Maytag dishwasher error codes: water in, water out, or the heater — the Clean light spells it.

The dishwasher opened the fill valve and the water did not come in, or not enough of it, inside the time allowed.

1. The supply valve under the sink (the small lever on the hot line that feeds the dishwasher) is fully open.
2. The hot water at the sink runs; a dishwasher fills from the hot line, and a closed valve at the water heater or a slow well pump starves it.
3. The float in the tub's floor (the small dome at the front) lifts and drops freely — a glass shard or a fork tine under it holds it up and the fill never starts.
4. Reset and run Rinse Only; listen for the fill in the first minute.

Open the valve and clear the float, and the code clears. A dishwasher with water to the valve, a free float and no fill is the water inlet valve — a part, replaced at the front left behind the kick panel.

The float in the tub's floor rose and tripped its switch: the water is higher than it should be, or the float is stuck up.

1. Lift and drop the float dome by hand; it should move freely and click. Clear whatever is under it.
2. Is the tub actually full? Water over the float with the dishwasher off means the fill valve is not closing — close the supply valve under the sink.
3. Reset and run Rinse Only.

A free float and a normal water line clear it. Water rising with the dishwasher off is the inlet valve — a part; a float that reads tripped while the tub is dry is the float switch.

The drain pump ran and the water in the sump did not go down in time.

1. A newly installed dishwasher, or a new garbage disposal: the knockout plug in the disposal's dishwasher inlet is still in. It is punched out from inside the disposal with a screwdriver and a tap.
2. The drain hose rises in a high loop under the counter before it meets the disposal or the sink tailpiece; a hose lying flat on the cabinet floor backs up.
3. The disposal is clear and runs; a disposal full of peels backs the dishwasher up into the sump.
4. The filter in the tub's floor (twist and lift) is clean — rice, labels and glass sit in the sump below it; lift the cover and clear it.

Punch the knockout, loop the hose, clean the filter and the sump, and run Cancel/Drain. A dishwasher that drains with a clear hose into an empty sink and still prints F8E1 has a pump wearing out — a part.

The control drove the drain pump and read an electrical fault — the pump's winding is open, or something has it jammed.

1. Lift the filter and the sump cover and look for a piece of glass or a toothpick wedged in the pump's impeller at the bottom; turn it with a finger — it should spin with only a little resistance.
2. Reset and run Cancel/Drain; listen for the pump's hum.

A jammed impeller cleared by hand runs again. A pump that is free and silent, or hums and will not turn, is the drain pump — a part, replaced from below.

A key has read as pressed for too long.

1. Press each key once and feel for one that does not come back up.
2. Wipe the panel dry — a wet hand or a cleaner left on the buttons holds a key down.
3. Breaker off one minute.

A key still stuck after cleaning is the user interface (the panel in the door's edge or face) — a part.

The user interface and the main control lost communication, or the two do not match each other (a panel replaced with the wrong one).

1. Breaker off five full minutes, on again, start a cycle.

F2E2 that returns is the harness between the two or one of the boards — a service call.

The door latch did not report closed, or the door opened during the cycle.

1. Close the door firmly until the latch clicks; a rack pushed in crooked, or a tall pot against the door, keeps it from latching.
2. The strike plate on the tub frame is tight and clean.
3. Reset and start again.

A latched door that still reads open is the door latch assembly (the switch is inside it) — a part behind the inner door panel.

The control found a relay on its own board stuck on, or a circuit it drives drawing current when it should not.

1. Breaker off five minutes, on again, run Rinse Only.

F9E1 that returns is the control board — a part; a service call. A board with a relay stuck on can keep the heater or a pump running, so leave the breaker off until it is seen.

Not a fault. The buttons are locked so a child cannot start the dishwasher; the lock light is on and nothing answers.

1. Press and hold the key the panel marks Control Lock (on many, Heated Dry or Cycle Signal) for three seconds until the light goes out.

The panel answers again.