dishwasher question. can anyone help?

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my Neff dishwasher display light is flashing (no 7 on the instruction booklet) and its not starting. no noise or anything from inside. i have cleaned the filter. it was clean anyways. there is some water at the bottom of the filter. any suggestions?

You might want to be more specific.

sorry what do mean by more specific. that is all that is happening as far as i can tell. the dishwater wont turn on. the controls turn on light etc but other than that its not working.
i have recently moved into the property and have used the dishwasher a few times with no problems. this is the firt time it has had any problem. i dnt knw what to do with it.

Well, what dishwasher model it is for a start :)
"7 on the instruction booklet" may be no help as 7 may something different in each booklet depending on model (in the random one I googled, it was the timer delay indicator if that helps). Does the booklet say what "7" is?

oh ok sorry soupdargon (its my first dishwasher). well the booklet says 7 means Cleaning Display. the model is SD6P1F and its by NEFF.

This?

thanks soupdragon that is it. will try suggested once i understand it. seems complicated to me.

Switch it off and on again at the mains :)

It looks like you just press the buttons in a certain sequence and dance widdershins twice round the kitchen by the light of a full moon and this resets the console and runs a diagnostic cycle.

Switching it off at the mains is my default fix-it for most things though :o

hahaha thats so funny SoupDragon.

switching it off and on at them mains is also the extent of my technical ability. that didnt work.

will try the dance though. should i unload the dishwasher or not before doing it?

Heaven knows - try both :)

Alas even my dance didn't work :( have unloaded it. Will call someone about it tmrw. Thanks for your help SoupDragon

It wants salt, not salsa?

I know this is a zombie thread but what was the answer OP?? I have the same problem but I don't have the right buttons to press, just a selector so can't even try that!