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title: "Bosch error code E17"
description: "Bosch error code E17: the filters in the water connection are blocked, or the pressure is too low."
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e17/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# Bosch error code E17

### What this one means

The filters in the water connection are blocked, or the pressure is too low. 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:

- **E17, F17, F29** — 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 mesh filter in the inlet fitting
- The filter in the leak-protection hose
- Genuinely low supply pressure

### What to try yourself

- Turn the tap off
- Take the hose off the tap and clean the filter with a small brush
- Never immerse a leak-protection hose in water — there is an electric valve in it

### Then what

In a hard-water city those inlet screens block on a schedule, and cleaning them is a five-minute job with the tap off. The warning about not immersing the hose is the manufacturer’s and it is worth respecting.

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 filters in the water connection are blocked, or the pressure is too low. 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:

E17, F17, F29 — 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 mesh filter in the inlet fitting

The filter in the leak-protection hose

Genuinely low supply pressure

What to try yourself

Turn the tap off

Take the hose off the tap and clean the filter with a small brush

Never immerse a leak-protection hose in water — there is an electric valve in it

Then what

In a hard-water city those inlet screens block on a schedule, and cleaning them is a five-minute job with the tap off. The warning about not immersing the hose is the manufacturer’s and it is worth respecting.

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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