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F18
Miele dishwasher F18: a defective water-inlet valve
Evidence linked to this decision
View source: Miele dishwasher fault F18Risk level
Medium
Proceed carefully and stop if the check is unclear.
Urgency
High
Quick answer
F18 indicates a defective water-inlet valve on a Miele dishwasher covered by the official support page. Record the full display and model number before making only the documented external checks.
Safety first
Stop and check this first
- Stop immediately for leakage, burning smell, smoke, repeated tripping, damaged cable or water near electricity. Close the tap where relevant; internal mains, heating and leak work is not user-serviceable.
Safe checks you can perform
- Preserve the exact evidence
- Check the external water supply
- Try only one controlled restart
Leave these tasks to a qualified professional
- Do not attempt this professional task: Model-specific Miele dishwasher diagnosis
What a technician must be able to justify
Technician visit
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.
Model-specific Miele dishwasher diagnosis
What they doA qualified appliance technician should confirm the model generation and test the relevant pump, valve, relay, sensor, lock, harness, water path or controller.
Before accepting a part or repair
Nothing has been shown yet. Do not accept a part swap based on the code alone.
Follow these steps
Note: Follow the documented order. An error code identifies the affected system, but it does not prove by itself which part has failed.
Preserve the exact evidence
Switch the dishwasher off normally, photograph the complete display and record the model and serial number. Do not keep clearing the code.
Stop immediately for leakage, burning smell, smoke, repeated tripping, damaged cable or water near electricity. Close the tap where relevant; internal mains, heating and leak work is not user-serviceable.
Evidence: Miele dishwasher fault F18
Check the external water supply
Confirm the stopcock is fully open and the visible inlet hose is not kinked. Clean the inlet filter only as described for the exact model; never immerse the electrical valve housing.
Stop immediately for leakage, burning smell, smoke, repeated tripping, damaged cable or water near electricity. Close the tap where relevant; internal mains, heating and leak work is not user-serviceable.
Evidence: Miele dishwasher fault F18
Try only one controlled restart
After one documented external correction, reconnect and start one normal programme. If the code returns, stop and arrange Miele-qualified service.
Stop immediately for leakage, burning smell, smoke, repeated tripping, damaged cable or water near electricity. Close the tap where relevant; internal mains, heating and leak work is not user-serviceable.
Evidence: Miele dishwasher fault F18
Still not solved
If the error persists, stop here. See what the technician must do and show you.
Virtual technician
Does F18 still appear after these checks?
This guided flow uses the exact code and your answers to choose a test, an expected result and the next branch.
Where this code applies
A code is meaningful only inside the right product and version context.
Primary scope
- System
- Appliances
- Brand
- Miele
- Product type
- Dishwashers
Known code variants
- anomalía F18 Miele
- anomalie F18 Miele
- Bosch F18 lavadora
- Bosch F18 washer
- Bosch lavadora no desagua F18
- Bosch washer F18 error
- Bosch washer not draining F18
- code erreur F18 lave-linge Siemens
- code erreur F18 lave-vaisselle Miele
- codice E18 Siemens
- código E18 Siemens
- E00-18
- erreur E18 Siemens
- error F18 lavadora Bosch
- error F18 lavadora Siemens
- error F18 lavavajillas Miele
- errore F18 lavastoviglie Miele
- errore F18 lavatrice Siemens
- F18 Siemens
- Fehlercode F18 Miele
- guasto F18 Miele
- Miele dishwasher F18
- Miele F18
- Miele fault F18
- Miele Geschirrspüler Fehler F18
- Siemens E18
- Siemens F18
- Siemens Fehlercode E18
- Siemens Waschmaschine Fehler F18
- Siemens washer F18
- Siemens washing machine E18
What it means
Miele's official dishwasher support describes F18 as a defective water-inlet valve. The same F-code can mean something else on another Miele product, and the exact operating instructions take precedence.
Warnings and stop conditions
- Highsource verified
Stop immediately for leakage, burning smell, smoke, repeated tripping, damaged cable or water near electricity. Close the tap where relevant; internal mains, heating and leak work is not user-serviceable.
Evidence: Miele dishwasher fault F18
Symptoms and causes
Probable causes · in order
- Water-inlet pathConfirmed
Miele's official dishwasher support describes F18 as a defective water-inlet valve. The same F-code can mean something else on another Miele product, and the exact operating instructions take precedence.
Evidence: Miele dishwasher fault F18
- Model-specific Miele dishwasher diagnosisPossible
An inlet valve, flow meter, pressure condition or sealed water-path fault can produce the same branch.
Evidence: Miele dishwasher fault F18
Sources and technical references
- 1
Miele Great Britain · official_doc
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