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KitchenAid KDTE254ESS

Model # KDTE254ESS

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The KDTE254ESS belongs to KitchenAid’s US dishwasher catalogue. No published specification for this model was recovered, and none is invented here to fill the space. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in September 2015 and nowhere after that.

That puts a KDTE254ESS roughly ten to fifteen years into service, the point at which the door seal, the pump and the spray system tend to need attention. The KDTE254ESS is no longer made, so what can actually be obtained for it is the first thing looked at, not the last.

Key Features

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in September 2015
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

A perished door seal, showing as damp on the floor in front of the machine rather than an obvious flood

02

A heating element that has lost continuity, so the load comes out clean but cold and wet

03

Spray arm jets and bearings blocked with debris, giving a patchy wash on the upper rack

04

An inlet valve stuck part open or failed shut, so the machine either overfills or never fills

Error Codes Common to This Model

FAE4 or F10E4

KitchenAid Dishwasher FAE4 or F10E4 Error Code (Diverter Valve Error)

FAE5 or F10E5

KitchenAid Dishwasher FAE5 or F10E5 Error Code (Diverter Leak)

1 Pause 1 Pause - pause, repeat

KitchenAid Dishwasher 1 Pause 1 Pause Blinking Light Sequence (F1E1)

6 Pause 1 Pause - pause, repeat

KitchenAid Dishwasher 6 Pause 1 Pause Blinking Light Sequence (F6E1)

8 Pause 1 Pause - pause, repeat

KitchenAid Dishwasher 8 Pause 1 Pause Blinking Light Sequence (F8E1 or H2O)

8 Pause 4 Pause - pause, repeat

KitchenAid Dishwasher 8 Pause 4 Pause Blinking Light Sequence (F8E4)

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FAQ

KitchenAid KDTE254ESS FAQ

KitchenAid gives the location for its dishwashers as on the left edge of the dishwasher's door, and that is where the KDTE254ESS plate sits. It is an adhesive label, typically silver on major appliances, carrying the model number and the serial number together. Read the whole KDTE254ESS string off the label rather than from memory, because it sits in a family of very similar numbers.

Production of the KDTE254ESS ended some time ago. That does not rule out a repair - the wear items are largely shared across a generation - but it does mean the parts question on a KDTE254ESS is settled before any figure is put on the work.

Yes, and it is ordinary maintenance rather than a repair. Scale on a KDTE254ESS settles on the heating element and in the spray system, and it shortens the life of both. With the dishwasher switched off at its supply between treatments, the filter on a KDTE254ESS is worth lifting out and rinsing at the same time.

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