Electrolux dishwasher door will not close

What is actually happening

An integrated dishwasher door carries the weight of a cupboard door on its hinges and springs, and those take a lot of use. When a hinge spring or cable breaks the door drops slightly, stops meeting the catch square, and will not latch — which the machine reads as an open door and refuses to run.

The Electrolux fault codes that point at this

A Electrolux dishwasher will usually tell you what it thinks is wrong before anyone opens it up. These are the codes we hold for this make that relate to door will not close:

• E01 — The dishwasher hasn't taken in enough water in the time it expects, so it has abandoned the cycle.
• F00 — The dishwasher has picked up water where there shouldn't be any he it stops rather than carry on filling.
• F01 — The dishwasher has detected water where it shouldn't be — either a leak inside the machine or the tub being overfilled — and has shut the cycle down to protect itself.
• F02 — The dishwasher has tried to pump the water out and hasn't managed it in the time allowed, so it has halted with water still in the bottom.
• F03 — The dishwasher isn't seeing water flow through it when it tries to fill, so it stops the programme.
• F04 — The dishwasher isn't seeing water flow into the machine, so it has halted rather than run a cycle dry.

If yours is showing one of those, that is a much shorter conversation than a general fault — tell us the code when you book and the engineer can often carry the part.

The usual causes on a Electrolux dishwasher

• A broken door hinge spring or cable on an integrated machine
• A misaligned or dropped cupboard door front
• A worn or broken door catch
• Racks or a tall item fouling the door as it closes
• The machine not sitting level in the housing

What you can safely check yourself

1. Pull the racks out and check nothing is protruding to catch the door
2. Watch the door as it closes — a door that falls the last few inches rather than closing smoothly has a broken spring
3. Check the cupboard front is still square on its fixings

Common questions

Why is my Electrolux dishwasher door will not close?

The door will not latch shut, so no cycle can be started. An integrated dishwasher door carries the weight of a cupboard door on its hinges and springs, and those take a lot of use. When a hinge spring or cable breaks the door drops slightly, stops meeting the catch square, and will not latch — which the machine reads as an open door and refuses to run.

Can I fix a Electrolux dishwasher door will not close myself?

Pull the racks out and check nothing is protruding to catch the door. Watch the door as it closes — a door that falls the last few inches rather than closing smoothly has a broken spring. Check the cupboard front is still square on its fixings. Beyond those checks this one normally needs an engineer.

What Electrolux error codes mean door will not close?

Electrolux dishwashers report this through their own fault codes. The ones that point at door will not close are E01, F00, F01, F02, F03, F04. If your machine is showing one of those, that narrows it down considerably — each has its own guide on this site.

How much does a Electrolux dishwasher repair cost?

£66 including VAT for an engineer to come out and diagnose it, or £84 in total including VAT if it is put right on the visit and no parts are needed. Any parts needed are quoted on site before we fit them — you decide. Every repair carries a 90-day workmanship guarantee.

Other Electrolux dishwasher faults

• dishwasher not draining
• dishwasher will not switch on
• dishwasher not cleaning the dishes
• dishwasher not drying the dishes
• dishwasher leaking
• dishwasher not heating the water

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Written by the engineers at ASAP Repairs from our own repair notes. See also our general guide to dishwashers door will not close and our Electrolux repairs page.