Smeg dishwasher
showing E3
E3 means the water is not being heated, or the heating is not going as the program expects.
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- Heating and drying repair
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What E3
actually means.
E3 means the water is not being heated, or the heating is not going as the program expects.
Smeg dishwasher display
What to do when E3 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.
MakeSmeg
Italian-designed dishwashers in built-in and panel-ready versions, sized for American kitchens.
SourceSmeg dishwasher user manual 19293010200, 6 Troubleshooting (doc.smeg.it PDF, linked from the smeg.com/us page for STU8222)
Shown on the Smeg STU8222 family as a set of indicator lights rather than digits, which the troubleshooting table names E3.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Smeg's own guidance for E3 on its dishwashers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Run the same wash program again.
Book a visit if E3 comes back.
Still there?
It usually turns into heating and drying repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
E3 is a heating code, separate from E4, which concerns the temperature monitoring.
What you may
notice with it.
The dishwasher problems E3 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dishwasher before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dishwasher Not Heating Water
5 causes, cheapest first
Where E3 usually leads
Heating and drying repair.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesSmeg
dishwashers.
Italian-designed dishwashers in built-in and panel-ready versions, sized for American kitchens.
Smeg dishwasher repair
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 Smeg's own words
The water is not heated or the heating parameters are not correct.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Shown on the Smeg STU8222 family as a set of indicator lights rather than digits, which the troubleshooting table names E3.
Smeg E3 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 E3.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing E3?
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.