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title: "Bosch dishwasher error code E16"
description: "Bosch error code E16: water is not getting into the machine. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on dishwashers."
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e16-dishwasher/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Bosch dishwasher error code E16

### What this one means

Water is not getting into the machine. 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:

- **E16, E17, E3300, E3400** — 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 supply valve
- The inlet hose
- The fill valve on the machine

### What to try yourself

- Check the valve under the sink is fully open
- Pull the machine forward far enough to see whether the hose is kinked
- Check whether other taps in the kitchen have normal pressure

### Then what

Start upstream. A closed or half-closed valve under the sink after other plumbing work is a common and free answer.

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

Water is not getting into the machine. 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:

E16, E17, E3300, E3400 — 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 supply valve

The inlet hose

The fill valve on the machine

What to try yourself

Check the valve under the sink is fully open

Pull the machine forward far enough to see whether the hose is kinked

Check whether other taps in the kitchen have normal pressure

Then what

Start upstream. A closed or half-closed valve under the sink after other plumbing work is a common and free answer.

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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