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title: "Bosch error code E25"
description: "Bosch error code E25: the drain path is blocked somewhere between the pump and the waste."
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e25/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Bosch error code E25

### What this one means

The drain path is blocked somewhere between the pump and the waste. 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:

- **E25, E-25, E6102, E61-02, E6103, E61-03** — the same condition, on machines of different ages
- **Four lights flashing** — how a model with no digital display says it. On that machine, the lights are the code
- **Active and Clean lights 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 pump cover left loose
- The hose
- The air gap
- The standpipe or disposal connection

### What to try yourself

- Clear the drain pump cover and reseat it
- Straighten the hose behind the machine
- Clear the air gap on the counter

### Then what

This condition carries more labels than any other on the appliance — an older two-digit code, two four-digit ones, and on a machine with no display, four lights flashing above the door. All of them mean the same thing.

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 drain path is blocked somewhere between the pump and the waste. 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:

E25, E-25, E6102, E61-02, E6103, E61-03 — the same condition, on machines of different ages

Four lights flashing — how a model with no digital display says it. On that machine, the lights are the code

Active and Clean lights 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 pump cover left loose

The hose

The air gap

The standpipe or disposal connection

What to try yourself

Clear the drain pump cover and reseat it

Straighten the hose behind the machine

Clear the air gap on the counter

Then what

This condition carries more labels than any other on the appliance — an older two-digit code, two four-digit ones, and on a machine with no display, four lights flashing above the door. All of them mean the same thing.

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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