--- title: "Every code LG publishes, and what it means before anybody is called." description: "LG error codes — error codes archive." url: "https://lgmiami.support/error-codes/" date_modified: "2026-09-05" --- # Error codes archive ## Every code LG publishes, and what it means before anybody is called. LG is one of the best-documented makes we work on. It publishes proper code lists for five families and, on the laundry machines with no numeric display, what the blinking indicator lights mean instead. This archive carries one page per condition rather than one per string, so whichever spelling your machine shows, this is the right page. 70 — conditions published 225 — strings they carry between them 10 — that are signals rather than errors 5 — appliance families ## The full index Filter by appliance first. The same characters do not always mean the same thing across machines — OE is a washer drain and a dishwasher drain, and on refrigeration the letter in front of the code says which evaporator is being reported. Every entry here was read from LG's own US help library. LG answers 403 to a plain request, so the archive was read through a browser and the way into it was LG's own support sitemap; the archive is in this repository. Nothing on these pages is the maker's wording — the code strings, the condition each belongs to and the appliance that shows it are theirs; the meaning and the steps are ours. ## OE, E03 and E21 are one page LG publishes a condition and then every string that can stand for it, and which one your machine shows depends on the panel it was built with. **OE**, **E03** and **E21** are one washer condition. **IE**, **E02** and **E10** are another. Splitting those into separate pages would produce near-identical pages competing with each other, so they are one page here with every spelling printed on it. ## Er dS, F dS and r dS are three different coils On refrigeration LG uses a prefix to say which part of the machine is complaining. **Er dS** is the defrost sensor on a cabinet with one evaporator. **F dS** is the freezer coil of a cabinet with two, and **r dS** is the refrigerator coil of the same machine. Writing down the letter along with the code is the difference between knowing which coil to open and finding out the hard way. ## Two minutes that save a visit What the machine is reporting - A code on the display, written down exactly — including the letter in front of it. - On a refrigerator, hold Freezer Temperature and Express Frz together for three seconds to bring the last code back. - On a laundry machine with no numbers, count a full blink sequence and photograph it. - Do not cut the power first. A code that has been reset is information nobody has. The model number, off the appliance - Refrigerators: inside, on the left wall of the fresh food compartment. - Washers and dryers: inside the door opening, or on the back panel. - Ranges and wall ovens: on the frame behind the door, or under the cooktop. - Dishwashers: on the edge of the door, visible when it is open. ## Start from what it is doing Most people do not have a code. These pages start from the behavior instead. ## Four of these mean nothing is wrong **CL** is the control lock. **tcL** is a washer asking for a tub clean. **H5** is a cooktop saying the glass is hot. **5b** is an oven in Sabbath mode. None of them is a failure and all four get called in as one, which is why they have pages of their own here. ## Questions about codes The code is not on this list. — Tell us exactly what it says, including any letter in front of it and any space. LG uses several panel generations and a code can be printed slightly differently between them. If it is genuinely one we have not published, we would rather find out than guess. Should I reset the machine? — Write it down first. A reset clears the display and not the condition, and the code is the most useful thing a first visit can start from. After that, yes — LG's own first step for a great many of these is to cut the power for five minutes, and a code that never returns was an event rather than a failure. My machine has no display at all. — Then it reports by blinking its indicator lights, and LG publishes what the patterns mean. Count a full sequence, photograph the panel mid-blink, and quote the pattern when you call. On those machines the pattern is the entire diagnosis. ## How this archive is organized ### Per condition, not per string A code archive that publishes one page per string ends up with several near-identical pages competing with each other for the same reader. This one publishes one page per condition and prints every string LG uses for it, so a search for any of them lands on the page that answers it. ### What is LG’s and what is ours The code strings, the condition each belongs to, and which appliance shows it are facts published by the manufacturer and checkable against its own support library. The meaning on each page, the order of the steps and the judgement about what it usually turns out to be in a South Florida house are ours. We do not reproduce the maker’s wording, and we do not publish a code the maker has not. ## Quote the code exactly, prefix and all. With the code and the model number we can usually name a likely part before anybody sets off. --- **[Read full article: Error codes archive](https://lgmiami.support/error-codes-archive/)**