Viking Dishwasher 5-5 Error Code

Five blinks, then five more: 5-5. The dishwasher is reporting on itself, since its main control or user interface has picked up a failure on a board.

The suspects

1. Main control
2. User interface

Nothing else is listed in the VDB451 and VDB325/VDB450 manuals, and there the code carries no mark in the service-cycle column. In the FDB301 group manual it is missing altogether.

Reset, then decide

One reset appears, in the VDB200 manual alone: a four-second press on Start. Should 5-5 come back afterwards, that manual says the controls get replaced. Nothing else in the documents is within an owner’s reach. Holding Start for four seconds is also how the general operating instructions cancel a chosen program, so the keypress is nothing new.

The manual’s approach is to reset one time; when the code returns, the controls are the suspects. A recent power cut during a cycle is worth mentioning, because the tables list an AC power loss pattern of its own, which the VDB451 table says is cleared by three seconds on Start.

Why the controls are the answer

Sensors, motors and hoses are what most Viking codes implicate. Here the trouble lies in the electronics themselves, namely the control board or the interface that forwards your selections. That explains why a failed reset leads directly to replacing the controls in the manual, without any cleaning or adjustment between.

Compare

• 3-1: the panel cannot talk to the main control
• 5-4: current detected while nothing is running

Viking dishwasher controls repair in Los Angeles

Should 5-5 come back once Start has been held, phone (310) 692-1112. Mention the model number and the number of repeats.

Source: Viking Preferred Service Manual SMK-0005; SMK-0003; SMK-0002