The short answer
E3000 is a water-intake fault: the table records a flow meter failure or an issue with water flowing into the dishwasher or the filling system. Most of the causes are on the supply side, outside the machine, and every one of those is free to check.
Code table
Reference| code | meaning | owner-checkable |
|---|---|---|
| E3000 | There is a flow meter failure or an issue with water flowing into the dishwasher or the filling system. | partly |
| E27 | The house power supply to the unit is too low. | see page |
| E3100 | The safety switch has detected water in the base of the dishwasher. Your leakage protection system has been activated. | see page |
What you observe
- The cycle stalls early with little water in the tub — The fill step is where the control gives up.
- Filling is audibly slow or does not start — A restricted supply takes much longer to deliver the same water.
- The machine fills but the control does not trust the amount — A flow meter that has stopped counting produces a fault with water plainly arriving.
- NEAR MISS — water in the tub that will not drain away — Standing dirty water is a drain fault, which is the opposite problem and a different code.
Likeliest causes first
- The flow meter itself — First, because the table names it: the meter counts the water entering, and a stalled or scaled impeller stops counting while water still flows.
- A restricted supply: tap, hose or inlet screen — Second: a genuine restriction produces the same complaint, and it is the half of the diagnosis an owner can do.
- The inlet valve or its control — Last: a valve that opens partly or not at all, which needs a meter to distinguish from the above.
Check in this order
- Check the supply tap is fully open — Free, immediate, and it resolves a real share of these codes.
- Pull the machine out and look along the fill hose — A kink behind the appliance is invisible from the front and common after any move.
- Have the flow meter checked once the supply is proved — With water demonstrably arriving, the counting is what remains to be tested.
Owner-safe steps
- Open the supply tap fully and check it stayed open — A valve knocked during other work is the single commonest cause.
About 5 min
- Straighten the fill hose along its whole run — Check where it meets the tap and where it passes behind the machine.
About 15 min
- STOP HERE — the inlet valve and sensing are inside the machine — Water and live circuits share that space.
Safety first
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel — a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. A dishwasher sits on a live circuit and a water supply at once: close the supply valve as well as the breaker, and expect standing water in the base of the tub.
When to call
Call when the tap is open, the hose is clear, the screen is clean and the code still stands. At that point the flow meter, the inlet valve or the control is the remaining suspect, all of which are inside the machine. Say what you have already ruled out — it keeps the visit short and stops you paying for the obvious twice.
Neighbouring codes — E27 and E3100 sit beside E3000 and name overlapping hardware, so most checks here carry across. Read the two meanings side by side: where they differ in the part named, the order of the checks changes with them.
What this page does not cover
This page is written for the Bosch dishwasher class rather than for one model line, and E3000 is read exactly as the shared table records it. If your family or model has its own page, that page is the more specific answer and it is linked below — go there first when your model is named. Left out deliberately: connector positions, wiring colours and part numbers, which are family-specific.
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