Samsung dishwasher
showing 3C
Samsung says the pump has failed to run — the wash pump that moves water through the spray system.
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- Wash motor and circulation
- Wash motor and circulation
- Source: Samsung
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What 3C
actually means.
Samsung says the pump has failed to run — the wash pump that moves water through the spray system.
Samsung dishwasher display
What to do when 3C shows on the dishwasherKind of codeWash motor and circulation
The pump that pushes water through the spray arms is not running at the speed the control expects. Debris in the chopper or the pump is checked before the motor.
Usually leads toWash motor and circulation
The motor that throws the water at the dishes, and the most expensive part most dishwashers have.
Shows up asDishwasher Not Cleaning Dishes
Dishes come out with food stuck on, gritty film or spots that a full cycle should have removed.
MakeSamsung
Built-in dishwashers with stainless tubs and connected features on many recent models.
SourceSamsung US support: dishwasher is displaying an error code
Samsung dishwashers with a code display.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Samsung's own guidance for 3C on its dishwashers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Switch the machine off at its Power button.
Start the cycle again.
If 3C returns, book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into wash motor and circulation. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Do not keep restarting a machine that hums without washing. If one restart does not clear 3C, it needs a technician.
What you may
notice with it.
The dishwasher problems 3C tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dishwasher before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dishwasher Not Cleaning Dishes
5 causes, cheapest first
Where 3C usually leads
Wash motor and circulation.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesSamsung
dishwashers.
Built-in dishwashers with stainless tubs and connected features on many recent models.
Samsung dishwasher repair
In Samsung's own words
3C - Pump operation error The pump has failed.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Samsung dishwashers with a code display.
Samsung 3C 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.
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Questions
about 3C.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing 3C?
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.