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title: "Bosch refrigerator showing E or D"
description: "What E or D means on Bosch refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all."
url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e-or-d/"
---

# Bosch refrigerator showing E or D

Bosch's US refrigeration page covers any error message beginning with E or D in a single entry.

## What E or D actually means.

Bosch's US refrigeration page covers any error message beginning with E or D in a single entry. It gives no meaning for the individual messages, only one instruction: power the refrigerator down fully and see whether the message comes back. The wait is 5 minutes, longer than the 30 seconds Bosch gives for E02 and E03. If the message returns, the next step is Bosch Customer Support.

Bosch refrigerator display · also shown as E, D

What to do when E or D shows on the refrigerator

### Kind of code Service indication

A light or a message asking for a visit. It says that something wants attention, not what, so the visit starts with a diagnosis.

### Usually leads to Diagnostic visit

The visit that decides what the repair actually is, before any part is ordered.

### Shows up as Refrigerator Showing an Error Code

A code narrows the search, but only the manufacturer's own table gives it meaning.

### Make Bosch

Counter-depth French door and built-in refrigeration with a strong emphasis on quiet running.

### Source Bosch US owner support: Bosch Refrigeration Error Codes

Taken from the manufacturer's own documentation, quoted below.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Bosch's own guidance for E or D on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Switch the appliance off.

02

Unplug it or turn off its breaker, then wait 5 minutes.

03

Reconnect the power and see whether the message is still on the display.

04

If it is, book a visit and give us the exact message.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [diagnostic visit](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

Do not guess what it means from another brand's code list. Bosch does not publish meanings for these messages on its US page.

## What you may notice with it.

The refrigerator problem E or D tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Refrigerator Showing an Error Code](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/)

[All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/)

Problem

### Refrigerator Showing an Error Code

5 causes, cheapest first

Where E or D usually leads

## Diagnostic visit.

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/)

## Read these before the visit.

Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.

[All guides](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/guides/)

How not to need us

### The condenser, the grille, and the one job that prevents the most calls

Why it is doing that

### A refrigerator that never stops running

Error codes

### All 247 codes, by make

## Bosch refrigerators.

Counter-depth French door and built-in refrigeration with a strong emphasis on quiet running.

[Bosch refrigerator repair](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/brands/bosch/)

More Bosch codes

[E02](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e02/) [E03](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e03/)

Service indication on other makes

[Sub-Zero Service](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/sub-zero-service-light/) [Viking High Temperature Alarm](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/viking-high-temperature-alarm/) [Gaggenau ALARM symbol](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/gaggenau-alarm-symbol/) [Miele F0](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/miele-f0/) [Liebherr F1 to F5](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/liebherr-f1-to-f5/) [U-Line Temp Hi 6H+](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/u-line-temp-hi-6h/) [True Residential REF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/true-ref/) [GE FF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/ge-ff/)

[All 56 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-service-indication)

Bosch builds this

### Built-in refrigerator

Flush with the cabinets, serviced from the front, and almost always repaired rather than replaced.

Bosch builds this

### French door refrigerator

Two fresh-food doors over a freezer drawer — the most common premium layout, and the one with the most to go wrong at the door line.

Bosch builds this

### Side-by-side refrigerator

Full-height freezer beside full-height fresh food, with the ice maker and dispenser built into the freezer door.

## In Bosch's own words

> Reconnect the appliance after 5 minutes. 4. If the error message still appears on the display, please call Bosch Customer Support

[Bosch US owner support: Bosch Refrigeration Error Codes](https://www.bosch-home.com/us/owner-support/error-codes/refrigeration)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing.

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The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.

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For the heart of your home.

## Questions about E or D.

### Can I clear E or D myself?

Switch the appliance off. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### What does a Bosch refrigerator message starting with E or D actually mean?

Bosch's US refrigeration page does not decode these messages one by one. It gives a single procedure instead: power the unit down fully and see whether the message persists. Code lists from other brands will not tell you what it means on a Bosch.

### Why does Bosch want a 5-minute power-off for an E or D message?

That is the wait Bosch specifies for this group, longer than the 30 seconds it gives for E02 and E03. Turn off the breaker or unplug the unit, wait the full 5 minutes, then restore power. If the message is still there, book a visit and read us the exact text.

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