Bosch dishwasher
showing E15
E15 means the dishwasher's leak protection has tripped: a safety switch found water sitting in the base, below the tub.
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- Leak detected
- Leak and seal repair
- Source: Bosch
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What E15
actually means.
E15 means the dishwasher's leak protection has tripped: a safety switch found water sitting in the base, below the tub. Bosch treats it as a stop signal rather than a reminder.
Bosch dishwasher display
What to do when E15 shows on the dishwasherKind of codeLeak detected
Water has reached the base pan under the tub and tripped the float that stops the cycle. Shut off the supply, find where it escaped, then dry the base.
Usually leads toLeak and seal repair
Water on the floor or under the unit, followed back to the gasket, the hoses, the pump seal or the tub.
Shows up asDishwasher Leaking Water
Water on the kitchen floor during or after a cycle, from the door, the corners or underneath.
MakeBosch
Quiet 24-inch built-in dishwashers that are among the most common in American kitchens.
SourceBosch US owner support: Dishwasher Error Codes
Bosch dishwashers with a two-digit E display. Bosch's page gives the newer four-digit controls the same wording under E3100.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Bosch's own guidance for E15 on its dishwashers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Turn off the water supply valve that feeds the dishwasher, usually under the sink.
Leave the machine off instead of restarting it to see whether the code clears.
Book a visit: the leak has to be traced and the base dried before the next load.
What not to do
E15 is not a drain problem. Water left inside the tub brings up other codes; this one is about water underneath it.
What you may
notice with it.
The dishwasher problem E15 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dishwasher before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E15 usually leads
Leak and seal repair.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesBosch
dishwashers.
Quiet 24-inch built-in dishwashers that are among the most common in American kitchens.
Bosch dishwasher repairMore Bosch codes
Leak detected on other makes
Built-in dishwasher
The standard 24-inch machine under the counter, and the one nearly every American kitchen has.
Panel-ready dishwasher
Hidden behind a cabinet door, controlled from the top edge, and repaired with the panel's weight in mind.
Compact dishwasher
The 18-inch and ADA-height machines for small kitchens, where the tight tub changes both loading and repairs.
In Bosch's own words
The safety switch has detected water in the base of the dishwasher. Your leakage protection system has been activated.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Bosch dishwashers with a two-digit E display. Bosch's page gives the newer four-digit controls the same wording under E3100.
Bosch E15 dishwasher repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about E15.
Can I clear E15 myself?
Why won't Bosch E15 clear when I turn the dishwasher off and on?
Is Bosch E15 the same as E3100?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E15?
Book with the characters exactly as shown, the full model number, and whether any water is on the floor — for a code, that is where the diagnosis begins.