Miele dryer
showing F159
F159 means the compressor that powers the heat pump did not start properly.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Heating
- Heating element repair
- Source: Miele
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What F159
actually means.
F159 means the compressor that powers the heat pump did not start properly.
Miele dryer display
What to do when F159 shows on the dryerKind of codeHeating
The dryer expected heat and did not get it, or got it too slowly. On an electric model the element and its wiring; on a gas model the igniter, the flame sensor and the valve coils. A blocked vent is ruled out first.
Usually leads toHeating element repair
No heat or weak heat on an electric dryer, traced to the coil, its terminals or the safety parts on its housing.
Shows up asDryer Not Heating
The drum turns and the cycle runs, but the air stays cool and the clothes come out damp.
MakeMiele
Compact European dryers, mostly heat-pump models that dry at lower temperatures without an outdoor vent.
SourceMiele USA customer assistance, tumble dryer code F159 (Wayback copy)
Miele heat-pump tumble dryers only.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Miele's own guidance for F159 on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
End the program and turn the dryer off.
Arrange a repair visit for the compressor circuit.
What not to do
F159 does not point to a heating element: a Miele heat-pump dryer makes its heat with a compressor.
What you may
notice with it.
The dryer problems F159 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dryer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dryer Not Heating
6 causes, cheapest first
Where F159 usually leads
Heating element repair.
Miele
dryers.
Compact European dryers, mostly heat-pump models that dry at lower temperatures without an outdoor vent.
Miele dryer repair
In Miele's own words
There is a compressor start-up fault.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Miele heat-pump tumble dryers only.
Miele F159 dryer 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
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Back to your everyday
Still showing F159?
Book with the code exactly as displayed, the whole model number, and whether you smell burning or gas — for a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.