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title: "Dishwasher error code F-5"
description: "Dacor dishwasher error code F-5: The fan that moves air for drying is not doing what the control expects."
url: "https://dacormiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-edw-f-5/"
date_modified: "2026-09-12"
Appliance type: "dishwasher"
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# Dishwasher error code F-5

### What F-5 means on this make

The fan that moves air for drying is not doing what the control expects. It is the mildest code in this table: the machine will wash and rinse perfectly well without it, and the only symptom most people notice is a load that comes out wetter than it used to. That makes it a repair worth scheduling rather than an emergency, and it is often a fan or a connection rather than anything structural.

### 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

- Note whether washing is otherwise normal — with this code it usually is.
- The fan and its supply are checked; obstruction is as common as failure.
- It is safe to keep using the machine meanwhile, accepting wetter loads.
- Worth combining with any other outstanding work rather than a visit of its own.

### 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-5 means on this make

The fan that moves air for drying is not doing what the control expects. It is the mildest code in this table: the machine will wash and rinse perfectly well without it, and the only symptom most people notice is a load that comes out wetter than it used to. That makes it a repair worth scheduling rather than an emergency, and it is often a fan or a connection rather than anything structural.

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

Note whether washing is otherwise normal — with this code it usually is.

The fan and its supply are checked; obstruction is as common as failure.

It is safe to keep using the machine meanwhile, accepting wetter loads.

Worth combining with any other outstanding work rather than a visit of its own.

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.

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