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title: "Bosch dishwasher error code E06"
description: "Bosch error code E06: the machine cannot confirm the door is closed. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on…"
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e06-dishwasher/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Bosch dishwasher error code E06

### What this one means

The machine cannot confirm the door is closed. 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:

- **E06, E8000** — the same condition, on machines of different ages
- **Clean light flashing** — 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:

- The switch behind the latch
- The latch mechanism itself
- A door that genuinely is not shutting square

### What to try yourself

- Push the door firmly until it clicks
- Check the lower rack is pushed fully in and no handle is fouling the door
- Look at whether the door sits level along the top edge

### Then what

The machine will not fill without this confirmation, which is sensible in an appliance that holds water. Half of these are the door rather than the switch.

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 machine cannot confirm the door is closed. 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:

E06, E8000 — the same condition, on machines of different ages

Clean light flashing — 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:

The switch behind the latch

The latch mechanism itself

A door that genuinely is not shutting square

What to try yourself

Push the door firmly until it clicks

Check the lower rack is pushed fully in and no handle is fouling the door

Look at whether the door sits level along the top edge

Then what

The machine will not fill without this confirmation, which is sensible in an appliance that holds water. Half of these are the door rather than the switch.

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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