--- title: "Dishwasher error code F-3" description: "Dacor dishwasher error code F-3: The machine heated for as long as it should have and the water did not get warmer." url: "https://dacormiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-edw-f-3/" date_modified: "2026-09-12" Appliance type: "dishwasher" --- # Dishwasher error code F-3 ### What F-3 means on this make The machine heated for as long as it should have and the water did not get warmer. The heater, its thermal protection and the sensor watching the result are the three candidates, and they are separated by measurement rather than by symptom. It is worth knowing that a machine with this problem will still wash after a fashion, which is why it is often reported as ‘not drying’ or ‘glass has gone cloudy’ rather than as a problem. ### Where this appears, and which table it belongs to On the appliance’s own display. Photograph it before you cut the power: a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. Then check the model, because this make changed hands in 2016 and the two generations share no code string. The same characters mean different things on a Classic ERC oven, an ER-series range and a Modernist induction cooktop, and a meaning read off the wrong table is worse than no meaning at all. ### Which machines this one applies to EDW and IDW dishwashers. The same number on a different appliance of this make is a different page and often a different repair, which is why this archive is organized by appliance rather than by number. This maker documents codes on 5 of the appliance types this site publishes — coffee machine, cooktop, dishwasher, oven and range — and publishes none at all for freezer, microwave, range hood, refrigerator and wine cooler. Those appliances have symptom pages here and no code pages, which is the honest answer rather than borrowing a table from the machine next door. ### What to do about it - Say whether the complaint began as poor drying or cloudy glass — that is this problem more often than not. - The element is measured for continuity and for a proper resistance, not just tested for a break. - The thermal cut-out is checked; it opens for a reason and the reason matters. - A sensor reading warm produces the same code with a perfectly healthy heater. ### Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is [dishwasher drying and heat repair](/services/dishwasher-drying-and-heat-repair/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 363-6067](tel:+13053636067) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. EDW and IDW dishwashers What this one means What F-3 means on this make The machine heated for as long as it should have and the water did not get warmer. The heater, its thermal protection and the sensor watching the result are the three candidates, and they are separated by measurement rather than by symptom. It is worth knowing that a machine with this problem will still wash after a fashion, which is why it is often reported as ‘not drying’ or ‘glass has gone cloudy’ rather than as a problem. Where this appears, and which table it belongs to On the appliance’s own display. Photograph it before you cut the power: a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. Then check the model, because this make changed hands in 2016 and the two generations share no code string. The same characters mean different things on a Classic ERC oven, an ER-series range and a Modernist induction cooktop, and a meaning read off the wrong table is worse than no meaning at all. Which machines this one applies to EDW and IDW dishwashers. The same number on a different appliance of this make is a different page and often a different repair, which is why this archive is organized by appliance rather than by number. This maker documents codes on 5 of the appliance types this site publishes — coffee machine, cooktop, dishwasher, oven and range — and publishes none at all for freezer, microwave, range hood, refrigerator and wine cooler. Those appliances have symptom pages here and no code pages, which is the honest answer rather than borrowing a table from the machine next door. What to do about it Say whether the complaint began as poor drying or cloudy glass — that is this problem more often than not. The element is measured for continuity and for a proper resistance, not just tested for a break. The thermal cut-out is checked; it opens for a reason and the reason matters. A sensor reading warm produces the same code with a perfectly healthy heater. Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is dishwasher drying and heat repair, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 363-6067](tel:+13053636067) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. --- **[Read full article: Dishwasher error code F-3](https://dacormiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-edw-f-3/)**