Error code
Viking dishwasher error code 1-1
Viking dishwasher error code 1-1: the manufacturer publishes this for a pan flood sensor disconnect. What the code covers, what to check before you book, and why the same token means something else on another Viking machine.
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What we can confirm
Code 1-1, from the manufacturer's own documentation
A code is only meaningful together with the generation showing it — the same two digits mean different things across generations, and that is the commonest reason a code looked up online leads somewhere wrong. This one is recorded on 301 Series, 324 Series, 451 Series.
The code
1-1
The manufacturer publishes this for a pan flood sensor disconnect
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What it narrows down to
Pan flood sensor
What you are probably seeing
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What it looks like from the kitchen
The symptom this code usually arrives with
A code names the subsystem; the symptom is what sent you to look at the display in the first place. That page says what it usually turns out to be, cheapest cause first.
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Count them — the pair is the message Dishwasher lights flashing
A Viking dishwasher has no error code. Two lights on the front flash a count each, and the pair of counts is the entire diagnostic vocabulary of the appliance.
- Cycle buttons flashing rather than lit
- Two lights flashing different counts
- Both lights flashing continuously
On the same generation
What else belongs to the 301 Series
A code belongs to a generation rather than to one cabinet. These are the other codes yours can show, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this generation can display
Motor control status
Motor control comms
Diverter timeout
Drain error
Huba sensor
Fill timeout
Low level sensor
High level
UI to motor control
Drain pump
Motor status
Motor under voltage
The same two digits mean different things across generations. Search the full code list
Models that can display this code
The number on the data plate decides which parts exist and how quickly they arrive. All models
In more detail
About Viking dishwasher error code 1-1
What Viking publishes for it
On a Viking dishwasher, the manufacturer publishes this for a pan flood sensor disconnect. That sentence is Viking's own, read out of the code table in its Use and Care manual for this equipment rather than worked out from the outside. Everything below it — what the condition covers and what is worth doing first — is ours, written from what this equipment does in Miami kitchens.
Which alphabet this belongs to
Viking dishwashers do not show an error code. There is no number and there is no letter. Two lights on the front — Pots/Pans and Normal Wash — flash a count each, and the pair is the code: one flash then five is a drain problem, two then two is a fill problem.
What it covers
What a published cause names is a circuit rather than a component, which is the single most useful thing to know before anybody orders a part. This one covers:
- The flood sensor in the base pan and its connection
- Water actually in the base pan, which is what the sensor is there for
Worth trying yourself, in this order
- Reset the unit: hold START for four seconds
Then what
A flood condition is the machine protecting the floor, and it should be taken at face value. Turn the water off at the valve under the sink and leave it off until the leak has been found — resetting it and running another cycle is how a small leak becomes a floor.
Viking publishes this one for the built-in dishwashers — that is dishwashers on this site. The full Viking archive has the other conditions, searchable, and it is worth knowing that the same token can mean two different things on two different Viking machines, so the group above is part of the answer. We repair this equipment across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards