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Three Flashing Lights on Diplomat Dishwasher?

I have a Diplomat Dishwasher in my rented acommodation. When I start the dishwasher it seems to work and then after about five minutes I hear a beep and it stops. When I open the machine the first three program lights (of five) are all flashing and the machine has stopped.
I can't see any obvious problems and was hoping someone could give me some help before I have to ring an engineer?

Many thanks

Dave Tucker, August 2005

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Matty who answered in May 2012, THANK YOU!!
Our dishwasher died tonight and we followed your instructions to the letter. 15mins later it was all better. A thousand thank yous :)

Rachael, August 2016

My brother's diplomat slimline dishwasher had this fault. I took the right hand side panel off and found that there was a leak from the join where the water heater and rubber pipe meet, this was flooding the base and activating the trip switch causing the fault code to come up. I removed the old pressure-fit clip on the rubber pipe and replaced it with a new jubilee clip, job done. Dishwasher is now working perfectly

John M., March 2016

Just found a Brocken wire on my wire loom from the door control panel, put a new wire in and the dishwasher is now working again.

Thanks for all the interesting comments found below on the previous comment

Russell, March 2016

I'm struggling with this one...
It's a diplomat ADP8352.
3 flashing lights I've tried the sump which is bone dry I've tried bypassing the flood switch, resetting and that press the programme button four times which didn't work so I think it's for a different model to mine. I've also tried cleaning all the filters and checked the wiring for damage.

Help me please before I break it

Ollie, October 2013

Pulling my hair out. Tried resetting etc, my 8322 model starts but stops after a minute and bleeps, light flashes 11 times which is a FA fault, pulled the DW out and the pressure switch out but is clean and seems fine. No water leaks anywhere. Cleaned PBC board but no luck. Does this mean I need a new pressure switch? I've tried all the resseting combos but had no luck. Please help if you can.

Adrian, March 2013

mine was the same i put a drop of mr muscle drain unblocker followed by two kettles of boiling water then on it went and woopi doo its working (cross fingers)

sm, March 2013

I did the same as Stuart, basically cleaned all the water arms and filters. Poured boiling hot water into filter chamber. Then started on the R cycle, the beeps went again and there were the 3 leds on. However I could hear the water pumping away. Tried boiling water for a second time and the R cycle and all was working fine. I surmise that there was a blockage on the water outlet which the boiling water dislodged.

Judi, August 2012

Hi I found a fault code F3 after removing all the inside filters and cleaning I poured hot water into the filter chamber replaced all filters and it worked perfect.

Stuart, July 2012

cleared water in tray with kitchen roll = 2 minutes.........reset by pressing prog button and on/off button at same time until all lights illuminated, turned machine off and back on and hey presto ,dishwasher up and running again........thanks to all who helped on this forum x

ben, May 2012

Thanks for the various info below/above, it pointed me in the right direction to fix it!

I have a slimline integrated dishwasher (was supplied by MFI !!) i had an issue 6 months ago which required pressing the cycle button rapidly while turning on and off which cured the first issue!

I have now just cured second issue which was the 3 red lights flashing and not working

I had to remove the skirting in front of the washer then this exposes a black rectangle insepction plate which just pops off, in the sump of the washer it had collected water over the years which it turn raised an electrical "trip" float switch which actviates the error code thus stopping the washer from working, removed all the water with a whole roll of kitchen towels! turned the power back on and rapidly press the cycle select and power button now working as before.

Dont call out an engineer to charge £35 call out etc etc have a go yourselves it only takes 5-10 mins to sort, just make sure you turn the mains power off first though!!

Good Luck

Matty, May 2012

i have 3 lights flashing and bleeping on my dishwasher when i turn it on,can anyone halp

matt, April 2012

We had this problem, tried all the fixes, none worked. Our solution ? Hubby took off the skirting around the kitchen units, crawled about on the floor, swore a lot, said we need a plumber, sweated a lot, swore some more, got flat on the floor, swore a bit more, unscrewed the pipe under the sink, got sprayed, more swearing, gave up, disconnected the whole effing thing, moved it across the room and bought me a new dishwasher. This was just after he had dropped the new fridge freezer on his foot and did more swearing. I am not, for those who are thinking it, married to Frank Spencer ;o) I did however, get a brand new dishwasher out of it.

Mrs Devalle, April 2012

need new one sorry

paul, March 2012

My dishwasher is not working ether i put it on and it stops aswell after about a min

Gary Newton, February 2012

Had F4 error a few times and after a while closing the door tripped the electrics.
Followed various elements of responses and found exposed cut on earth wire where various wires go into the machine at bottom end of door.
All sealed up and fault sorted.
Thanks all

Mike, February 2012

I have a problem with my diplomat adp8352.
I started out of the blue when three fault lights appeared. The 1st three in the row of 6 on the programme setting.

I have emptied the basin at the bottom, and reset the system by pressing the power button and programme button at the same time! I cannot get it back to a single setting, Also when I close the door I can hear water pumping in to the machine
but it's leaking back out from underneath, filling the drip basin and causing the fault within seconds! Can someone
please help me as I don't have enough cash for a new
dishwasher a week before Xmas!
I would really really appreciate any help!

Stewart, December 2011

I can agree with Trevors solution below, Tried it after my machine stopped working and was amazed it started working again. Thanks Trevor

Switch the appliance
off.

Switch it on, don't wait for any lights, as soon as you press the button for on hit the programme button 4 times within 3 seconds.

You have to be extremely fast for this.

You'll know you've done it correctly when the 1st and 5th lights come on flashing.

Press the programme button once, the 1st light will go out.

Switch off, wait 20 seconds.

Switch on.

Swich off, wait 20 seconds.

Switch on, select a programme and try the machine again.

This works and it's the only way to do it

Trevor
December 2009

John, August 2011

Hi, Thank you for all of this. My tray was full of water, managed to remove it all with a sponge. However it just keeps refilling? Any ideas anyone. it goes for a little while as though it is okay and working then just starts to bleep and the tray is full again. If I remove the water again it will re-start???
Any help please as I am desperate to solve the problem.
thank you in advance

Clare, June 2011

Thanks folks,
Repair man charged me £20 to sit on his tool box shaking his head. He said it was a rubbish dishwasher, very old (6yrs), anyway and he couldn't get the parts - a repair would cost £160 so it would be better to get a new machine, which he would install for £60.
I fixed it by holding the programme button down until the 4th and 5th lights lit, switched off, got up this morning and switched on, 2lights still lit but I started 3rd programme and it worked fine!!!!

Kathy, Carlisle, April 2011

i dave a diplomat interagated dishwasher machine goes on then after 30 mins starts beeping and errorF3 shows up,have tried cleaning filters and draining water in bottom of machine please some one help!!!!!!!!

davina, April 2011

Whoopeeee - Took all the advice on offer and I have fixed my dishwasher - I am so proud of myself. Found the black cover mopped up the water as suggested. When I switched it back on I had no lights, so tried pressing pr0gramme button 4 times but this didn't work. I then tried pressing the on/off button together with the programme button and it worked. Thank you

Maria, March 2011

Hi guys,
If you have FA faul, it means that the bottom tray is full of water!Turn of from the socket, then you have to remove the bottom metal panel underneath the door and you will see a metal drip tray full of water! Use a sponge to mop up the water and turn your machine back on! It should be working! I have just fixed mine !!!

Pipi1234, December 2010

Thanks to the very kind person who posted how to reset the slimline intergratged washer. Ours would not fill with water and would not finish a cycle we cleaned all the trays sprayed wd40 around all the pumps and reset by turning the power of then on and pressing the programme button 4 time very quickly before the lights appeard we then press the programme button once waited 20sec switched of waited 20sec switched on then selected programme and it worked.
waited 20 sec switches of and then on selected a programme and it works. Thank you all so much for your advise

SheZ, December 2010

Thought I would post this little story as a word of warning and to give a few people a laugh in time for Christmas.

My Diplomat 8332 was installed approx 7 years ago and apart from having to replace the main circulation pump a couple of years ago has handled everything thrown at it superbly. That is until Sunday night (19 Dec 2010) when the dreaded F4 error message appeared. I checked all the obvious things like the black pressure switch (take care when removing these for inspection, there are some sharp metal edges involved) to no avail.

Finally I decided to pull the thing out of it's housing and run some water through the domestic drain pipe to make sure there were no blockages. On handling the dishwasher drain hose I realised what the problem was. part of this drain hose was lying next to a ventilation brick and water in the hose had frozen solid. Five minutes with a hot air gun and the problem was rectified, needless to say that air brick has now been sealed over (my kitchen has 3 such ventilation bricks so this one is surplus to regulations). The weather can shut down dishwashers as well as airports.

tamadus, December 2010

HELP! Im in rented accommodation and have an integrated slimline diplomat dishwasher- it makes a noise when we close the door then after 5mins gives us 9 beeps then stops, no water enters the dishwasher. i dont have a display so i dont know anything about these f4 or f8 errors. the left two out of 5 wash settings flash when it beeps. my landlord wont do anything to fix it please help! p.s tried mopping up the water

Maiher1987, November 2010

cheers guys! I have just fixed my dishwasher.

I have a Diplomat ADP8332. It had a n F4 error, Mine has a metal cover at the front that I couldnt remove so I removed the filters inside , removed all the water in the trap, just with a cloth. I found a little black filter really clogged with detergent/salt. I filled a syringe with hot water and squirted it till it was all gone.

I tried to reset using the programme selection button as described here but that didnt work. I then tried pressing the start button in quick succession. When I pressed the start button 6 times immediately after resetting the F4 code went away. But as soon as I started the machine it came back. I reset again, then switched the machine off, then on and finally it worked!

I had just started using dishwasher tablets instead of powder for the first time in 7 years when this problem appeared. I live in Scotland, I wonder if its a salt problem with these tablets? I never normally add salt to the machine.

Julie, November 2010

After a large amount of wash water went down the sink it left the Diplo ADP8322 with the same fault as metioned by many before. I found the wash water in the dishwasher suggesting the sink had backed up throught the pipe work. Anyway to rectify was the same as some of the advice given previously but the difference being that this model has no black panel, but it does have a silver one that is taked off with 4 torx head screws, once removed I found water in the tray below the pump and wiring, I extracted the water then simply switched it back on, 'no button reset procedure necessary'. working once again. Superb.

RDA, October 2010

diplomat adp8322 keeps bleebing after 5 minutes and stops????
drain bottom tin behind 4 star screws and a plate behind the facier ,dry off with unit unplugged put back together and plug back in ,job done

roadsweeperray, September 2010

Found full of water and decided to find out why, THe jubilee clip from looks like the heater assy has slipped off, this part just looks like it sits on a clip, not enen held down. Dish washer now drying out off to buy a better make of clip!

waterwings, September 2010

door wont open screen is blank

pat, September 2010

My washer did not work, It worked for about 2 mins and shut off with flashing lights.I turned the machine off and did the reset- nothing. I then took the bottom tray out took the filter out and the drip was full of water, I put a roll of kitchen towel in the hole soaked it up and did the reset again- Victory!!

Si, August 2010

Thanks for the tip on pressing the button 4 times in quick succession, it worked perfectly.

Jim, August 2010

have the same problem but with no water to mop up its workin but not pumping any water in plez help cant aford a new on

donnax, August 2010

I have a Diplomat dishwasher and after reading many of the messages on the subject of a failing machine I tried the repeated answers of looking at the drip tray - no water there - switching off and then on with four button presses to reset the machine - no success there either.
A local kitchen machine appliance repair shop run by John Carrol advised me to look at the wires connecting the door to the rest of the machine as they sometime become worn with the constant open and closing of the door.
Off came the door - off came the front steel panel - off came the bottom tray cover to reveal a plastic wiring tray / harness and after careful examination I found one frayed and snapped wire.
I cut it back (after switching the machine off) and spliced in a new piece of wire. All the parts then replaced without taking the machine out of it's kitchen position and then on with the power.
For some reason I also did the reset again when switching back on.
I set the machine to a hot setting and put it into action.
Well done John carrol my machine is up and running again.
Maybe this will help some of you guys out there.
Good luck

and don't forget

keep smiling

Gordon

Gordon Lowe, June 2010

hi jus did the rest thing on my diplomat adp 8242 now it only works wiv the door open

robert, June 2010

Thank you internet. I did the reset procedure and now have a working dishwasher for the first time in three weeks. Make sure you press programme button 4 times before the other lights come on.

Alan, May 2010

Can I just say to everyone who posted answer's re the "FA" fault code thank you so much, once I managed to get a suitable screwdriver to take off the front panel and moped up the water my dishwasher is again working as good as new. If this hadn't worked I was looking at either a new dishwasher or a large bill. Thank you so much for this web site, this is what the internet is all about.

John H, May 2010

My Diplomat integrated ADP8352 threw the RCD on my fuse board (worked this out by deduction). Reset this and checked the dishwasher. The green power light was on but nothing else. Trying the reset hints below didn't help. Found the black plastic cover, prised it off and emptied as much of the water in there (about a pint) as I could (not a lot of room under there) and set it off again. Worked for about 15 secs then threw the RCD again. Any ideas?

Bill F, April 2010

i have an intergrated diplomat and it stops half way through the wash cycle showing E3. please can anybody help?

simon, April 2010

Thanks for all your help, if you can't tip the water out use a sponge,

Never a dull Moment, March 2010

Thanks for all your help guys - draining the tray at the bottom worked for us! We could remove the draining tray so just popped out the black panel and then used a calpol medecine syringe to take out the water - 5 minutes of syringing later the polystyrene thing had dropped in level, gave it a quick wipe out and now it seems OK - fingers crossed! Thanks for all the tips :)

Tiree, March 2010

my diplomat fills with water OK but then does nothing more - lots of noise from the bottom of the unit - is this a pump problem?
there are no flasing lights

john s, March 2010

I had an F4 problem with my Diplomat dishwasher. On opening up I found the base tray full of water. I cleared this out and dishwaher restarted but the tray quickly filled up again and stopped. When the mahine was running I spotted water gushing from a rubber pipe. The pipe was the outlet from the recirculating pump. Unfortunately the rubber pipe was molded on (!) so it looked like a £100 for a new motor. I found a short length of cycle inner tube fitted snugly over the original pipe and a couple of jubilee clips hold it in place. I added a couple of cable ties to support the inner tube and stop it ballooning under the pressure. It is working a treat so far...

Dave the bodger!, February 2010

Hi. I have a Diplomat ABA9242 intergrated dishwasher. There was a blockage in the sink drain and it caused the dishwasher to over flow. The draingae pump kicked in and emptied the basin. Now, that is all it does. How can I reset the machine?

Simon, February 2010

my diplomat adp 8352 was running about 15 / 20 mins and then it shut down the power in my "rcd consumer unit" ! . now its not doing anything .but the power light is still ON ? any idea,s dAve.

david poole, February 2010

Thank-you so much to everyone who has contributed to the answer to the Diplomat problem.
I cannot believe that turning the dishwasher over, the water running out solves the problem....but it does!!!!
Simples!!!

Leighb, January 2010

just had the same problem with Diplomat flashing light and was looking for new dishwasher when I came across this forum. Took the bottom panel off and cleared the water from the tray and sprayed the controller and pump connecyions with WD40, which de -waterises it- and now is running again. Thank you so much for your postings -a big help!!! I can now buy something far nicer with the money saved ha.

Smat 12, January 2010

mines flashing six times..keeps resetting to pre rinse...tried mopping out the tray at the bottom, checked behind kick plate and its dry....cleaned black filter with boiling water and toothbrush....still no joy....any ideas

mick, January 2010

yeah good advise worked for me too.i just unscrewed the 2 bottom screws and tilted the bottom plate caught the water in a shallow baking tray.switched back on and worked.

welly, January 2010

Removed the bottom front panel and and bailed out the water. tried to start the machine, no joy.
Held the start and programme buttons down at the same time and hey presto it's working.
Thanks for the info.

Fitter, January 2010

MY Diplomat 8352 had the ussual three buttons on left and bleeping. I read your postings and removed the black panel at the front behind the kickboard.
The bottom of the dishwasher was full of water and very close to all the wiring etc
I unscrewed the two phillips screws at the front and dropped the bottom plate down catching the water in a baking tray.
Once it drained the machine fired up again. There must be some sensor to stop the machine from carrying on and potentially electrocuting the user.

Thanks for all your postings. They really helped You have no idea what that fairy liquid was doing to my hands! (lol)

dynamico0, December 2009

Switch the appliance
off.

Switch it on, don't wait for any lights, as soon as you press the button for on hit the programme button 4 times within 3 seconds.

You have to be extremely fast for this.

You'll know you've done it correctly when the 1st and 5th lights come on flashing.

Press the programme button once, the 1st light will go out.

Switch off, wait 20 seconds.

Switch on.

Swich off, wait 20 seconds.

Switch on, select a programme and try the machine again.

This works and it's the only way to do it

Trevor, December 2009

I have the diplomat 8902 , phoned 4 different service centres locally, all said DIPLOMAT!!! can't fix them, the parts are obsolete, said it would be £50 call out charge totell me same. So followed your instructions on emptying spill tray pressing buttons cleaning all filters .... nothing, traced the inlet water pipe, plunged my sink, switched on machine for the 50th time and could hear water trickling ..waggled inlet hose & HEY PRESTO, thanku so so sooo much

Lorraine, December 2009

hi all i have a diplomat adp8224 integral dishwasher it was coming up with FA on a rinse program, i took the kick plate off unscrewed the metal front plate on the dishwasher (the screws were really hard to unscrew needed allen key) drained the tray using a baking tray wiped dry turned the electric back on pressed the programme button on right 4 times then it started straight away and the fault gone the wife commented it hadnt sounded as good since!!

steve, November 2009

Max (other one)

you need to post which lights are flashing the machine is in fault mode you need to determain what it is saying and take it from there.

for repairs in Glasgow, Lanarkshire and surrounding areas

www.diplomatrepairs.co.uk

diplomatrepairs.co.uk, November 2009

By the way. Further to my last post, there wasn't any water behind the black plastic panel to make the polystyrene float switch work. So what caused it to stop? Does anybody know?

Max (The other one), November 2009

Thank you all!!! I have a 8352 in my rented property which stopped working. I just removed the filter and bailed out the water with a ladle. Then pressed the on /off button 4 times and closed the door. IT WORKED!!!!!!!

Max (another one), November 2009

BRILLIANT!
My machine works now.
I couldn't remove the kick board, so just emptied the water from under the internal filter, turned it off at the mains, switched it back on, four quick presses of program selector and BAM!
It took several attempts, but it worked
Thanks to all that suggested this method

Trainee dishwasher fixer!, November 2009

I have a integrated diplomat dishwasher model adp 8332, try to put on any cycle, sounds like it is k for a couple of mins then starts bleeping, programme switches to rinse and shows error code F4, cannot find this black plastic cover everyne is talking about,
any ideas ?

wf rigby, November 2009

I have an integrated dishwasher and cant find the overflow tray. Please can anyone help. We cant seem to find the panel etc. x

lucy, November 2009

I have a diplomat adp8902 which has stopped working, I've tried to reset it by pressing the program select button but no luck. (this has worked previously)
Now I get the fourth program light flashing and when I switch the power on it bleeps twice. Anybody have any further suggestions?

Rob, October 2009

This Diplomat problem is common in most modern dishwashers. The fault code AF indicates that the overflow switch is in operation this is situated behind the base panel at the lowest part of the machine centrally in the overflow tray. It is a safety device to stop your kitchen flooding if something malfunctions the tray fills up with an inch or so of water and activates the cutout overflow switch. Most common cause is blocked filter so simply take out and clean filters, remove the 4 torque screws bottom front panel take panel off mop up water in tray this deactivates the cutout overflow switch and everything works again as simple as that DO NOT FORGET TO ISOLATE IE SWITCH OF POWER TO DISHWASHER BEFORE MOPPING OUT WATER FROM TRAY!!!! Note if it is a late model youmay have to press both buttons TOGETHER on far right to reset, DONT FORGET IF INTEGRAL YOU WILL HAVE TO REMOVE DECOR DOOR PANEL TO ACCESS TOP TWO SCREWS OF BOTTOM PANEL A WELL AS THE PLINTH DECOR PANEL. GOOD LUCK!! This is a really simple job 15 mins tops

BIG DAVE, October 2009

My Diplomat integrated dishwasher starts to work, you can hear the water going in, and then it beeps 4 times and stops. When you open the door it shows E2 as an error code and there is a pool of water in the bottom.
I have emptied the water and seen 3 holes in the lowest area, one has a rubber flap over it. I have tried soaking in bleach and adding boiling water, pushing things down the holes, plastic pipes and cleaning brushes; but they don't go far. I have blown water and air down the pipes, I have tried taking the dirty water pipe off and blowing down it....But all to no avail. It keeps doing the same things again. Mine doesn't have any lights, just 3 buttons (prog. time, eco) and power. Tried the reset...no help.
Any further ideas ?

Mark, October 2009

same problem, removed panel and mopped up , it appears to have done the trick.

I and my bank manager thank you all

steve, October 2009

Thanks to everyone who gave answers on the FA fault code,I had this on a ADP8332 along with the light flashing 11 times.Firstly i cleaned the filter from inside the dishwasher,then after switching off at the plug i took off the kitchen kick panel and as instructed in previous posts removed the metal front cover to find the tray had water in it.I placed a roasting tray underneath ,bending the middle of the tray down to allow the water to run off,and then dried the tray with a cloth.Did not need to reset after mains had been off and programmed dishwasher as normal ,now working again.

Dean., September 2009

My Diswasher a Diplomat, suddenly stopped working. It would start to beep and the three Red lights would be flashing when i opened the door. After reading peoples suggestions on here it is now working. I took the black plastic plate of at the botom with a screwdriver and mopped up the water in side with a teatowel. Switched it back on and its working!!! These suggestions have saved me a fortune! Thankyou so much :)

Max, September 2009

I followed the advice on here and pressed the reset button 4 times. My dishwasher is now working again. Mine also broke when I began to use the Power tablets so have now reverted back to my old faithfulls. Thanks again for all the advice, saved me a fortune.

Helen, August 2009

I picked out the rubber setting button on the right of the dishwasher.
The reason I did this was that I think it had sunk over time and wasn't sending the machine messages to work or to empty etc.

Then I switched on the machine with the bottom of a biro.
So now I can get all the programmes and change them easily and the machine is not stuck on the one programme.

To perfect my repair I plan to put a tissue under the button to improve the contact and put the button back again

Shula Rich, August 2009

My dishwasher stopped working, it would start to fill, then stop and just beep, the bottom of the dishwasher had water in in, i followed the instructions about emptying the dishwasher and dare i say it my dishwasher is working again. thanks

Kim H, August 2009

ADP 8242 dishwasher

when using the dishwasher it has starting making a very loud popping noise and it blows the trip out switch out on main electric box. Please could youy advise me what we need to do.
many thanks

hazel, July 2009

We had the same thing. There is a tray at the bottom of the dishwasher that is an overflow tray. Our dishwasher had a leak so the overflow tray was full of water. The dishwasher cuts out for safety if this tray is full. If you tip your dishwasher forward make sure you have a bowl underneath you may find that a lot of water flows out.

Mrs Chappell, July 2009

absolute lifesaver! draining the water from behind the black plastic cover was the key in fixing mine! brilliant advice :)

Jo B, June 2009

Diplomat dishwashers - all manuals can be found on ebay

John, June 2009

andy you are almost there once you get to the lights 1&5 flashing press the start button once more light 5 should go out then power off appliance and switch back on with fingers corssed it should be ok.

for repairs in Glasgow and Lanakshire
www.diplomatrepairs.co.uk

1 call, May 2009

i have tried the four button reset now about 50 times and i can get buttons 1 and 5 to flash but cannot get much further.

I think MFI have now gone bust, is there anyone that can help out there now??

andy, April 2009

same prob a everyone else here but mine really was leaking, from two o-rings (10mm x 17mm) on the right hand side of the machine, they had shrunk and hardened letting water by, 2 new seals and 50p later sorted

andy, April 2009

my machine a built in one kept bringing up the "FA" alarm.. after looking at this site i followed some of the advice given and found.. that the FA alarm would appear to be" flood alarm" or something like that.. when your filter gets blocked the machine can and will overflow into the tray under the machine.. there is a switch there which then stops the machine from filling and flooding your kitchen.. brilliant eh.

Garry, March 2009

Hey, this page just saved me a lot of trouble!
I've a built-in Whirlpool Diplomat. It stopped working, pump would run for a few minutes then it would start beeping. I opened up the metal cover at the bottom on the front (needed to use a Torx screwdriver), and found it was full of water. Drained out the water, and it all started working again.

Alan Douglas, March 2009

Answers - mend, repair, fix

hey, i have an integrated diplomat ADP 8332 which beeps after a couple of minutes showing the FA code. i mop up the water in the well, turn it on and the FA code seems to disappear but when i start a new cycle the same problem occurs and well is full of water again! any ideas?

sandy, January 2009

Top website for help. Got a Diplomat ADP8332 which had started beeping and showing code 'FA'. Found that holding the 'start' button down for 4 seconds worked for me.

Graeme, January 2009

Do check the Sump Gasket seal on the Diplomat ADP8332. If this has been fitted incorrectly at source, then over time it will leak, hence the water at bottom of tray.

Richard December 08, December 2008

My diplomat 8352 flooded the kitchen and stopped working altogether. Everytime I swotched it on it just bleeped and the first three lights flashed on the left hand side. Following the advice on here it has, I hope, just started working again after I took off the black panel at the base and mopped up the excess water in the base. I am so pleased! Thank you for your advice.

Jill P, December 2008

Hello, read all your advice, on mine the eco light is flashing and beeping twice, tried the button 4 times - lots of times, still not working, can somebody please tell me where the black cover is located on the diplomat 8242, looked every where, getting a bit fed up now. hope somebody out there can help

Rachel, November 2008

Someone else mentioned that pressing the button four times in quick succession didn't work,but press and hold for 4 seconds did. Yes! Just got mine to drain and stop bleeping. Thank you for taking the time to share answers. What a community!

Gloucestershire

Elaine, October 2008

Hi ALL Our Dishwasher showed FA (fault) after our sink was blocked not allowing the water to run away.once we had unblocked the sink our machine didnt work but after removing the front plate at the bottom of the machine and drying up the water in the tray, it started straight away our machine you guessed it a Diplomat. good luck

mark, October 2008

how do i reset

paul, September 2008

I had same problam, and it was the water presure, try switching it on when there is no other water being used. Ideal time late at night. Good Luck hope this helps.

Rhoda, September 2008

There is a God - YIPPEEEEE.

Cheers guys for the tips. 4 blips before the on light lit up and I got the first light on steady and the last light flashing. Shut the door and it sparked up (I guess it's finishing the last cycle).

Had this problem for months but managed by luck to get it working. This time however i could not sort it until i found this site.

Many thanks to all.

PS. for the record mine is a ADP8428

Dickymint, August 2008

I am getting same problem with my integrated diplomat as everyone else. Wash stopped in middle cycle and base full of water. Prewash (shower head) light on permanently with right hand power light flashing 7 times. Can anyone suggest what problem is and how to fix. Unit has been taken out and water drained.
Thanks.

Don, August 2008

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who put their comments on their problems with their Dipolmat dishwasher as after following the advice my machine is now working!!! Hooray!!! I'm glad I found this website! Thanks again !

N. Heathcote, August 2008

same issues as others - removed front panel at base - i used an alen key as the a star headed scres . mopped up water front base tray . it must be some anti flooding detection valve which is turning the dishwasher to fault mode .

Can someone tell me what is the the end symbol as its constantly on red - its not the salt

thanks

richard, July 2008

Thank you so much everyone. Had FA code, flashing lights and potentially high repair bill (after paying an £140 repair bill 6 months ago). Just dismantled bottom of dishwaher and mopped up the pool of water. Not sure what 'black plastic panel ' is and think i was lucky first time in resetting the buttons....but hey presto, dishwasher is working again - much to the relief of my son who had been delegated as temporary pot washer!!

Rachael, July 2008

Heheh. Cheers for all the responses on this topic. Had a similar problem and feared the worst when several attempts to reset didn't do anything.
Dishwasher started a cycle, beeped once after about a minute, emptied itself and then stopped, showing the three flashing lights. Reset, start again - same problem. Rinse and repeat until bored...
In the end, resetting, then restarting the cycle with the soap draw open seems to have done the trick
Without all the answers below, might have given this up as a broken dishwasher after the 10th attempt or so, so many thanks to all.

Dom, June 2008

Diplomat ADP8902. Pressing the programme button 4 times just saved me a £90 callout charge plus any parts. It took me 6-7 attempts for it to work so don't give up.

steve4e, June 2008

Problem recurred and hitting the programme button four times didn't work. Tried six and it did work! At this rate it'll be 20 times by Xmas!

Terry, June 2008

Brilliant - after reading all the entries, I managed to fix my dishwasher (hopefully I'm not tempting fate by putting it in writing, but so far so good). I have a Diplomat 8352, pushing the buttons quickly 4 times didn't work on mine, so I hunted out the black cover at the bottom of the machine (thankfully somebody mentioned to remove the plinth as I would have been looking for ages), switched off the electric, soaked the water up with towels (mind the metal work as I cut my finger on the edges), put electric back on, pressed the power button on and off 4 times (as somebody mentioned that was what they did) then I set the machine off on the rapid wash setting.
So far so good, thanks to this website (which I came across by accident) I have saved myself some money....Brilliant !!!

Bec, June 2008

FANTASTIC advice on the four button manoevure! We've a built-in dishwasher with the controls on the top of the lip of the door and it's the button on the far right you have to press the four times. I was having nightmares wondering how I would get a replacment dishwasher!

Thank you!

Terry, May 2008

Error message F4. After clearing an obvious blockage in the drainage syatem, dishwasher would still not re-start. Used the "press the program button 4 times" to re-set and it worked. Had to try it three or four times but it worked!. They don't tell you this in the manual, do they?

Elaine W, May 2008

Followed the tips in regards to the four button presses in quick time. Had to give it a couple of goes, but it was good to hear it fill up and not empty straight away (also saves a few minutes on each try, rather than waiting for the cycle to properly start or not). The last combo of lights I was left with, was far left and far right, switched it off and on again and it all kicked in.
Thanks to the people and techs who take time to post. I knew the Internet would come in handy, and not just for finding a Thai bride.

Grateful, April 2008

Resetting

1. Make sure dishwasher is empty of water.

2. Turn off Dishwasher

3. Turn back on and within first 3 seconds press black button 4 times -

4. push door closed and let washer go through cycle

5. Go to trafford centre and spend money just saved on not having to buy new dishwasher !"£$%^&*()

Siobhan, April 2008

i have just had the same problem and called someone out and was told the circuit motor had a slight leak heater was faulty and the PCB was faulty and making the machine fill and empty at the same time. { It had no problem until my sink blocked}. It was then I was told it would cost about 240 pounds to fix

Mrs R Fursey, March 2008

Hello all. Our diplomat dishwasher kept stopping half way through the cycle, bleeping endlessly and flashing F4. I found this site really nice but none of the suggestions quite worked for ours, as I think it's a different model. Anyhow just in case anyone else has this, we just got some dishwasher cleaner and ran it through twice on a really hot wash, and it's done the trick! Think it was a drainage thing.

Bee, March 2008

Thanks one and all.

I have an integrated diplomat dishwasher ADP 8332 which was flashing 11 times on the light and showing FA in the panel.

Unbeknownst to me the builders had lifted the exterior waste pipe to clean the drain after re-laying the path and forgot to lower the pipe back down again with the result that the dishwasher flooded.

Moved the pipe back, lots of water rushing out but dishwasher still full of water and in fault mode.

Turned power off.

Removed facia panel and kick panel from kitchen units and removed bottom steel panel from dishwasher (you'll need a special type of screwdriver or some good pliers as they're not normal screwheads) and found the bottom was full of water.

Emptied it out by bending middle of tray down into roasting tin placed underneath and gave it all a good wipe dry.

Did the reset already described by holding down the program button.

Ran through the rinse cycle, all ok.

Now happily typing this as it washes all the teatime pots!!

Happy days!!!!!

David, February 2008

Arrrgghh!! Please help.. My dishwasher is a Diplomat 8332.. is doing the same things as everyone else's appears to be.. except the code is showing up FA.. and have tried resetting it as advised but still no luck.. the two lights to the far right (i think one means salt the other looks like a little sun?) are just constantly on..

Please help!!
x

Siobhan, February 2008

I've just managed to reset my dishwasher using your advise on pressing the button 4 times. Ifeel great .Thanks a million.

katrina, January 2008

Pressing the programme button 4 times in quick succsesion has done the trick saved me a considerable amount of cash and time.

Gerry, January 2008

OH MY GOD!!!!!! I have had some many problems with my diplomat dishwasher i am currently on my 4th!! It was going great for 3 months and then BAM- 3 flashing lights and bleeps 8 bleeps every 2 minutes, Came on here and followed the advice and its fixed!!

1.Take plinths of below the dishwasher
2. Locate little black cover and remove
3. Turn off power (at socket)
4. Mop up water completly
5. Turn power
6. Turn on and off on dishwasher 4 times ( it might have worked first time but didnt want to chance it so followed advice on here)
7. Select programme and shut door
9. Feel chuffed, have a glass of wine you have just fixed your dishwasher!!!

Thank you all so much for posting advice. I would have been waiting another 3 weeks for the engineer to come. I'm so impressed

Sarah 2008, January 2008

Thanks to the ideas. I have a inbuilt diplomat dishwasher. Tried the reset idea but could get it to work. Then checked behind the back plate and there was a small pool of water. soaked it up and then restarted. Bingo it works. May look into the powerball thing as that is what we have. Thanks all and power to the towel!!!

Timo, January 2008

Hi

Our shower head light was on and error F1.

We have a ADP 8332, soaked up the water in the bottom on the inside, pressed and held program button, and after several attempts it is now working.

Thanks.

Jacqueline, January 2008

Thank goodness for the internet I've got an integrated diplomat 8352 everytime I tried to use it on closing the door there was 10bleeps and the first three lights flashed. Followed Duncans advice (2006) and located the black plastic cover at base of machine (had to remove kitchen plinth to get at it ) two soggy teatowels later I had mopped up the puddle of water in the base and now it's actually working. FAB!!!

Louise, December 2007

i have a built in diplomat model adp8132 n0 4 light is on with n0 5 light flashing filling all the time what is this error & how do i reset it cant get error lights to reset

j .white, November 2007

Fantastic advice. Mopped out the water and did the reset (held right hand button down until buttons 4 & 5 are flashing), then pressed far ritght button four times quickly, shut door and it started. Need to empty it out (of water) tomorrow though as it has been doing this for three weeks now - only found this website today. Looks like it could be the anti-flood switch telling me there is something wrong

Sean, November 2007

like many of you I simly pressed the righthand button 4 times, which seemed to reset the system. You may need to do it more than once as i think it took me 4 attempts!

Thanks again for this excellent sit.

Andrew Purnell, November 2007

My dishwasher was flashing F2 after a power outage, but thanks to the brilliant advice here I've managed to reset it. THANK YOU

Sue, November 2007

Thanks. Only light 5 was flashing on ours, we mopped out the bottom of the machine where the water was and tried the reset quite a few times. It eventually worked!
Many thanks for your help! No more hand washing dishes for me!!!

Michelle, November 2007

Another integrated diplomat dishwasher fixed with thanks to Dave's reset solution, error lights in positions 1,2,3 were flashing with light 5 solid. No idea what it meant, but seems to be fixed :-)

I would have been hesitant to leave a comment, but not having to register is great, well done mods

slands10, November 2007

I just reset my Integrated ADP8902 integrated dishwasher following the instructions found on this page. I let the machine try to do it's rinse only program but of course all it did was pump out, let some more water in, then bleep and stop. On opening the door, all lights were lit up. Switched off, then switched on and then gave the program button 4 fairly rapid presses. Lights 1 and 5 came on flashing. Switched off, waited a few seconds then switched back on and selected the rinse only cycle which worked straight away. I only did a search online for Diplomat dishwashers because I was resigned to buying a new circuit board (about £100) thank goodness I saw this page. I wonder how many people have forked out £160 plus for supply and fitting of a new circuit board when none was needed? Thanks to all previous posters, power to the web.

Bob Wyatt, November 2007

thank you thank you thank you all so much
I've just fixed mine following your instructions.
To reset mine I didn't press the button four times I pressed and held it (as pressing it 4 times wasn't working) then buttons 4 and 5 started flashing.
It's now washing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the internet at its best

Claire, Chesterfield, October 2007

Dear all - just to add mine to the list... having exactly the same problems but no resolution yet. Will keep you posted!

Andy, Embra, October 2007

Thanks everybody, that has saved me £60.00, just wish that I had gone onto this site before ringing the engineer the last 3 times that it has broken.

Louise, October 2007

Dave/Mark,

I've been having similar issues to everyone else.

I turn on the washer, select program, the as soon as i close the door it starts bleeping. I then open the door and the start button flashes.

I was unable to do the reset, as i read it.
1) Turn off power (no lights)
2) Turn on power, then hit the program button 4 times quickly.

all this does, is go thru the selection of programs???

I couldn't find the black plastic cover. Mine is integrated washer. It's not on the door itself is it?

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

Bobby

Bobby Makenji, September 2007

My diplomat dishwasher had a similar problem but the start LED flashed six times. I tried several of the fixes on this page but non did the trick, in the end I took the waste pipe of and blew down it and then sucked (Beware of the water in the pipe), this seemed to dislodge a blockage. Tried the machine again and it now it workes fine again

Chris J, September 2007

I Have a Diplomat ADP8332 Have checked filter and cleaned also water supply.Machine set on 50 degrees, starts to run then programme switches to pre rinse and start button gives out 11 flashes.
Can you help please?

Paul Lambert, September 2007

Fantastic - dishwasher fixed without a 'man that can' not that I could find one! What i would add to the quick fire 4 button press is that when you turn your dishwasher on you need to hit the programme button BEFORE the lights on the program selections start to flash.

PHEW - your life savers guys (the goodbye to the marigolds).

Helen, August 2007

Our Diplomat dishwasher gets part way through the wash cycle then shuts down and of the row of five lights along the top door edge, the first three flash in unison. If the power is turned off then on again to restart the machine, the last two lights flash as soon as the power switch is on.

I read several posts that suggest a system reset is required. I tried all suggested methods but none have had any good effect.

Just to help others with this 3 flashinig light symptom, it can also indicate the controller board is dead. want to know why? read on...

An engineer was called, he removed the door panel revealing the control circuit board, top left of the door just below the row of lights and associated selector button. He tested the board with a multimeter and declared the board dead, since the correct voltages were not detected.

So what could have caused the board to blow?
Before calling the engineer I removed broken glass from inside the main water pump, jamming the impeller. Since this is an induction motor the start up current can be double the normal running current, this would be enough to destroy any semiconductor controlling the motor.

I've answered my own question here but I thought this may be helpful to anyone with the same situation.

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Mr. Edwards, Aberdeen., July 2007

Thank you for the advice here! This is putting the internet to decent use.

I was a little worried after the wash completed and there was a pool of water lying at the bottom with no apparent reason why.

Took the water out, left it overnight (although only because it was very late when I discovered it), then ran a cycle this morning. No rebooting necessary on mine (although cannot confirm it's the same one as stated above)

When I ran it this morning, it stopped after about 5 minutes. I then started it again and it's worked fine. I can only imagine that it was running the rest of the unfinished cycle in the last wash it did before busting up.

(Just for reference)
It has the following buttons with lights above them: start, pre-wash(picture of a shower head), 55 Degrees, plates and lastly pots

To run a cycle, I select plates, and then press start

Dane, June 2007

Turn off the power to the machine
Remove the black cover plate at thr bottom of the machine you will find that the bottom of the machine is flodded mop up the water and it will work again for one wash then the whole thing occurs again.
I have got the same problem but dont no the solution as yet waiting for someone to help us out
Regards
Trevor

Trevor Walsh, March 2007

Good one dave worked 4 me but had to have about 5 goes @ getting the "speed" of the 4 button pushes right, (must have lights1 & 5 flashing, otherwise does not reset), THANKS

ted, January 2007

Dudes: you just rescued the skin of my hands from evil detergents!
I had the same problem with a Diplomat dishwasher (model unknown), and solved it by mopping the well, and then applied the reset procedure and must say I've never been happier to hear a complete wash cycle...

A few precision: the well is INSIDE the dishwasher, under the plastic grid...I spent some time looking outside under the machine and luckily didn't dismantle it!
Also, the reset procedure is a bit tricky and for no apparent reason it failed the first 3 attempts (wrong lights turned on) but eventually it worked.

Val, January 2007

Thanks for your advise Dave. Pressed the program cycle button 4 times quickly and then lights one and five appeared (they were flashing by the way). Switched machine off and closed door for a few second as suggested. When started machine again Hey Presto it worked. Hurray!!

Beccy S, December 2006

Thank you so much! Having read your answers I have fixed my dishwasher. No washing up on Christmas Day!!! Brilliant.

Jane G, November 2006

Thanks guys! I have a Diplomat ADP 8352 (integrated) and was all bewildered when it refused to start any new programs. It just started beeping as soon as I shut the door and when I opened it the first 3 program LEDs were flashing. Removing the black service panel at the bottom front and mopping up the water under the flooding valve sorted the problem! I never managed to reset the machine though by pressing the program selector…

Tomas, October 2006

Had this problem with my diplomat integrated dishwasher. Followed the advice - located black plastic cover at foot of machine, removed it and moped out water in shallow well in base - and now it's working fine! Spot on. Saves me having to wait till Thursday for an engineer. Thanks for the top advice!!!!

Duncan, May 2006

Hello there, I was wondering if someone might be able to help. I've got a Diplomat ADP 8234 Dishwasher, but it's stopped working. Once you've selected a programme and closed the door, you can hear the pump working - though there's no longer any water left to pump out, but then the cycle stops and the machine just beeps. Inside, the light by the start programme button is flashing. Does anyone know what might be wrong, or at least how to reset this machine? I would appreciate it.

Dylan, November 2005

Fantastic advice from Dave - saved the day! All the lights were flashing on my slimline smeg dishwasher (found out at a friend's last night that they're the same as the diplomat after seeing hers) after the salt ran out and I couldn't reset it - the manual doesn't mention the four presses and restart trick so Dave saved me a callout fee - Cheers!

Simon, October 2005

That's a shame it didn't work. I wouldn't give up on it though, I tried that way of resetting every time I went to the DW for a few days and nothing happened until one time it did reset when I wasn't expecting it all.

Dave, September 2005

No luck I'm afraid!

On the use of tablets, we were using just powder up until now and then tried the tablets which seems to coincide with our problem now.

Mike, September 2005

I found resetting the dishwasher was a bit hit and miss so I can't guarantee this will work. Turn the power on and then hit the program cycle button four times quite quickly. You will know if it has worked if lights one and five are on (I'm afraid I can't remember if they were flashing or constant, I think the former but wouldn't swear to it). Once you get to this posistion turn the dishwasher off and shut the door. Leave it a few seconds and when you next switch it on, hopefully it will have reset.
Let me know how you get on

Dave, September 2005

Dave

we have the same problem and you mention that you have found out how to reset the dishwasher. How do you do this?

Mike, September 2005

Thanks a lot Mark, I'd scoured the net and found similar advice but there was no water in the bottom of the washer. Eventually I tracked down how to reset the machine and since doing this I haven't had any problems. I've stopped using the power tablets though which I've been told can cause the problem you described.
Any way it seems okay now so that's the main thing!

Dave, September 2005

I had the same problem this weekend, the basic instructions don't include the error codes so after about 3 hours of searching the web I found that the problem was probalbly caused by the anti-flood switch.
at the bottom of the dishwasher at the front is a black plastic cover, remove this (after switching of at the mains) have a look in the bottom of the machine, if it is filled with water simply mop it out and this should solve the problem, it did for me.

Mark, August 2005

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