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title: "Washer error code E23"
description: "Asko washer error code E23: This make runs five separate washer code families. Which machines can raise it, what the maker publishes about it, and what to do…"
url: "https://askomiami.support/error-codes/washer-e23/"
date_modified: "2026-09-13"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# Washer error code E23

### What E23 means on this make

This make runs five separate washer code families. A meaning taken from another family is a wrong part, so the model code matters more here than the number does. The opposite of E2: the machine cannot release the door rather than lock it. Drain the machine before attempting anything, and do not force it — the lock is already the failed part.

### Where this appears, and which table it belongs to

On the appliance’s own display. Photograph it before you cut the power: a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. Then check the model, because this make changed hands in 2016 and the two generations share no code string. The same characters mean different things on a Classic ERC oven, an ER-series range and a Modernist induction cooktop, and a meaning read off the wrong table is worse than no meaning at all.

### Which machines this one applies to

W4114C and the WM75/PMCU platform. The same number on a different appliance of this make is a different page and often a different repair, which is why this archive is organized by appliance rather than by number. This maker documents codes on 8 of the appliance types this site publishes — cooktop, dishwasher, dryer, microwave, oven, range, refrigerator and washer — and publishes none at all for commercial line, freezer, microwave, oven, range, range hood and refrigerator. Those appliances have symptom pages here and no code pages, which is the honest answer rather than borrowing a table from the machine next door.

### What to do about it

- Run a drain program so the drum is empty.
- Do not force the door.

### Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/diagnostic-visit/), and that page 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, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 363-1406](tel:+13053631406) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.

W4114C and the WM75/PMCU platform

What this one means

What E23 means on this make

This make runs five separate washer code families. A meaning taken from another family is a wrong part, so the model code matters more here than the number does. The opposite of E2: the machine cannot release the door rather than lock it. Drain the machine before attempting anything, and do not force it — the lock is already the failed part.

Where this appears, and which table it belongs to

On the appliance’s own display. Photograph it before you cut the power: a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. Then check the model, because this make changed hands in 2016 and the two generations share no code string. The same characters mean different things on a Classic ERC oven, an ER-series range and a Modernist induction cooktop, and a meaning read off the wrong table is worse than no meaning at all.

Which machines this one applies to

W4114C and the WM75/PMCU platform. The same number on a different appliance of this make is a different page and often a different repair, which is why this archive is organized by appliance rather than by number. This maker documents codes on 8 of the appliance types this site publishes — cooktop, dishwasher, dryer, microwave, oven, range, refrigerator and washer — and publishes none at all for commercial line, freezer, microwave, oven, range, range hood and refrigerator. Those appliances have symptom pages here and no code pages, which is the honest answer rather than borrowing a table from the machine next door.

What to do about it

Run a drain program so the drum is empty.

Do not force the door.

Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page 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, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 363-1406](tel:+13053631406) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.

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