
The bottom burr is the one that turns and grinds against the top burr. One issue you can have is with the grinder. The motor is available on the ECS Coffee website for $90 CAD. You don’t need to buy a complete grinder but can purchase the motor itself. The grinder motor isn’t hard to replace if you take it apart slowly and methodically. If the machine makes the espresso this will be confirmation you need a new grinder motor, and there likely aren’t any other issues.

I want you to reset the machine (unplug and plug back in) move to the pre-ground option as you would insert your pre-ground coffee yourself and brew espresso. Without any delay, it just goes into fault. In this case, this machine starts up normally in ready mode and everything appears perfect but when you press for espresso the machine goes into E01 right away. Situation 3: Saeco faults as soon as I press for Espresso I won’t write much about this fix here as it will be replacing the grinder motor itself which also applies and explained in the next scenario. Your grinder starts but stops within about 2-3 seconds of grinding with beans in the hopper. In this case and being that I have seen it, but rarely. At this point it should be clear what the grinder had jammed (keep in mind in this scenario your grinder hums before going into fault) Situation 2: Your grinder starts and stops after 2-3 seconds In this case it is a good sign that you cleared the jam, and you can test the unit with product and make an espresso to test before you fully reassemble. Once it’s clear, reassemble it back together and try making a product and see if the grinder runs and runs on (looking for beans) If you cannot see anything visible, turn the grinder all the way coarse until you can separate the top burr from the grinder and finish cleaning out the area. I have unjammed a lot of weird items from a grinder in the past some being a nail, stones, glass, plastics and even the porcelain burr that has broken and jammed the grinder. Use a vacuum to make the area visible and inspect the grinder for any hard material caught between the burrs. To unjam the grinder start by empting the grinder area of all beans. If your grinder hums like it wants to grind but is not turning, then you’ll want to unjam the grinder. Situation 1: Your grinder hums, and isn’t turning There can be three scenarios to this issue and here are some things to check. In this case, the machine stops the instant the user asks for the machine to dispense an espresso or coffee.

This occurs if the grinder has the mills (burs) blocked.

There have been many times I have seen an error present itself, but the cause of this error is not necessarily what it shows. I wanted to list the Saeco / Philips errors with some guidance on what the possible underlying issues could be to make these errors appear. Parts for Saeco / Philips are available to purchase to complete repairs yourself as you will see I will reference some of these parts to avoid unnecessary services fees for taking it in to get fixed. Most of my explanations will assume you will have the top off and in some cases, the side panels were taken off the unit. This error codes guide is made for the person who might want to try and fix their Saeco espresso machine on their own.
