Error code
Bosch refrigeration error code E or D
Bosch error code E or D: the refrigerator has an error message it does not describe further. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on refrigerators and wine & beverage storage.
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What we can confirm
Code E or D, from the manufacturer's own pages
A code is only meaningful together with the generation showing it — the same two digits mean different things across generations.
The code
E or D
The refrigerator has an error message it does not describe further
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What it narrows down to
General message
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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Diagnosed by behavior Refrigerator not cooling
A refrigerator running warm, cooling unevenly, or holding overnight and drifting by day. This equipment publishes almost no codes, so what it is doing matters more here than on anything else on this site.
- One compartment warm, the other fine
- Compressor running almost constantly
- Frost building at the back of the freezer
In more detail
About Bosch refrigeration error code E or D
What this one means
The refrigerator has an error message it does not describe further. It is a code the manufacturer publishes for this appliance, not one we have worked out — and it is decoded here rather than left as three characters on a display.
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:
- A letter on the refrigerator display — 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:
- Anything the appliance logs
What to try yourself
- Switch the appliance off
- Disconnect it from the power supply at the plug or the breaker
- Reconnect after five minutes
Then what
The third and last of the refrigeration codes, and the least specific. If it survives five minutes disconnected, the useful information is what the compartments are actually doing rather than what the display says.
This code is published for refrigerators and wine & beverage storage. The full list of codes has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards