--- title: "Washer error code E11" description: "Electrolux washer error code E11: The machine asked for water, started its clock, and did not get enough before the clock ran out." url: "https://electroluxmiami.support/error-codes/washer-e11/" date_modified: "2026-09-11" Appliance type: "Washers" --- # Washer error code E11 ### What E11 means on this make The machine asked for water, started its clock, and did not get enough before the clock ran out. The maker names the ordinary cause first and it is not a part: the hot and cold supplies crossed at the valves. A washer that fills on cold from the hot tap still fills — slowly, through a valve sized for a different job — and the timer is what notices. The six-minute lock is worth knowing about, because it restarts every time the machine is unplugged, and people spend an afternoon power-cycling a washer that was going to release on its own. ### Where this appears, and why not to clear it On the appliance’s own display, as a short single code — a letter and a number, or two letters. Nothing alternates and nothing arrives in halves on this make, so what the panel shows is the whole of it. Photograph it before you cut the power. This maker’s own answer to most of these is thirty seconds at the breaker, and that is worth following once — but a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. ### What to do about it - Check which hose is on which inlet. Hot to hot, cold to cold — the maker names this first, and it is the answer whenever the machine was recently installed or moved. - Open both taps fully and look at them rather than assuming. A quarter-turn valve left at forty-five degrees fills a washer slowly enough to trip this and nothing else. - Wait out the six-minute lock without unplugging. Every power cut restarts that clock, which is why this code has a reputation for lasting an hour. - If the supplies are right and both taps are open, the failure is the inlet valve or the pressure sensor telling the control what it has, and that is the visit. ### Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/diagnostic-visit/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 912-9018](tel:+13059129018) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. Error Code E11 indicates the washing machine isn't filling with water during the washing phase of the cycle. E11 may cause the unit to lock for up to 6 minutes. NOTE: This is a known installation issue. If your washer was recently installed or moved, have the installer verify the installation was done correctly. What this one means What E11 means on this make The machine asked for water, started its clock, and did not get enough before the clock ran out. The maker names the ordinary cause first and it is not a part: the hot and cold supplies crossed at the valves. A washer that fills on cold from the hot tap still fills — slowly, through a valve sized for a different job — and the timer is what notices. The six-minute lock is worth knowing about, because it restarts every time the machine is unplugged, and people spend an afternoon power-cycling a washer that was going to release on its own. Where this appears, and why not to clear it On the appliance’s own display, as a short single code — a letter and a number, or two letters. Nothing alternates and nothing arrives in halves on this make, so what the panel shows is the whole of it. Photograph it before you cut the power. This maker’s own answer to most of these is thirty seconds at the breaker, and that is worth following once — but a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. What to do about it Check which hose is on which inlet. Hot to hot, cold to cold — the maker names this first, and it is the answer whenever the machine was recently installed or moved. Open both taps fully and look at them rather than assuming. A quarter-turn valve left at forty-five degrees fills a washer slowly enough to trip this and nothing else. Wait out the six-minute lock without unplugging. Every power cut restarts that clock, which is why this code has a reputation for lasting an hour. If the supplies are right and both taps are open, the failure is the inlet valve or the pressure sensor telling the control what it has, and that is the visit. Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 912-9018](tel:+13059129018) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. --- **[Read full article: Washer error code E11](https://electroluxmiami.support/error-codes/washer-e11/)**