Viking dishwasher
showing Both lights flashing
When both indicator lights flash together without stopping, the Viking dishwasher is reporting a pan flood — water in the base pan.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Leak detected
- Leak and seal repair
- Source: Viking
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What Both lights flashing
actually means.
When both indicator lights flash together without stopping, the Viking dishwasher is reporting a pan flood — water in the base pan.
Viking dishwasher display
What to do when Both lights flashing 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.
MakeViking
Built-in dishwashers designed to complete a professional-style Viking kitchen.
SourceViking 451 Series built-in dishwashers use & care manual: troubleshooting code table
Viking 451 and 324 Series built-in dishwashers, and 450 Series units built on or after 26 May 2010.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for Both lights flashing on its dishwashers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Shut off the water to the dishwasher.
Press and hold Start for 4 seconds to reset the unit, then try again.
If both lights keep flashing, book a visit.
What not to do
Do not count the flashes on this one. A pan flood is shown by both lights flashing continuously, not by a number pattern.
What you may
notice with it.
The dishwasher problem Both lights flashing tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dishwasher before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Both lights flashing usually leads
Leak and seal repair.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesViking
dishwashers.
Built-in dishwashers designed to complete a professional-style Viking kitchen.
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In Viking's own words
Note A–Both lights flash continuously.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Viking 451 and 324 Series built-in dishwashers, and 450 Series units built on or after 26 May 2010.
Viking Both lights flashing 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 Both lights flashing.
Can I clear Both lights flashing myself?
Do I need to count the flashes when both lights blink on my Viking?
How do I reset my Viking after a pan flood signal?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Both lights flashing?
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.