Whirlpool DWF B10 2 flashes

When I put my dishwasher on last night it made a very strange noise so I opened the door and tried again, no further strange noise so I left it and went to bed. When I got up this morning it was beeping and flashing. The dishwasher had reverted to rinse mode and the start light was flashing (but didn't count the flashes). Turned it off and left it then tried again and again - I'm all for perserverance - hmm. After last try it flooded and gave me 2 flashes. I have manually drained it removed all the contents but now what do I do? I don't know what the original error was because I didn't count the flashes! Can I set it off again and will it give me the original error code? It is obviously integrated and wouldn't know how to remove it but have very resourceful neighbours!
Husband away till late Tuesday would like to resolve this asap.
Please help!

Ok gitted teeth and tried agian, now got 11 flashes

Whirlpool Dishwasher Error codes.

F0. 10 flashes. Sensor Break (Only shown in test programme. Not visible to customer).

F1. Single flash. NTC Break. NTC open circuit/short circuit or ambient temperature less than 3 Celcius

F2. 2 Flashes. Water leakage. Floater switch LS6 in drip tray has switched.

F3. 3 Flashes. Heating system defect. Heater or relay on control board defect. Chack also cabling.

F4. 4 Flashes. Draining failure. Drain pump, control board OWI or water indicator defect.

F5. 5 Flashes. Sprayarm Blocked (not present on VBL version. On 1 digit display will show as F and flashing start led).

F6. 6 Flashes. Water valve (WV1) is switched on but flow meter (FM) senses no impulses (less than 10 impulses in 10 secs) and the water indicator (WI) is at a low level
Water Valve Closed. Water inlet hose blocked.
Water inlet valve (WV1) defective. Flow meter (FM) defective (leads to FM failure)

F7. 7 Flashes. Flow meter failure. Flow meter defect. Water inlet valve defect or water inlet hose blocked.

F8. 8 Flashes. Water level failure. Sieve strongly dirty or big amount of foam inside to less water.

F9. 9 Flashes. Continuously Water Inlet. Water inlet valve mechanically not closed or control board defect.

FA. 11 Flashes. OWI failure. Dirty OWI lens. OWI defect or control board defect. Check cabling.

FB. 12 Flashes. Motorised Diverter Valve

FC. 13 Flashes. Water Hardness Sensor Failure

A fault with no fault code indication = faulty module

These codes should cover the entire range of Whirlpool dishwashers.

Test Mode


Make sure the appliance is empty of water before running Diagnostics as it does not pump out before starting to fill and therefore you could overfill the appliance.
Open the door and set the program to the first program. (Normally rinse).
Turn the power off.
Press and hold the start button and while holding turn the power on.
After a little while the start button will flash, release the button.
Press the start button once and close the dishwasher door.
The machine will now run through a diagnostic routine.
If memory serves me right it takes about 20 mins.
The machine will stop during diagnostics if an error is found and will display the error code. If no error is found it will complete the diagnostics and end the programme.

To exit diagnostics at any time just press and hold the start button till the programme is cancelled.

OK, now found topic relating to 11 flashes and resourceful neighbour on way with tools to help resolve the problem diverter valve!

thanks Rocks 1 off to do the deed!

OK, saga continues.
Fabulous neighbour has been round and taken out the dw and checked it all through. We did the diagnostic run and it duly flashed up with a pump issue. Siphone off the water - again. and Neighbour took pump apart and found a piece of plastic from the upper rack( ). we put it all back together and put it back in its hole - mental note to self never buy an integral appliance which fills with water.
Now, neighbour told me just to leave it alone and set it off when it is next full but ... didn't listen. I set the dishwasher just to rinse and it started off without a problem but after about 2 minutes it tripped the mains switch to the house!
Have reset mains switch and turned DW off. Could it be that I just need to leave the DW alone to recover from its surgery or could there be another problem? Have searched for this problem and can't find anything other than Sleepyhead is the God of dishwasher problems, are you there?
Please help

water in base of dw refit the pump again .

There is no obvious water in the dw when you open the door and look under the filter?

tip mc back see if water comes out of the base .

no water came out when we stood it back up and tipped it back to get it into place?