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title: "Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code F5"
description: "Fisher and Paykel dishwasher error code F5 belongs to the lid motor error family. The maker publishes the family rather than a meaning for the number, and…"
url: "https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-f5-dishwasher/"
date_modified: "2026-08-26"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers and DishDrawers"
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# Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code F5

### What the maker publishes about F5

It belongs to the **lid motor error** family on dishdrawer 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

- If no water is visible, turn the power off at the power supply and leave the dishwasher off overnight.
- Run a cycle without detergent. If the error clears, reduce detergent to no more than one teaspoon.
- If water is visible on the floor, turn off power and water and book a service.
- Check and remove any debris around the rotor.
- If the error continues, book a service.
- Check incoming water temperature is below 65°C.
- A tempering valve may be required. Book a service.
- These errors require a service technician. Book a service.

### The same number means something else on another machine

F5 is not one condition on this maker — it is 4 of them, keyed to the appliance rather than to the number. See [the same number on a wine cabinet](https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-f5-wine-cooler/), [the same number on a freezer](https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-f5-freezer/), [the same number on a refrigerator](https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-f5-refrigerator/). 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 [DishDrawer lid & seal repair](https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/services/dishdrawer-lid-and-seal-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.

DishDrawer dishwashers

What this one means

What the maker publishes about F5

It belongs to the lid motor error family on dishdrawer 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

If no water is visible, turn the power off at the power supply and leave the dishwasher off overnight.

Run a cycle without detergent. If the error clears, reduce detergent to no more than one teaspoon.

If water is visible on the floor, turn off power and water and book a service.

Check and remove any debris around the rotor.

If the error continues, book a service.

Check incoming water temperature is below 65°C.

A tempering valve may be required. Book a service.

These errors require a service technician. Book a service.

The same number means something else on another machine

F5 is not one condition on this maker — it is 4 of them, keyed to the appliance rather than to the number. See the same number on a wine cabinet, the same number on a freezer, the same number on a refrigerator. 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 DishDrawer lid & seal 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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