--- title: "Viking dishwasher error code 3-5" description: "Viking dishwasher error code 3-5: the manufacturer publishes this for motor under voltage." url: "https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-3-5-dishwasher/" date_modified: "2026-08-21" Product line: "301 Series, 324 Series, 451 Series" --- # Viking dishwasher error code 3-5 Error code # Viking dishwasher error code 3-5 Viking dishwasher error code 3-5: the manufacturer publishes this for motor under voltage. 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 3-5, 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 3-5 The manufacturer publishes this for motor under voltage or call [(305) 697-3843](tel:+13056973843) What it narrows down to Motor under voltage What you are probably seeing [Dishwasher lights flashing](https://vikingmiami.support/symptoms/dishwasher-lights-flashing/) 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. - 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 [ What it usually means ](https://vikingmiami.support/symptoms/dishwasher-lights-flashing/) Count them — the pair is the message 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 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/) Drain error - [1-5](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-1-5-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/) 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 3-5 ### What Viking publishes for it On a Viking dishwasher, the manufacturer publishes this for motor under voltage. 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 supply to the machine rather than the machine - A shared circuit sagging when something large starts ### Worth trying yourself, in this order - Reset and run a cycle; note whether it happens at a particular time of day ### Then what This one points at the supply rather than the appliance, and that matters when deciding who to call. If it repeats on a different circuit, it is the appliance; if it follows the circuit, it is an electrician’s job and a service visit will not fix it. 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 3-5](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-3-5-dishwasher/)**