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title: "Whirlpool-built Kenmore dishwasher error code F6 E3"
description: "Whirlpool-built Kenmore dishwasher error code F6 E3 — whirlpool wrote this code, not Kenmore."
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/whirlpool-dishwasher-f6-e3/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Whirlpool-built Kenmore dishwasher error code F6 E3

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write F6 E3, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Whirlpool’s, and it appears on the dishwasher that Whirlpool built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool, Frigidaire and Bosch all built dishwashers for this badge, and their numbering overlaps enough to be convincing while meaning entirely different things.

### What it means

Whirlpool's own label: excessive suds.

### Which Kenmore models can raise it

The Kenmore dishwasher whose model number begins 665 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Whirlpool’s, which is why Whirlpool’s table is the one that applies to F6 E3 and no other manufacturer’s does.

### Worth trying yourself, in this order

- Almost always hand-washing detergent that has found its way into the machine.
- Run a rinse cycle or two with nothing in it to clear the foam.
- It clears itself; the value here is knowing nothing is broken.

### Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/diagnostic-visit/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore dishwasher on this water scales its heater and its spray arms faster than the manual assumes, so codes about temperature and wash performance are read here with the supply in mind first. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears F6 E3, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis.

### Where this meaning came from

Whirlpool’s own documentation: *Dishwasher error codes and flashing lights — Whirlpool Product Help*. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead.

What this one means

Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write F6 E3, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Whirlpool’s, and it appears on the dishwasher that Whirlpool built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool, Frigidaire and Bosch all built dishwashers for this badge, and their numbering overlaps enough to be convincing while meaning entirely different things.

What it means

Whirlpool's own label: excessive suds.

Which Kenmore models can raise it

The Kenmore dishwasher whose model number begins 665 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Whirlpool’s, which is why Whirlpool’s table is the one that applies to F6 E3 and no other manufacturer’s does.

Worth trying yourself, in this order

Almost always hand-washing detergent that has found its way into the machine.

Run a rinse cycle or two with nothing in it to clear the foam.

It clears itself; the value here is knowing nothing is broken.

Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore dishwasher on this water scales its heater and its spray arms faster than the manual assumes, so codes about temperature and wash performance are read here with the supply in mind first. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears F6 E3, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis.

Where this meaning came from

Whirlpool’s own documentation: Dishwasher error codes and flashing lights — Whirlpool Product Help. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead.

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