• Kenwood dishwasher 45DX20 - showing F1 fault after being stopped mid cy

    From Jethro_uk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 16 17:34:36 2025
    Despite my suggestion to the contrary, SWMBO decided that rather than
    wait 10 minutes for the dishwasher to finish a rinse cycle (15 minutes)
    she would pause it while she had her nap (because the f***ing thing beeps
    like a trooper when it's finished).

    Of course 2 hours later, when she woke up, it was "running" (i.e.
    something was making a noise). Closing the door caused a series of nasty
    beeps and now:

    - when power is applied the machine is making a noise, despite panel
    lights being off.

    -trying to turn on at the panel needs to hold the buttons down.

    - pressing the program button for 3 seconds for a program reset does
    nothing.

    - after a few minutes turned on at the panel and trying to run a cycle
    the display flashes a code: "F1".

    Now cursory scan suggests this error means somehow the base has flooded
    and needs emptying. This is particularly annoying as having literally
    just got home from eye surgery, I am forbidden from breathing, let alone throwing a sodding dishwasher around.

    So the questions is how gospel is "F1" Could it mean some other fault
    state ? If it genuinely refers to a flooded bottom then how did simply
    leaving it midcycle result in such a major fault ?

    TIA

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