Carrier Furnace Secondary Heat Exchanger Problems

The program offers consumers an alternative to replacing a cracked secondary heat exchanger with significant allowances on select carrier model furnaces.

Carrier furnace secondary heat exchanger problems.

Carrier gas furnace troubleshooting step by step 1. Sometimes the thermostat gets turned off or the setting changed by accident. The chamber becomes corroded from the inside possibly due to a reaction from acidic condensation on the polypropylene coating. One the most common issues found in carrier high efficiency gas furnaces is corrosion or blockage is their secondary heat exchangers in approximately 5 to 10 years after the original installation date or in other words premature secondary heat exchanger failure.

This policy only covers the failure and required replacement of a secondary or condensing heat exchanger and the following related parts. The secondary heat exchanger is designed to extract the maximum remaining heat from the fuel source resulting in a normal condensation reaction. All secondary heat exchangers from replaced furnaces or whole furnaces replaced under this policy must be held at the distributor for potential factory inspection for thirty 30 days from distributor claim paid date. The truth is many homeowners have thought their carrier furnace wasn t working but all they needed to do was to turn on the system or turn up the heat.

Exchanger part or furnace. On january 3 2020 i purchased a carrier infinity 58mvc120f10120 which had the secondary heat exchanger plug up with corrosion therefore has caused numerous furnace issues over the past 3 years.