KitchenAid Dishwasher F2E1 Error Code: Stuck Key or Console

What KitchenAid says about F2E1

The control on a dishwasher keeps checking its keys, and F2E1 is the code KitchenAid shows for a problem with that. On the help page the entry reads “Stuck Key oe Console Error” as the potential cause; the “oe” is a typo on the page for “or”.

Key or console?

The console means the control panel together with its keys. The simplest case of a stuck key is a key the control reads as held down all the time. KitchenAid does not say whether it means the key or the console for a particular dishwasher, and it publishes no inspection or cleaning steps for either.

Reset steps from the help page

1. Remove power from the dishwasher for 30 seconds. If it has a plug, unplug it.
2. A hard-wired dishwasher has no plug, so switch its breaker off at the home electrical panel.
3. Turn the power back on.
4. Should F2E1 appear once more, KitchenAid’s instruction is to schedule service.

Codes to compare

• F2E2 covers a main control communication error, which is a different part of the control.
• F1E1 is the control module entry, and it uses the same 30-second reset.

Several other KitchenAid dishwasher codes share this exact reset. Only the named cause changes from page to page.

Short answers

Does F2E1 point to water?
No water link appears in the source. The cause named is a stuck key or console error.

Must I locate the stuck key?
KitchenAid does not ask for that. Its page gives the power cycle and, when the code returns, service.

Is the reset for F1E1 the same?
Yes, KitchenAid gives the same 30-second cycle there, with a different named cause.

Dishwasher repair in Los Angeles

When F2E1 stays after the reset, our Los Angeles line is (310) 363-8964 for KitchenAid dishwasher repair. Tell us the code, and whether a button seems stuck or unresponsive. See also our dishwasher repair page.

Source: KitchenAid Product Help, Dishwasher Error Code or Flashing Lights