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title: "GE dishwasher error code Cup Open"
description: "GE dishwasher error code Cup Open: Not an error. Which machines can actually raise it, where the number lives on this make, and what to do next."
url: "https://gemiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-cup-open/"
date_modified: "2026-08-31"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# GE dishwasher error code Cup Open

### What Cup Open means, in the maker’s own words

Not an error. GE lists this as a reminder that the detergent cup has not been closed — the cycle will not start, and it is telling you to add detergent and latch the cup.

### Where this code actually appears

On the control panel, and usually with a sound. GE describes their refrigerator codes as flashing green on the display and typically accompanied by a beeping, and the range, microwave and dishwasher tables all describe codes you can read from the front of the appliance. That is the opposite of some makes, where the number is written into a hidden log and never shown — here, if something is wrong, the appliance generally tells you. Photograph what it says before cutting the power, because a reset erases it and the code is most of the diagnosis.

### What to do about it

- Add detergent and latch the cup closed.
- You can override it by pressing START again without opening the door, which GE documents.
- If it persists with the cup properly closed, the cup switch is the repair.

### Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is [dishwasher door latch repair](/services/dishwasher-door-latch-repair/), and every one of those pages 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 rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 306-2503](tel:+13053062503) and describe what the display is doing before booking anything.

What this one means

What Cup Open means, in the maker’s own words

Not an error. GE lists this as a reminder that the detergent cup has not been closed — the cycle will not start, and it is telling you to add detergent and latch the cup.

Where this code actually appears

On the control panel, and usually with a sound. GE describes their refrigerator codes as flashing green on the display and typically accompanied by a beeping, and the range, microwave and dishwasher tables all describe codes you can read from the front of the appliance. That is the opposite of some makes, where the number is written into a hidden log and never shown — here, if something is wrong, the appliance generally tells you. Photograph what it says before cutting the power, because a reset erases it and the code is most of the diagnosis.

What to do about it

Add detergent and latch the cup closed.

You can override it by pressing START again without opening the door, which GE documents.

If it persists with the cup properly closed, the cup switch is the repair.

Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is dishwasher door latch repair, and every one of those pages 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 rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 306-2503](tel:+13053062503) and describe what the display is doing before booking anything.

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