Error code
Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code E4
Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code E4 belongs to the drain hose error family. The maker publishes the family rather than a meaning for the number, and this page says exactly that and no more.
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What we can confirm
Code E4, from the manufacturer's own documentation
A code is only meaningful together with the machine showing it — the same digits mean different things on different equipment.
The code
E4
Drain hose error. The maker groups this number rather than publishing a meaning for it on its own.
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What it narrows down to
Drain hose error
Diagnostic
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On the same appliance
What else belongs to the dishwashers and dishdrawers
On this make a code belongs to the appliance rather than to a product line. These are the other conditions this machine can display, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this appliance can display
Water supply error: the drawer did not fill.
The drawer cannot drain: the filter may be
The spray arm has loosened or come off
The machine has detected excess foam in the
The Sanitize cycle did not reach the temperature
The element has overheated because of soil build-up
No water: the machine did not fill.
Drain error: the waste water is not draining
Water temperature error.
Alarm error on temperature sensing.
Alarm error.
Flooding: the flood switch has been activated.
The same digits mean different things on different equipment. Search the full code list
In more detail
About Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code E4
What the maker publishes about E4
It belongs to the drain hose error family on built-in drop-door dishwashers, and that is as far as the published information goes. The maker names the family and prints one instruction for every number inside it; it does not publish a separate meaning for this one. We publish what it publishes.
That is a smaller answer than a table would be and a more useful one than a guess. It tells a technician which half of the machine to begin in, and it stops a control board being quoted against a sensor condition.
What to do
- E1 or E2: Check that the door is completely closed and that nothing is obstructing it.
- E3, E4, F3 or F4: Check and clean the filter. Check that the drain hose is not blocked or bent, and that it is installed correctly.
- E5: Turn on the taps and check that water is running. Check that the inlet hose is not bent and that it is installed correctly. Check and clean the spray arm.
- E6: Turn off the water and power supply to the dishwasher, and book a service repair.
- E2, E7, E8, E9, EA or ECO: Book a service repair.
The same number means something else on another machine
E4 is not one condition on this maker — it is 2 of them, keyed to the appliance rather than to the number. See the same number on a cooktop. If the page you arrived from was about a different machine, it was describing a different problem.
What the repair is
Conditions in this family end at Dishwasher drain & filter repair more often than anywhere else. The figure on that page is a starting point; the exact cost is confirmed after an on-site diagnostic and agreed in writing before anything is opened.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards