TiC/Ti(C, N)/TiN multi-layer coatings are prepared on the 1Cr13 stainless steel substrate by the technique of Chemical Vapour Deposition, and the fretting wear behaviour of 1Cr13 stainless steel and TiC/Ti(C, N)/TiN coatings are investigated and studied contrastively from 25℃ to 400℃ in the gross slip regime. It showes that the temperature has great influence on the fretting wear in the gross slip regime for the 1Cr13 stainless steel but little for TiC/Ti(C, N)/ TiN multi-layer coatings. With the temperature increasing, the friction coefficient and the wear volume of the 1Cr13 alloy decreases and the wear volume of TiC/Ti(C, N)/TiN multi-layer coatings is invariant. TiC/Ti(C, N)/TiN multi-layer coatings have better wear-resistant capability than the 1Cr13 stainless steel, but the wear volume of the substrate increases greatly because of the grain-abrasion resulted from hard debris when TiC/Ti(C, N)/TiN multi-layer coatings are ground off.