Dropped $150 on a Bosch dishwasher repair call and learned the error code was just a clogged filter

Last Wednesday I drove 45 minutes to a house in Arlington for a dishwasher that wouldn't drain. Customer said it was making a grinding noise. Pulled the kickplate, ran the diagnostic cycle, got error E15. Started thinking it was the drain pump or a bad control board. Then I remembered a tip from an old training class. Checked the coarse filter first. It was completely blocked with a piece of broken glass and some rice. Cleared it out, ran a rinse cycle, machine worked fine. Charged the call fee and that was it. Felt like an idiot for not looking there first. Has anyone else had a high dollar repair turn into something that simple?

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the_angela9d ago

Honestly, that's the story of my life with everything from cars to computers - you always want to assume the worst case scenario first, but nine times out of ten it's just the basic thing you skipped checking.

rileyl679d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah, that hits way too close to home for me. I've done it more times than I can count, especially with tech stuff. Spent hours thinking my hard drive was dead when it turned out the power cable was just loose. Makes you feel pretty dumb after you figure it out, but at least you learn the lesson eventually. It's like your brain automatically jumps to the complicated scary answer first, even when the simple fix is right there in front of you. I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that, makes me feel a little less stupid about it.