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title: "GE dishwasher error code LEAK DETECTED"
description: "GE dishwasher error code LEAK DETECTED: A possible leak has been detected, and on models with leak detection the cycle stops."
url: "https://gemiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-leak-detected/"
date_modified: "2026-08-31"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# GE dishwasher error code LEAK DETECTED

### What LEAK DETECTED means, in the maker’s own words

A possible leak has been detected, and on models with leak detection the cycle stops. The appliance has decided that stopping is safer than finishing, which is the right call and worth respecting rather than resetting past.

### 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

- Do not simply restart it. The machine stopped the cycle for a reason.
- Look underneath and behind for water, including at the hose connections and the door gasket along its lower edge.
- Check the float and the leak sensor in the base tray — a sensor sitting in water from an old spill will keep reporting.
- This is a service call rather than a reset: a leak that has reached the base tray has come from somewhere.

### Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is [dishwasher pump replacement](/services/dishwasher-pump-replacement/), 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 LEAK DETECTED means, in the maker’s own words

A possible leak has been detected, and on models with leak detection the cycle stops. The appliance has decided that stopping is safer than finishing, which is the right call and worth respecting rather than resetting past.

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

Do not simply restart it. The machine stopped the cycle for a reason.

Look underneath and behind for water, including at the hose connections and the door gasket along its lower edge.

Check the float and the leak sensor in the base tray — a sensor sitting in water from an old spill will keep reporting.

This is a service call rather than a reset: a leak that has reached the base tray has come from somewhere.

Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is dishwasher pump replacement, 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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