E5 error code but the lid is off

The wire on cap broken, soldering wire. It working perfect.

using crockpot in sauté mode without lid showing E5 error which makes no sense as there is no lid in sauté mode what to do?

Mine had same problem. I ended up calling Sunbeam/Crockpot and they told me it is a chip malfunction and told me to return it for a replacement. Hope that helps.

Mine does the same thing but I found out if you just heat it up first without anything in it it works fine

Hi, I opened the bottom of the pot, unscrewed all the screws, took a picture as it was, and screwed it up again. Everything started to work.