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title: "Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code E9"
description: "Fisher and Paykel dishwasher error code E9 belongs to the diverter valve or motor failure family."
url: "https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e9-dishwasher/"
date_modified: "2026-08-26"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers and DishDrawers"
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# Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code E9

### What the maker publishes about E9

It belongs to the **diverter valve or motor failure** 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

E9 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](https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e9-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 control & motor repair](https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/services/dishwasher-control-and-motor-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.

Built-in drop-door dishwashers

What this one means

What the maker publishes about E9

It belongs to the diverter valve or motor failure 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

E9 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 control & motor 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.

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