KitchenAid dishwasher
showing F9E1
KitchenAid's label for F9E1 is a long drain: emptying the tub took longer than the control permits.
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What F9E1
actually means.
KitchenAid's label for F9E1 is a long drain: emptying the tub took longer than the control permits. The usual causes sit outside the pump, in the filter and the drain path.
KitchenAid dishwasher display · also shown as Clean light: 9 blinks, pause, 1 blink
What to do when F9E1 shows on the dishwasherKind of codeDrain
Water did not leave the tub in the time the control expects. A clogged filter, a kinked hose or a blocked disposal inlet are ruled out before the drain pump.
Usually leads toDrain and pump repair
Water left standing in the tub, cleared by finding where the drain path actually stops.
Shows up asDishwasher Not Draining
Dirty water stays in the bottom of the tub after the cycle ends.
MakeKitchenAid
Built-in dishwashers from Whirlpool Corporation known for their third racks and stainless interiors.
SourceKitchenAid product help: F9E1 error code
From KitchenAid's own product-help pages for its dishwashers; on panels without a readout the same code is flashed on the Clean light.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from KitchenAid's own guidance for F9E1 on its dishwashers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Take the filter assembly out of the tub floor and wash it clean.
If an air gap is fitted on the sink, lift its cap and clear what has collected inside.
Run the garbage disposer for a few seconds to empty its chamber before the next cycle.
When the filter, hose and disposer are clear and F9E1 still appears, book a visit.
What not to do
KitchenAid lists suds among the checks for this code, so hand-washing soap in the tub is ruled out before any part is blamed.
What you may
notice with it.
The dishwasher problem F9E1 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dishwasher before anyone is booked.
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Where F9E1 usually leads
Drain and pump repair.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
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In KitchenAid's own words
If the dishwasher is not draining, check the following before resuming the cycle.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. From KitchenAid's own product-help pages for its dishwashers; on panels without a readout the same code is flashed on the Clean light.
KitchenAid F9E1 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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Still showing F9E1?
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.