We have spoken before about dishwasher fault codes but I thought it best we explain in detail what the meanings are for with each error code.
In a previous article we used Hotpoint as an example but this could refer to most modern day dishwashers but her we only intend to refer to DWF50 FDW60 series dishwashers.
The combination of LED lights to be found on this example can be found here.
Led 1 Intensive, Led 2 Normal, Led 3 Eco, Led 4 Fast, Led 4 Prewash, Led 6 Delicate
| Led lights 3 - Eco | Overflow or overfilling |
| Led lights 4 - Solenoid Valve. | This is the valve at the rear of the appliance that allows water into the dishwasher. Inline filter blocked or solenoid sticking. | Led lights 5 - Thermistor. | Heat protection circuit for upper and lower heat settings. | Led lights 6 - Heating timeout. | Element not heating or not getting to temperature. | Led lights 3 + 4 - Draining Timeout. | Drain pump taking to long to drain down. |
| Led lights 4 + 5 - Filling Timeout. | No water. Have you isolated the water or maybe the inline water filter is blocked. Take the hose connection off from the dishwasher end and look in the inlet to the solenoid valve. |
| Led lights 3 + 5 Recirculating pump not working. | Check the filters. |
| Led lights 4 + 6 Heating Circuit. | Program stops mid cycle and waits for the element to heat up |
| We await other code errors from readers. | If you have errors not reported here then add them to the comment section below. I will update as when. |
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March 2nd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Hi
I have a DAEWOO washing machine model F1221S, can anyone help me by telling me what H6 means when it comes up on the control panel. I have a instruction manual but it doesn’t say what that means.
PLEASE HELP.
Cheers M x
March 5th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
This comment has been placed under the Dishwasher section by mistake, so lets hope it doesn’t confuse to many folk.
Error Code H6 is a Heater Problem.
Look out for the complete list of error codes here. Coming Soon.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Hi,
Hotpoint BF80 dishwasher
lights 5 and 7 come on after the drain pump has run for a few seconds. Then the machine stops completely
Any ideas, please?
Regardss
July 8th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
i have a cda model cw497 dishwasher the cycle will not complete and the error code is 11 flashes of the start led. any ideas what this could be please help
August 31st, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Ahh! I suspect that the Indesit fault codes are similar to the Hotpoint ones, just ignore the first 2 Hotpoint lights and map the first Indesit light (Pre-wash) to the third Hotpoint light (Eco). This solves my problem - there is an overflow alarm.
Cheers,
Mick
September 1st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Indesit IDL 500:
Confirmed, light 1 on this machine is the overflow alarm. At least my problem is fixed for the moment!
I’ve not found a good way to get into the thing though. There is a section below the door which looks as if it should come off, but no obvious way to remove it.