How old is my Amana equipment?
Enter the serial number from the label. The date comes from Amana's documented serial rules, not a guess.
The Amana heating and cooling equipment we decode is built by Goodman: an official Amana parts list states that the Amana trademark belongs to Maytag and is used under license to Goodman. These units use the Goodman serial, where the first two digits are the year and the next two the month. A 2013 CPSC recall of Amana packaged units, for example, lists serials starting 1206 through 1210 on units sold June through October 2012.
By equipment type
Amana furnace age
Typical life: 15–20 years
Amana air conditioner age
Typical life: 10–15 years
Amana heat pump age
Typical life: 10–15 years
Questions
- Can you date an older Amana serial with a dash after the first two digits?
- No. Industry references describe that dashed style as an older Amana format from before Goodman built Amana equipment, and it doesn’t include a month. We don’t decode it.
- Does a model number starting with A mean the unit is an Amana?
- On furnaces, outdoor units and packaged units, yes: A is Amana’s brand letter, as in AMVC96, ASZ16 or APG14. On air handlers it isn’t: there A means “air handler”, and models like ARUF and AMST are sold under Goodman, Amana and Daikin.
- How do I find the age of my Amana equipment?
- Enter the serial number from the rating plate above. Amana uses the Daikin / Goodman family serial format, which includes the manufacture date.
Same serial format
Sources
- CPSC 2017: Goodman air handler recall (serial prefixes 1511–1610 sold Nov 2015–Oct 2016)
- CPSC 2013: Amana packaged unit recall (serial prefixes 1206–1210 sold Jun–Oct 2012)
- Building-Intelligence Center: Goodman HVAC age
- Electrical-Forensics: Air conditioner date codes
Rules last reviewed 2026-09-28. These rules are in Beta while we verify more real-world examples, so results are capped at medium confidence.
Manufacture dates are decoded from manufacturer serial-number conventions and available documentation. Serial formats can change. Verify critical equipment information with the manufacturer when necessary.