Mira G fault codewhat it means and how to fix it
Start/Stop lit, Status flashing red and blue. The shower has decided the Start/Stop button is stuck in the pressed position.
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Get a qualified electrician to look at your Mira G
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What G means
Code G is a small fault with a specific and recognisable presentation. The Advance watches its own Start/Stop button, and if that input stays active for longer than it plausibly should the appliance concludes the button is stuck rather than that somebody is holding it down for several minutes. It then stops, because a control input it cannot trust is a control input it cannot use to stop the shower either. The commonest physical causes are unglamorous. The button is a mechanical switch on the front of an appliance in a wet room, pressed with a wet hand several times a day, and over years the membrane perishes, the plunger sticks on soap residue, or scale builds behind the fascia and holds it partly depressed.
There is a second and slightly odd cause that catches people out: something resting against the front of the shower. A loofah hung over the unit, a bottle balanced on top of it, or a towel draped across the front can hold the button in exactly as a finger would, and the appliance has no way to distinguish the two. That is worth ruling out before booking anything, because it costs nothing and it is a genuine cause.
Beyond that, Mira publish a single action — contact customer services — and the reason is that the button is mounted on the cover PCB. Getting to it means getting the front off a unit fed from a 40 amp circuit in a bathroom, and depending on what is found the repair is either a cleaned mechanism or a new board. That is also why this code and code H are related without being the same: the button lives on the board, but Mira report a stuck button and a failed board separately.
What causes it
| Cause | What is actually happening | How likely |
|---|---|---|
| Button membrane perished | Years of wet-handed pressing degrade the seal over the switch until it no longer returns cleanly. A wear failure rather than a defect. | Common |
| Soap or scale behind the fascia | Residue building up around the plunger so it stays partly depressed. Common in hard water areas and on showers that are never wiped down. | Common |
| Something resting against the front of the shower | A towel, a loofah or a bottle holding the button in. The one cause an owner can find and fix in ten seconds, so worth ruling out first. | Occasional |
| Switch or cover PCB fault | The switch reporting itself closed when it is not. Indistinguishable from a mechanically stuck button without opening the unit. | Occasional |
Can you fix it yourself?
Stop — this needs an engineer
What it costs to fix
Typical repair cost
£70–£210
Time on site
45 minutes
Nothing if something was leaning on it. A cleaned mechanism is a visit; a new cover PCB is the part as well, which is why the range is wide.
Typical UK prices including parts and labour, updated September 2026. Your quote may differ.
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Related Mira fault codes
- IGet it checkedFlashing red and white with Start/Stop flashing. Mira call it a software error, and their published remedy is simply to power cycle the unit.Related: internal-components
- EGet it checkedFlashing red and blue with Start/Stop off. The flow valve has failed, which is the component that lets water into the heater in the first place.Related: internal-components
- JGet it checkedStart/Stop lit, Status flashing red and white. Relay board failure — the board that actually switches the heating elements has failed.Related: internal-components
- HGet it checkedFlashing red and white with Start/Stop off. The cover PCB has failed — the board behind the front panel that reads the button and drives the lights.Related: internal-components
- AGet it checkedFlashing red on the Status light. Mira group three water-supply problems under this one code: no supply, low pressure, or a blockage somewhere in the outlet.Related: same brand
- DGet it checkedFlashing red and yellow. The outlet thermistor has seen a temperature above what Mira allow, and the shower has stopped rather than deliver it.Related: same brand
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Common questions about Mira G
Is there anything I can try before calling somebody?
One thing: check nothing is resting against the front of the shower and that the button returns cleanly when pressed. That is a real cause and it costs nothing to rule out. Beyond that the switch is behind the fascia.
Can I just press the button harder?
No. The fault is that the input is stuck on, so more pressure does not help and repeated attempts do not clear it. The appliance is waiting for the input to release.
Is this the same fault as a cover PCB failure?
Related but reported separately. The button is mounted on the cover PCB, so a repair may end up replacing the board — but Mira give a stuck button its own code and its own indication.
Technical review
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Sources and how we verified this
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- Manufacturer technical and service documentation
This page has not been reviewed by an engineer, and we would rather tell you that than imply otherwise. The severity rating follows what the manufacturer publishes: where they say isolate the appliance and call someone, so do we.