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title: "Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code Flashing ‘F’ pattern"
description: "Fisher and Paykel dishwasher error code Flashing and #8216;F and #8217; pattern — fisher and Paykel dishwasher error code Flashing 'F' pattern: An 'F' error…"
url: "https://fisherpaykelmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-flashing-f-pattern-dishwasher/"
date_modified: "2026-08-26"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers and DishDrawers"
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# Fisher & Paykel dishwasher error code Flashing ‘F’ pattern

### What Flashing 'F' pattern means on a dishwasher

An 'F' error on a DishDrawer has no number on the display: the wash modifier and lock indicators flash together, and one or more program indicators stay lit. On a double, the two drawers can be showing different errors at once. This is the maker’s own wording from the DishDrawer dishwashers user guide, not an interpretation of it.

### What to do

- Press to stop the beeping, then again to switch the machine off.
- Wait a few seconds, then press again to switch it back on.
- If the pattern returns, note which indicators are lit before calling — that pattern is the code.

Note the code down before you clear it. On this maker it is the one piece of evidence that disappears the moment power is cycled, and it is the first thing anybody will ask you for.

### 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.

DishDrawer dishwashers

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What Flashing 'F' pattern means on a dishwasher

An 'F' error on a DishDrawer has no number on the display: the wash modifier and lock indicators flash together, and one or more program indicators stay lit. On a double, the two drawers can be showing different errors at once. This is the maker’s own wording from the DishDrawer dishwashers user guide, not an interpretation of it.

What to do

Press to stop the beeping, then again to switch the machine off.

Wait a few seconds, then press again to switch it back on.

If the pattern returns, note which indicators are lit before calling — that pattern is the code.

Note the code down before you clear it. On this maker it is the one piece of evidence that disappears the moment power is cycled, and it is the first thing anybody will ask you for.

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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