It's a sixth sense machine. On the last occasion it stopped with an FA error, on both occasions it seems to be towards the end of the programme. THe crockery seems to be clean but not quite dry.

Sandra Swindail, November 2005

F8 means you have a blockage in your drainage pipe and this can be repaired at home by a normal dude with a couple of screwdrivers and a little common sense, hope this helps

chris, August 2007

Technician came out and replaced the spray pump motor. No more F8 error!

It's running quieter and smoother than when I first bought it which leads me to believe it was a dud out of the factory.

DJ Spank, February 2006

I don't have an answer for this but I am having the same problem with my Whirlpool ADP5550.

Washes for a certain amount of time then makes a lot of noise sounds like a pump is stopping/starting. Then my pipes knock a bit and after a couple of minutes the dishwasher stops with F8.

Already had a technician out who ran the self test which went through fine. He told me to change the powder I am using and not use rinse aid - nothing he said has worked.

Whirlpool support is rubbish, if the self test goes through okay which it does ( big deal ) they will say there is no problem and charge you.

Anyone got any ideas here? I have checked the filter and am about to throw this thing in the river.

DJ Spank, January 2006

Same here. Its brand new (only the second time I have used it . First time was no problem) and cleans the dishes but not quite dries them. Whirlpool say that an F8 message relates to water pressure/level fault. They said the most likely thing could be a kink in the water inlet hose. Seems odd as it has already cleaned and rinsed the dishes before it suffers from problem.

Ian Skinner, November 2005