Bosch E-11: moisture on the touch keys of a Bosch microwave
Bosch touch controls read small changes on the glass or panel surface, and a film of steam can look like a finger.
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What E-11
actually means.
Bosch touch controls read small changes on the glass or panel surface, and a film of steam can look like a finger. E-11 is the control noticing keys that do not behave, and Bosch expects it to clear once the panel is dry and the power is cycled.
Bosch microwave display · also shown as E11
What to do when E-11 shows on the microwaveKind of codeControl board and touchpad
The electronics that read the keys and run the cycle have flagged a problem with themselves: a key that the control sees as held down for too long, a membrane keypad worn through or swollen by steam, a lost link between the keypad and the board, or a board that failed its own check after a surge. A breaker reset now and then clears a glitch; a stuck key or a code that comes straight back points to the keypad or the board.
Usually leads toMicrowave control board and touchpad repair
Tracing a dead display, keys that do not answer or a code that keeps returning to the keypad, the ribbon, the relays or the main board, and replacing only the part that failed.
Shows up asWhat a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You
A microwave error code may be a letter and a number on the display, a lock or demo word, a row of dashes, or a beep with a blinking clock, and it can show while the microwave still heats or block every key until it is cleared.
MakeBosch
Bosch microwaves serviced in your kitchen, from a hood combination whose fan has gone quiet to a drawer that no longer slides out.
SourceBosch Oven & Microwave Error Codes support page
Listed in the HMC54151UC speed oven manual and on Bosch's oven and microwave support page.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Bosch's own guidance for E-11 on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Dry the control panel with a dry cloth.
Switch the breaker off, wait about 10 seconds, and switch it back on.
Let steam clear from the kitchen before using the panel again.
If E-11 still comes back on a dry panel, book a visit for the touch control.
Still there?
It usually turns into microwave control board and touchpad repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
E-11 does not point at the magnetron or the door. It is also the one Bosch E-code that owners are told to try clearing themselves; any other number goes straight to service.
What you may
notice with it.
The microwave problems E-11 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E-11 usually leads
Microwave control board and touchpad repair.
Bosch
microwaves.
Bosch microwaves serviced in your kitchen, from a hood combination whose fan has gone quiet to a drawer that no longer slides out.
Bosch microwave repairMore Bosch codes
Control board and touchpad on other makes
Microwave hood combination
The microwave that hangs from the wall cabinets above the burners, heating food in its cavity while its own fan, light and filters handle the steam and grease rising from the pans beneath it.
Built-in microwave
A microwave set into a tall cabinet or a wall of cabinetry at eye level, either a countertop body wrapped in a trim kit or a true built-in model, including speed and convection microwaves that brown as well as heat.
Microwave drawer
A microwave built under a counter or into a kitchen island that opens like a drawer at the touch of a key, with a motor and gears sliding its cavity out toward you.
In Bosch's own words
The touch keys are not operating properly. This may be due to condensation on the keypad.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Listed in the HMC54151UC speed oven manual and on Bosch's oven and microwave support page.
Bosch E-11 microwave repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about E-11.
Can I clear E-11 myself?
Why does my Bosch speed oven show E-11 after boiling pasta?
How long should the Bosch breaker stay off for E-11?
What if E-11 comes back on a dry Bosch panel?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E-11?
Three details make the booking useful: the characters or beeps just as they appeared, every character of the model number, and whether a cup of water still warms up. With those, the technician arrives already halfway to the answer.