KitchenAid dishwasher throwing error codes and overflowing
Dishwashers can fail to complete cycles and overflow because of a damaged internal filter assembly or drainage issues that trigger multiple error codes. This prevents the machine from running proper circulation cycles and causes water to leak or the drain pump to run continuously.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1emptying the drip tray
- 2turning off the breaker and waiting 60 seconds
- 3inspecting and removing the drain pump
- 4Unplugging the appliance for 10 minutes
- 5Clearing clogs in the drain tube and plumbing hole
- 6Checking side panels for leaking pumps
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Yesterday, our KitchenAid dishwasher threw an F8E4 error code.”source ↗
“We tried again and it then threw an F9E1 error code.”source ↗
“About 15 - 20 minutes in, and never a circulation cycle, I finally saw water pour out of the black tube (on the left side).”source ↗
“I can’t find anything online for the code AC. The dishwasher just keeps running the drain pump even though it’s empty and beeping tried unplugging it for 10 minutes and the code stays on any advice what this could be?”source ↗
Where this came up
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