An Indesit IDL40 has stopped at some point past the wash cycle (it was on program 1). Water fully emptied. Lights 2 and 4 (wash and dry) are flashing.

Attempted to reset. The lights 2 and 4 flashing error code is not listed in the manual or online at Indesit.

Anyone know what this error code is?

Mark Lansbury, March 2008

Thank you L H Bowden.

W, August 2016

Easy job, unplug from mains. Undo the 6 or 8 screws from the inside the door remove front panel, you will find a lose wire that has come away from the body of the door, simply reattach to its position , I used a cable clip to stop it coming lose again. Replace door cover and replace screws. There is a video of this job on YouTube. Just type Indisit I D L 40 lights 2and4 flashing and it will show you how to do the job, takes about 15 minutes.

L H Bowden, November 2014

Hi I have a indesit 450mm dishwasher and the lights for numbers 3 & 4 are flashing?? Iv tryed a number of things nw and stuck??

Broady, October 2014

Excellent Thanks Steve It Was The Thermostat, It Had Come Away From The Metal Plate, Thanks For explaning Where To Look, Job Done *****

SOX, November 2011

Lights 2 and 4 flashing are nothing to do with salt, our machine has never had salt added at all, we live in a good water area - it wasnt neccessary. It is (like many have said) a loose thermostat connecter which is easy to rectify. The person who said replace the salt and run it a few times obviously hasnt had the same error, because you CANT run the machine at all until its resolved.

K, March 2011

I've had the same problem with mine,it started with flashing lights, at the end of the sequence, but after another couple of washes it started tripping the circuit breaker in my house. From the advice on this site I opened the front and found the loose temperature sensor and it is now washing my dishes happily.

Shez, April 2010

lights 2,3 flashing

ronald, March 2010

The answer to the problem is that the thermostat has come out of its clip as previously stated and I'm sure if anyone with this problem checks it out it will be that. I also went through other solutions, and the fault disappeared for a while, unfortunately, in my case me fixing the thermostat was too late, and on my machine it had also blown the heater element (big hole in it) so that needed to be replaced. The no Salt or no Rinse aid cure, I must say I've not come across before, but I could be wrong. Please if you have lights 2 & 4 flashing, UNPLUG IT, and undo the top 6 screws in the door tilt the panel down and put the thermostat back in its clip (down & right of middle on the inner metal plate, 10 mins max) before it blows your heater too. Many thanks to whoever put up the solution first.

Hippytitimus, March 2010

Agree with the last 2 answers, thermostat was loose. Put it back in place and now working fine. Watch the sharp edges.

Angus, December 2009

I agree with Steve,
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kO2eZNP8FCk

Tim, January 2009

Found the answer to this problem on this site,Remove to top six screws from the inside of the door(top).Lower the front section down and inside There is a small thermostat (mine was white)it comes out of a small clip on the door.put it back and secure with a small cable tie this solved the problem on my machine.(I wish to thank the person who put the answer up first of all for me cheers).

Steve, December 2008

I don't think it does mean the salt is out. Ours had lights 2 and 4 flashing (and plenty of salt) and the engineer replaced the "module" (I guess the electronics) to fix it.

Rob, September 2008

Lights 2 and 4 flashing on the IDL40 actually only means that it has run out of salt.

Once you refill the chamber (Left hand side of the base)
it will take 2-3 wash cycles to stop the error flashing.

As a double check, if you have this error, just check the condition of your glass ware. You will notice it is quite cloudy. There you go, free fix.

Knucle23, September 2008

i just had the same problem, not sure what the fault was but turned the power off for about 20secs and that cleared it

si, April 2008