Frigidaire Dishwasher i10 Code: Causes & Fix

What is the Frigidaire Dishwasher i10 error?#

i10 posts when the dishwasher does not sense a full tub before its fill timer runs out, so it is a water-supply complaint, not a drowned-electronics one. The single most common trigger is an under-sink shutoff that got nudged closed during a disposal or plumbing job. Before anything else, reach under the sink and confirm that valve is cranked fully open — that one check clears a surprising share of i10 faults for free.

i10 on a Frigidaire Dishwasher: likely causes and repair cost#

On a Frigidaire Dishwasher, the i10 code signals: water fill timeout.

Typical professional repair: $75–$200 · Difficulty: moderate · often owner-fixable

Fastest thing to try first: Check water supply valve is open.

Symptoms that often accompany i10: Tub never takes on water at all; Cycle lights up then quits almost at once; Only a shallow puddle of water in the bottom

Technician diagnostic sequence for i10:

1. The machine posts i10 when it does not sense a full tub before its fill timer runs out, so the job is to find whatever is starving the incoming water rather than to assume the valve is dead
2. Reach under the sink and confirm the dishwasher shutoff is cranked fully open — a valve nudged closed during a disposal repair is the single most common trigger
3. Follow the braided supply line where it turns into the cabinet base and free any kink, since a crushed line drops the flow below what the fill needs
4. Close the water, unthread the line at the valve, and pick the scale out of the little inlet strainer screen; that mesh silts up in hard-water homes and throttles the fill to a trickle

Parts a technician may check or replace: water inlet valve

Field note: Prime the line by running the kitchen tap hot right before you start, so the machine is not waiting on a slug of cold standing water. If i10 sticks around with the shutoff wide open and the strainer clean, the fill solenoid itself has quit opening and the inlet valve is the part.

How to troubleshoot the i10 error yourself#

Work from the water side outward, because this one is often owner-fixable. First, open the under-sink dishwasher shutoff all the way — a valve turned down even part way starves the fill and trips i10. Next, follow the braided supply line where it curls into the cabinet base and free any kink, since a crushed line drops the flow below what the fill needs. If both check out, close the water, unthread the line at the valve, and pick the scale out of the small inlet strainer screen; in hard-water homes that mesh silts up and throttles the fill to a trickle. A useful trick is to run the kitchen tap hot right before you start so the machine is not waiting on a slug of cold standing water. If i10 persists with the shutoff wide open and the strainer clean, the fill solenoid in the inlet valve has stopped opening on command, and that valve is a technician replacement.

Is the Frigidaire Dishwasher i10 error worth fixing?#

i10 is one of the friendlier faults on the repair-or-replace scale because it so often costs nothing — an open valve or a cleared strainer is free. When it does come down to a failed water inlet valve, a professional repair runs $75 to $200, which is minor against a new dishwasher and clearly worth doing. There is really no scenario where an i10 alone justifies replacing the machine; the fix is cheap and the rest of the dishwasher is untouched by it.