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title: "Whirlpool-built Kenmore dishwasher error code FA E4"
description: "Whirlpool-built Kenmore dishwasher error code FA E4 — whirlpool wrote this code, not Kenmore."
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/whirlpool-dishwasher-fa-e4/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Whirlpool-built Kenmore dishwasher error code FA E4

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write FA E4, 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

A diverter valve error. The diverter is what sends water to one spray arm or the other.

### 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 FA E4 and no other manufacturer’s does.

### The other ways it may be written

The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of the appliance and because a segment display draws some characters oddly: **F10 E4**. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place.

### What happens next

- Poor cleaning on one rack only, with this code, is the classic presentation.
- It is a real part rather than a maintenance item.

### Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is [dishwasher wash performance service](/services/dishwasher-wash-performance-service/), 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 FA E4, 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 FA E4, 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

A diverter valve error. The diverter is what sends water to one spray arm or the other.

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 FA E4 and no other manufacturer’s does.

The other ways it may be written

The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of the appliance and because a segment display draws some characters oddly: F10 E4. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place.

What happens next

Poor cleaning on one rack only, with this code, is the classic presentation.

It is a real part rather than a maintenance item.

Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is dishwasher wash performance service, 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 FA E4, 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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