Why is is my dishwasher flashing and blleping. I pressed the start button for 5 seconds and it unlocked and we could set a new programme. But what causes the machine to stop prior to completing the cycle and flash and bleep.

peter, June 2008

Flashing and beeping, doesn't seem to be any water coming into the machine

Maggie Jamieson, April 2017

Cw 494,just constant beeping and flashing rhs button but go's straight to rinse cycle,but machine not starting

Wd, February 2014

Found it at last!! - if it stops in the cycle, constant beeps and flashes. It's a blocked 'thing'. Remove the bottom spray bar and the removable filter. Now remove the steel grid. This exposes the sump. Now, near a white 'sticky up sensor' there is a black grid the size of a 50p. Use a shaving mirror and you will see it is blocked. Use a toothbrush and squirt water into it (I used a hosepipe)- Hooray - clean dishes again!!!!!

johnw, September 2009