain is the cheap one, $175 to $420 to clear.
Same company: Bryant is a Carrier company, and the two print the identical code table in their 2026 manuals for matching furnaces. The model numbers differ (a Bryant outdoor unit starts with 1 or 2, a Carrier with 24 to 27). A Bryant repair is priced exactly like a Carrier one.
A Carrier or a Trane, priced side by side in writing. Bryant is a Carrier company, and we’re on Carrier’s dealer locator as Carrier experts.
Yes. In Consumer Reports’ 2022 central air survey, Bryant was one of five brands rated Excellent for owner satisfaction, and its top Evolution furnace is rated up to 98.5% AFUE. When one is done we’d still put in a Trane or a Carrier: Trane was the only brand in that survey rated Excellent for both reliability and owner satisfaction.
Read the serial number on the outdoor unit’s rating plate, on the back near the service valves: the first two digits are the week and the next two the year, so 2218E… was built in week 22 of 2018. The furnace’s plate is inside its front door; date it by the outdoor unit or the install invoice.
Get the Bryant running
No heat or no cooling, call: (703) 997-9757, 24/7. Not that urgent? Send the form at the top and the office calls or texts you back to set a time.
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4230 Lafayette Center Dr N, Chantilly, VA 20151
44679 Endicott Dr, Suite 211, Ashburn, VA 20147
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Repair prices are SwiftPro’s own, by part, in Northern Virginia; yours is quoted in writing after the diagnostic. Replacement prices are our installed ranges by system size.
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