Introduction

If your machine stops working, giving you a E17 error, the manual states there is an issue with the water. This guide will help you try fixing one potential reason of this error occurring.

    • Please follow the manual that was delivered with your machine first, as this guide will only fix one very specific cause of the E17 error and there are many others that are easier to fix. If your E17 warning started after your washing machine started 'walking' this guide might be applicable.

    • Please make sure to first check if there is any water at all, if there is no water: this manual does not apply!

    • First: Make sure you disconnect any (power) cable and take any measures needed to work safe.

    • Please note: You might void your guarantee. This manual was created after looking what a professional service engineer actually checked and fixed.

    Thank you very much! This was the problem for my washing machine. Great fix!!

    Pipilikakis Dimitris -

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    • To check the cable that might have come loose, we need to remove the top-lid (think before you act: this may void any guarantee by Siemens!). There are two screws at the back of the machine that need to be removed to be able to move the top-lid to the back and lift it.

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    • Now you can look into the machine. Don't touch! Just look if you see a black empty cable hanging loose (see middle of the photo). If so, you actually have this problem, otherwise you have a random other problem and this guide is not for you.

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    • The black cable should be connected into the white holder in the bottom of the detector (in the top of the photo). Reconnect it.

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    • Put the top-lid back, and your done. Please make sure the machine is stable and run a wash.

iAmWill

Member since: 19/09/14

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11 comments

Worked for me, thanks!

hpcosme -

First chech if there is any water at all. Malfunction of a waterlock gives the same error and has nothing to do with your washingmachine.

aldowillebrands -

Added it more explicit to the manual above. Thnx!

iAmWill -

First checked inlate pipe of filter washing machine. is clean. and then water tap of water is coming properly pressure. if all is right. and then washing machine start.

sarfarazahmad993051 -

Worked for me today!!:-) then i can cancel the service man!!:-) tanx!!

Rune Amdam -

Hi

Can you explain me e 83 error

abdulqadir_as -

I started machine at 30’ minute function round , it started and after 12 minutes gave E 17 error , I stopped n started again and it worked properly, if black pipe is disconnected it wouldn’t have worked, so what’s the issue, might be pressure of water as overall in my house pressure is low ,

Saima -

Hat gut funktioniert, danke! Beim Öffnen der Abdeckung musste ich ein wenig drehen.

Joachim Krause -

Fixed the washing machine of my girlfriend today. You saved her a lot of money. Thanks a lot.

M Ruehl -

Bei mir war das Problem der schwarze Schlauch zum Drucktransmitter, der den Füllstand mißt. Dieser Schlauch geht durch eine Führung, die an der Trommel angebracht ist. Dieser Führung hat den Schlauch abgedrückt, sodaß keine Druckänderungen infolge Wasserstand in der Trommel mehr registriert wurden. Ich habe dann den Schlauch aus dieser Führung rausgenommen und durchgeblasen. Seither alles ok, kein Error 17 mehr. Kann sein, daß dieser Schlauch bei jahrelangem Betrieb langsam verrutscht (Vibrationen/Bewegung der Trommel).

Otto Heinreichsberger -