"Heavy" (the pot) flashes - too much water in dishwasher. Contact service.
"Light china" (the wine glass) flashes - A fault with the water inlet. Make sure the water valve is open.
"Quick" (the wine glass with arrows above) flashes - valve leakage. Contact service.
"Pots/Pans" (the pot with an underline) and "Heavy" (the pot) both flash - blocked drain. Remove and clean the coarse strainer. Unscrew and clean the fine strainer. Lift out and clean the fine filter. Make sure the drain hose is not kinked. Make sure the air gap is not clogged. This picture shows the strainers and filter:
The dishwasher's problem turned out to be a blocked drain - specifically a whole almond caught in the strainer. After removing that and cleaning the filters, the dishwasher worked properly and we didn't need to wash the dishes by hand.
Hopefully this information will be helpful if your Viking dishwasher isn't running properly.
14 comments:
Thank you SO much for this post. You just saved me HOURS of waiting for the repair person and probably $150-200.
Thank you SO much for this post. You just saved me HOURS of waiting for the repair person and probably $150-200.
Thank you. Drain was plugged.
Thank you for the information. Was about to go crazy trying to figure out why the dishwasher wouldn't complete a cycle.
Very helpful!!
Thanks Ken! Whatever did we do before the Internet? My practically brand-new Viking dishwasher (maybe a year old) just stopped working with some odd lights blinking. I googled "viking dishwasher blink" and this blog post was the first thing that popped up. Blocked drain. The fine filter was "slimed up" (that's a technical term) with some kind of unidentified goop. 5 minutes of hand cleaning the filter with a sponge and I was back in business.
thanks bud, we thought our viking was broken and bought a new dishwasher for $1300 and happened to come across your site before taking delivery. managed to cancel the order for the dishwasher in time and now our viking is working perfectly.
Thank you! Ours is flashing too! However, I cannot get the horizontal filter unscrewed!? Help! Is there a trick to this I don't get??
Anonymous: I don't think there was a trick to removing the filter and the dishwasher is 200 miles away so I can't check. The steps I wrote down before are: Remove and clean the coarse strainer. Unscrew and clean the fine strainer. Lift out and clean the fine filter. Beyond that, you're on your own, unless anyone else can provide tips.
Thank you so much for posting this. Sometimes it feels like Viking makes it very hard to find such valuable information for their customers.
What about when both the "Pots and Pans" and "Normal" cycle lights are flashing?
I have the same lights flashing,Pots and Pans,and Normal cycle.I cleaned both filters,sill the same. Any answers?
I cleaned both filters I hate this dishwasher and on top of that it never drys dishes at all
Thank you so much for your post. the inner screen was totally white and obviously inpenetrable.
Thank you again
My "light China" light flashes....Which is the water inlet. Valves are open, warm water in the bottom of the dishwasher but I can hear it start filing then stop. Any Ideas??
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