Hotpoint dishwashers fault codes
Hotpoint dishwashers report faults as an F followed by two digits, and Hotpoint publish all thirteen. Indesit machines use the identical list. Whirlpool is where it gets complicated: they own all three brands and their service site carries this same table, but a good many Whirlpool-badged machines ship with a different, single-digit code set that disagrees with it — so check the shape of your code before you trust these pages. And if your machine was built between 2005 and 2015, there is an open Hotpoint and Indesit safety notice about overheating, worth two minutes with the model checker before you troubleshoot anything.
Where the code shows on a Hotpoint
Start by working out which of two code systems your machine uses, because the same letter and number can mean different things on each. These pages cover the two-digit system: codes written as F01 and F03 with a leading zero, running as far as F15, and shown on a display-less machine by four numbered indicator lights. The other system uses single digits — F1, F6 — and signals them on a display-less machine by flashing the START lamp a countable number of times. It appears on Whirlpool-badged machines and runs only to F9. If you are counting flashes of one lamp, you are on the other system and these pages are not for you. On the two-digit system you do not count flashes, which is where almost every guide online goes wrong. The four lights hold a steady pattern spelling out the number in binary: LED 6 is worth 1, LED 7 is worth 2, LED 8 is worth 4, LED 9 is worth 8, and you add up the lit ones. Lights worth 1, 2 and 4 give F07; all four give F15. Any other light blinking rapidly is just an attention signal and means nothing. Two caveats. None of the three brands publish which physical lights are numbered 6 to 9. And all three publish the same pattern for F08 as they do for F09, which cannot be right for both, so those two cannot be told apart from the lights alone.
How to reset a Hotpoint
Hotpoint offer no reset sequence for these codes. Eleven of the thirteen go straight to booking an engineer, and only the drain and water supply faults come with a check you are invited to make yourself. Switching the machine off at the wall for a few minutes will clear a code that was a one-off, but it will not fix anything that is still there.
Most common Hotpoint faults
The Hotpoint codes people look up most.
- F03Get it checkedDrain failure or timeout — one of only two codes Hotpoint invite you to look at yourself, and usually a blockage.
- F10Get it checkedHeating element fault — and the page to read the safety notice on if your machine was built between 2005 and 2015.
- F06Get it checkedWater fill timeout. The other code Hotpoint hand back to you, and their own checklist covers pressure as well as the tap.
- F01Stop — call an engineerAnti-flooding overflow. The one code in the Hotpoint list that offers no owner check at all — it goes straight to an engineer.
Every Hotpoint fault code
6 published codes. Filtering happens in the page — every code is in the HTML.
Showing 6 of 6 codes
| Code | What it means | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| F03 | Drain failure or timeout — one of only two codes Hotpoint invite you to look at yourself, and usually a blockage. | Get it checked |
| F10 | Heating element fault — and the page to read the safety notice on if your machine was built between 2005 and 2015. | Get it checked |
| F06 | Water fill timeout. The other code Hotpoint hand back to you, and their own checklist covers pressure as well as the tap. | Get it checked |
| F01 | Anti-flooding overflow. The one code in the Hotpoint list that offers no owner check at all — it goes straight to an engineer. | Stop — call an engineer |
| F11 | Wash pump failure. The dishes come out dirty because water is never reaching them with any force. | Get it checked |
| F13 | Main board fault. Worth getting the price before the part, because a board can cost a serious fraction of a new machine. | Get it checked |
Hotpoint models
Codes can differ between generations. Check yours.
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