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Usually not an emergency. If it smells like burning, sparks, or trips the breaker, switch it off at the breaker and leave it off until it is checked.
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Managing this for someone else? Managers: set it up for your buildings →
Managing this for someone else? There is a version of this for whole portfolios.
Managers: set it up for your buildings →“Failure to drain.”
— GE Appliances, Dishwasher - Error, Fault or Function Codes. Codes vary by model: check your dishwasher’s own manual.
The same code can also show as: FTD.
In plain words, F56 is about draining — the water did not leave in the time the control allows, usually a blockage in the filter, hose or pump.
GE gives 4 other drain codes for this dishwasher: C1 (The pump out during drain has exceeded 2 minutes), C2 (The total pump out cycle exceeds 7 minutes), C3 (The dishwasher will not drain), C5 (The pump out time is too short).
Next to F56 in GE’s table: PF (there has been a power failure to the dishwasher) and LEAK DETECTED (Possible leak is detected).
Safety: If it smells like burning, sparks, or trips the breaker, switch it off at the breaker and leave it off until it is checked.
At least THIS WEEK. fixRAgent treats this code as a this-week repair: the appliance has reported a fault, but the code alone does not point at a safety hazard. This is fixRAgent’s reading, not the manufacturer’s. A photo can raise it — water near wiring, scorch marks, a gas smell — but a code never lowers what the photo shows.
Appliance repair. Have the model and serial numbers from the label ready — a photo of the label works.
Check whether your model is under a safety recall on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s site: cpsc.gov/Recalls. Your owner’s manual is on GE’s support site; search it with the model number from the label.