Error code
Bosch dishwasher error code E06
Bosch error code E06: the machine cannot confirm the door is closed. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on dishwashers.
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What we can confirm
Code E06, from the manufacturer's own documentation
A code is only meaningful together with the machine showing it — the same digits mean different things on different equipment.
What it narrows down to
Door sensor
What you are probably seeing
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What it looks like from the kitchen
The symptom this code usually arrives with
A code names the subsystem; the symptom is what sent you to look at the display in the first place. That page says what it usually turns out to be, cheapest cause first.
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Often the door, not the machine Dishwasher will not start
A machine that does nothing, starts and stops, or lights up and never fills. Door and power account for most of these, and both are worth checking before anything is booked.
- No lights at all
- Lights on but nothing happens
- Starts, then stops within a minute
On the same appliance
What else belongs to the dishwashers
On this make a code belongs to the appliance rather than to a product line. These are the other conditions this machine can display, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this appliance can display
Heat pump circuit
Board relay
Heating self-test
Wash arm diverter
Drying fan
Heat pump heater
Mineral chamber heater
Scale build-up
Flow meter
Leak protection
Water not entering
Low water level
The same digits mean different things on different equipment. Search the full code list
In more detail
About Bosch dishwasher error code E06
What this one means
The machine cannot confirm the door is closed.
The other ways your machine may say it
The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of this appliance:
- E06, E8000 — the same condition, on machines of different ages
- Clean light flashing — how a model with no digital display says it. On that machine, the lights are the code
What the code covers
A published cause names a circuit rather than a component, which is the single most useful thing to know before ordering a part. This one covers:
- The switch behind the latch
- The latch mechanism itself
- A door that genuinely is not shutting square
What to try yourself
- Push the door firmly until it clicks
- Check the lower rack is pushed fully in and no handle is fouling the door
- Look at whether the door sits level along the top edge
Then what
The machine will not fill without this confirmation, which is sensible in an appliance that holds water. Half of these are the door rather than the switch.
This code is published for dishwashers. The full list of codes has the rest.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards