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title: "Bosch error code E05"
description: "Bosch error code E05: the circuit that switches water between the spray arms is not responding."
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e05/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Bosch error code E05

### What this one means

The circuit that switches water between the spray arms is not responding. 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:

- **E05, E0106** — the same condition, on machines of different ages

### 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 diverter valve
- Its circuit on the control board

### Worth doing before you call

- Look at whether one rack is coming out clean and the other is not — that is the same story from inside the tub

### Then what

A diverter that has stopped switching leaves half the machine washing and half of it not, which is why this often arrives as a cleaning complaint rather than as a code.

This code is published for dishwashers. The [full list of codes](https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/) has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.

What this code means

What this one means

The circuit that switches water between the spray arms is not responding. 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:

E05, E0106 — the same condition, on machines of different ages

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 diverter valve

Its circuit on the control board

Worth doing before you call

Look at whether one rack is coming out clean and the other is not — that is the same story from inside the tub

Then what

A diverter that has stopped switching leaves half the machine washing and half of it not, which is why this often arrives as a cleaning complaint rather than as a code.

This code is published for dishwashers. The full list of codes has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.

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