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title: "Bosch washer error code E16"
description: "Bosch error code E16: the door is not locked properly. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on washers."
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e16-washer/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# Bosch washer error code E16

### What this one means

The door is not locked properly. 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, E34, F16, F34** — 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:

- A door that has not clicked shut
- Laundry caught in the seal
- The lock itself

### What to try yourself

- Close the door until it clicks audibly
- Check nothing is caught between the door and the housing — a sleeve is enough
- Try again with a smaller load, because a full drum can push the door open

### Then what

The machine will not fill without this confirmation. A full load pressing on the door is a genuinely common cause and it costs nothing to rule out.

This code is published for washers. 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 door is not locked properly. 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, E34, F16, F34 — 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:

A door that has not clicked shut

Laundry caught in the seal

The lock itself

What to try yourself

Close the door until it clicks audibly

Check nothing is caught between the door and the housing — a sleeve is enough

Try again with a smaller load, because a full drum can push the door open

Then what

The machine will not fill without this confirmation. A full load pressing on the door is a genuinely common cause and it costs nothing to rule out.

This code is published for washers. 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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