--- title: "Viking dishwasher error code 1-5" description: "Viking dishwasher error code 1-5: the manufacturer publishes this for a drain error." url: "https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-1-5-dishwasher/" date_modified: "2026-08-21" Product line: "301 Series, 324 Series, 451 Series" --- # Viking dishwasher error code 1-5 Error code # Viking dishwasher error code 1-5 Viking dishwasher error code 1-5: the manufacturer publishes this for a drain error. What the code covers, what to check before you book, and why the same token means something else on another Viking machine. - **From $95** diagnostic, credited to the repair - **59** cities and neighborhoods covered - **OEM** parts available on order - **In writing** the price, before anything is opened ## Book a diagnostic visit Your model number and a line about what it is doing is enough to get started. Your details stay private. No spam, ever. What we can confirm ## Code 1-5, 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](https://vikingmiami.support/series/301-series/), [324 Series](https://vikingmiami.support/series/324-series/), [451 Series](https://vikingmiami.support/series/451-series/). The code 1-5 The manufacturer publishes this for a drain error or call [(305) 697-3843](tel:+13056973843) What it narrows down to Drain error What you are probably seeing [Dishwasher not draining](https://vikingmiami.support/symptoms/dishwasher-not-draining/) Diagnostic From $95, credited to the repair 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. - Usually the plumbing, not the machine Dishwasher not draining Water standing in the bottom at the end of a cycle. Six things are worth checking before anybody is called, and between them they resolve most of these. Water in the bottom after a cycle One flash then five on the front lights It drains slowly rather than not at all [ What it usually means ](https://vikingmiami.support/symptoms/dishwasher-not-draining/) Usually the plumbing, not the machine Water standing in the bottom at the end of a cycle. Six things are worth checking before anybody is called, and between them they resolve most of these. - Water in the bottom after a cycle - One flash then five on the front lights - It drains slowly rather than not at all 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 Pan flood sensor - [1-1](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-1-1-dishwasher/) Motor control status - [1-2](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-1-2-dishwasher/) Motor control comms - [1-3](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-1-3-dishwasher/) Diverter timeout - [1-4](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-1-4-dishwasher/) Huba sensor - [2-1](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-2-1-dishwasher/) Fill timeout - [2-2](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-2-2-dishwasher/) Low level sensor - [2-3](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-2-3-dishwasher/) High level - [2-4](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-2-4-dishwasher/) UI to motor control - [3-1](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-3-1-dishwasher/) Drain pump - [3-3](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-3-3-dishwasher/) Motor status - [3-4](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-3-4-dishwasher/) Motor under voltage - [3-5](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-3-5-dishwasher/) The same two digits mean different things across generations. [ Search the full code list ](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/) Models that can display this code - [ VDWU724 ](https://vikingmiami.support/models/viking-vdwu724/) - [ VDWU524 ](https://vikingmiami.support/models/viking-vdwu524/) - [ VDWU324 ](https://vikingmiami.support/models/viking-vdwu324/) The number on the data plate decides which parts exist and how quickly they arrive. [ All models ](https://vikingmiami.support/models/) In more detail ## About Viking dishwasher error code 1-5 ### What Viking publishes for it On a Viking dishwasher, the manufacturer publishes this for a drain error. 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 drain path all the way to the sink, which is where it usually is - A garbage disposal plug never knocked out, on a new installation - The high loop the drain hose is supposed to have - The filters, and the machine being level ### Worth trying yourself, in this order - Run the disposal and check the sink drains freely - Check the drain hose is not kinked and has a high loop - If it was just installed, check the disposal plug was removed - Clean the filters and check the machine sits level ### Then what Nearly every drain condition on this make is in the plumbing rather than in the machine: the disposal, the plug in the disposal, the high loop, the filters. All four can be checked in ten minutes and they resolve this more often than any part does. Viking publishes this one for the built-in dishwashers — that is dishwashers on this site. The [full Viking archive](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/) 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 ## Tell us the model number and what it is doing. --- **[Read full article: Viking dishwasher error code 1-5](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-1-5-dishwasher/)**