GE dishwasher
showing C6
The water arriving from the house is not hot enough for the cycle.
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- Heating
- Heating and drying repair
- Source: GE
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What C6
actually means.
The water arriving from the house is not hot enough for the cycle. GE wants it at 120°F or warmer at the dishwasher.
GE dishwasher display
What to do when C6 shows on the dishwasherKind of codeHeating
The water did not reach the temperature the cycle calls for in time. A heating element, its thermal cutoff or the sensor reading it.
Usually leads toHeating and drying repair
Cold washes, wet dishes and cycles that run for hours, traced to the heater, its sensor or its safety cutout.
Shows up asDishwasher Not Heating Water
Dishes and the tub are cool at the end of the cycle, and grease stays on plates.
MakeGE
Everyday built-in dishwashers from GE Appliances, found in a large share of American homes.
SourceGE Appliances support: dishwasher error and function codes
GE electronic-control dishwashers; the code depends on the model.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from GE's own guidance for C6 on its dishwashers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Run the hot tap at the kitchen sink until it is hot before you start a cycle.
Raise the water heater setting if the tap never gets properly hot, and avoid showers or laundry while the dishwasher fills.
Choose an option that lengthens the cycle so the machine has more time to heat.
If C6 persists with hot water at the sink, book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into heating and drying repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Do not order a heating element on the strength of C6 alone. The code is about the water coming in, and GE's remedies are all on the house side.
What you may
notice with it.
The dishwasher problems C6 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dishwasher before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dishwasher Not Heating Water
5 causes, cheapest first
Where C6 usually leads
Heating and drying repair.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesGE
dishwashers.
Everyday built-in dishwashers from GE Appliances, found in a large share of American homes.
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In GE's own words
The water temperature coming into the dishwasher should be at least 120 degrees F.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. GE electronic-control dishwashers; the code depends on the model.
GE C6 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
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Back to your everyday
Still showing C6?
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.