Coleman HVAC Age Lookup Tool
Despite the famous camping gear, Coleman HVAC is a separate brand made by York, a Johnson Controls company, and shares York's engineering. The build date is the quickest way to judge the unit's age, warranty, and replacement timing. Type your Coleman serial number to find the manufacturing date and system age for free.
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Finding Your Coleman Serial Number
Check these four spots on your HVAC system
Common Locations
What to Look For
- White or metallic manufacturer sticker
- Labeled "Serial No." or "S/N"
- Typically 8–12 characters long
- Usually near the model number
Can't find it? Try the electrical access panel on the front of the outdoor unit or inside the air handler cabinet.
Serial Number Examples
Don't worry if yours looks different — each brand has multiple formats and our system can decode most variations.
About Coleman HVAC Systems
Owned by Johnson Controls
Coleman makes camping equipment, but Coleman HVAC has no connection to that business. It's a licensed brand name used by York International, a Johnson Controls company, for a line of residential heating and cooling equipment.
Coleman HVAC covers central air conditioners, heat pumps, and gas furnaces aimed at the residential replacement market. Modern units use the same letter-based serial format as York. Vintage Coleman and Coleman Evcon units, common in mobile and manufactured homes, used all-numeric serials instead: units built from 1992 to 2004 put the year in the first two digits and the month in the next two, while units built before April 1992 put the month first and the year second.
Coleman-Mach rooftop air conditioners for RVs are a separate product line built by Airxcel in Wichita, Kansas. Those units kept an all-numeric serial style: the first two digits are the week of manufacture and the next two are the year, like 170109809 for the 17th week of 2001.
Common Coleman HVAC Models & Series
The most-installed Coleman residential systems on the market today, organized by tier. Knowing your series helps narrow down service parts and warranty terms.
| Series | Type | Tier | Efficiency | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echelon AC21 | Air Conditioner | Premium | Up to 21 SEER2 | Variable-capacity inverter; mechanically the same chassis as York Affinity YXV. |
| Echelon HC20 | Heat Pump | Premium | Up to 20 SEER2 / 10 HSPF2 | Variable-speed inverter; sister to York Affinity YZV. |
| LX Series AC8 | Air Conditioner | Mid-range | Up to 17 SEER2 | Two-stage scroll compressor at a mid-tier price. |
| LX Series AC4 / HC5 | Air Conditioner / Heat Pump | Entry | Up to 14.3 SEER2 | Single-stage; the volume builder unit. |
| Echelon CP9C | Gas Furnace | Premium | Up to 98 AFUE | Modulating gas valve, variable-speed ECM blower. |
| TG9S | Gas Furnace | Entry | Up to 80 AFUE | Single-stage 80% furnace common in mild climates. |
Coleman HVAC Quick Facts
Warranty
Coleman matches York's residential coverage: 10-year parts and 10-year compressor when registered within 90 days, with a lifetime compressor option on Echelon-series equipment. Unregistered units fall back to 5 years parts.
See the full Coleman warranty guideExpected Lifespan
AC / Heat pumps: 15 to 20 years
Furnaces: 18 to 25 years
Where It's Built
Wichita, Kansas (residential AC and heat pump assembly) and Norman, Oklahoma (gas furnaces) — the same Johnson Controls plants that build York and Luxaire equipment.
Price Positioning
Mid-tier — Coleman typically costs slightly less than York at retail because it's distributed through a smaller dealer network with less marketing overhead.
Known Coleman Issues to Watch For
A short list of patterns reported on Coleman equipment. Most have been addressed with revised designs or service bulletins, but they're useful context if you're diagnosing an older system.
- •Mechanically identical to York: shares the same micro-channel coil leak issues in coastal environments and the same Hx thermostat reliability concerns on pre-2015 communicating units.
- •Some Coleman dealers run leaner service networks than York dealers in the same market, which can make warranty claims slower depending on region.
- •Vintage Coleman Evcon mobile home furnaces (like the 3400 series electric furnace) are far past their expected service life; parts are still sold but replacement is usually the better investment.
Coleman HVAC FAQs
Related HVAC Brands
Coleman shares a parent company with these brands, so they often use similar serial number formats and components.
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