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AEG dishwasher i50: pump or wash-circulation fault

Verified with sources1 sourceReviewed Aug 23, 2026
Technician coming? See what they must show you
Open dishwasher showing its racks
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Risk level

Medium

Proceed carefully and stop if the check is unclear.

Urgency

High

Quick answer

i50 means the drain-pump or wash-circulation branch did not operate normally. Preserve the full display and model, then use whether the machine fails while emptying or only after it has filled and should begin spraying to choose the next branch before any part or paid repair.

Safety first

Stop and check this first

  • Stop immediately for water near electricity, smoke, burning smell, abnormal heat, damaged cable or repeated breaker trips. Close the water tap when a leak is possible; sealed water, heat and mains circuits are professional-only.

Safe checks you can perform

  • Capture the decision evidence
  • Run the one discriminating check
  • Stop at the result boundary

Leave these tasks to a qualified professional

  • Do not attempt this professional task: Evidence-led AEG handoff for i50

What a technician must be able to justify

A technician is coming

These are the steps they must carry out and show you. Tick them as they work: if steps are skipped, do not accept a part swap.

These are not instructions for opening or handling the equipment yourself. They are the checks that should support a technical conclusion.

  1. Evidence-led AEG handoff for i50

    What they doA qualified technician should test filter obstruction, drain pump, circulation pump, motor feedback, harness or control, using the exact model/PNC and the recorded result for whether the machine fails while emptying or only after it has filled and should begin spraying.

Before accepting a part or repair

Nothing has been shown yet. Do not accept a part swap based on the code alone.

Checks and evidence, step by step

Follow the documented order. An error code identifies the affected system, but it does not prove by itself which part has failed.

  1. 1

    Capture the decision evidence

    No special tools

    Procedure

    Photograph i50, the complete message and model/PNC. Record the failed programme stage and whether the machine fails while emptying or only after it has filled and should begin spraying. Do not clear the history repeatedly.

    Stop immediately for water near electricity, smoke, burning smell, abnormal heat, damaged cable or repeated breaker trips. Close the water tap when a leak is possible; sealed water, heat and mains circuits are professional-only.

    Evidence: AEG France — dishwasher i50 pump/circulation error

  2. 2

    Run the one discriminating check

    No special tools

    Procedure

    After the water cools and power is isolated, clean the filters and visible spray-arm openings. Run one controlled cycle only; record whether drain or wash circulation is the first missing action.

    Stop immediately for water near electricity, smoke, burning smell, abnormal heat, damaged cable or repeated breaker trips. Close the water tap when a leak is possible; sealed water, heat and mains circuits are professional-only.

    Evidence: AEG France — dishwasher i50 pump/circulation error

  3. 3

    Stop at the result boundary

    No special tools

    Procedure

    No drain sound selects the drain branch. Successful draining followed by no spray selects circulation. Both working before i50 returns selects motor feedback/control; do not buy a pump from the code alone. If the same result returns after this one controlled pass, stop rather than chaining resets or cycles.

    Stop immediately for water near electricity, smoke, burning smell, abnormal heat, damaged cable or repeated breaker trips. Close the water tap when a leak is possible; sealed water, heat and mains circuits are professional-only.

    Evidence: AEG France — dishwasher i50 pump/circulation error

Where this code applies

A code is meaningful only inside the right product and version context.

Primary scope

System
Appliances
Brand
AEG
Product type
Dishwashers

Known code variants

  • AEG dishwasher i50
  • AEG Fehler i50
  • AEG Geschirrspüler i50
  • AEG i50 error
  • AEG lavastoviglie i50
  • AEG lavavajillas i50
  • AEG lave-vaisselle i50
  • code erreur AEG i50
  • Electrolux dishwasher i50
  • Electrolux i50
  • error AEG i50
  • error i50 lavavajillas Electrolux
  • errore AEG i50
  • I50
  • i50 AEG dishwasher
  • i50 AEG Geschirrspüler
  • i50 AEG lavastoviglie
  • i50 AEG lavavajillas
  • i50 AEG lave-vaisselle
  • i51
  • i52
  • i53
  • i54
  • i55
  • i56
  • i57
  • i58
  • i59
  • i5A
  • i5C
  • i5H

What it means

AEG's official French support documents i50 on the dishwasher as follows: the drain-pump or wash-circulation branch did not operate normally. The exact model manual controls compatibility; the same code on another appliance can mean something else.

Warnings and stop conditions

  • Highsource verified

    Stop immediately for water near electricity, smoke, burning smell, abnormal heat, damaged cable or repeated breaker trips. Close the water tap when a leak is possible; sealed water, heat and mains circuits are professional-only.

    Evidence: AEG France — dishwasher i50 pump/circulation error

Symptoms and causes

Probable causes · in order

  • Official AEG meaningConfirmed

    AEG's official French support documents i50 on the dishwasher as follows: the drain-pump or wash-circulation branch did not operate normally. The exact model manual controls compatibility; the same code on another appliance can mean something else.

    Evidence: AEG France — dishwasher i50 pump/circulation error

  • What still has to be separatedPossible

    filter obstruction, drain pump, circulation pump, motor feedback, harness or control

    Evidence: AEG France — dishwasher i50 pump/circulation error

Virtual technician

Does I50 still appear after these checks?

Answer a few questions to narrow down the likely cause and the safest next action. Guidance only - it never replaces a professional.

Sources and technical references

  1. 1
Sources: AEG France — dishwasher i50 pump/circulation errorreviewed 2026-08-23 · verified

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