--- title: "Dishwasher error code AE" description: "LG dishwasher error code AE: LG groups leakage and overfilling under one condition because the machine answers both the same way: it stops washing and it…" url: "https://lgmiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-leak-or-overfill/" date_modified: "2026-09-05" Appliance type: "Dishwashers" --- # Dishwasher error code AE ### What AE means on this make LG groups leakage and overfilling under one condition because the machine answers both the same way: it stops washing and it starts draining, and it keeps draining until somebody comes. That is deliberate, and it is why a dishwasher showing this code sounds like it is running when it is not. The causes divide neatly. Too much water is a fill valve that is not closing or a level sensor that has lost its reading. Water underneath is a hose, a pump seal or the tub. And a third cause catches people out entirely: ordinary washing-up liquid instead of dishwasher detergent produces enough foam to trip the same sensor, with nothing broken at all. ### The other ways LG prints this one AE · EI · FE · RE · AE/EI/FE 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 condition on a washer, and Er dS, F dS and r dS are one sensor on different evaporators. They are one page here, so whichever of them you searched for, this is the right page. ### Where this appears, and why not to clear it On the appliance’s own display. LG reports errors two ways: machines with a digital display show a code, and the laundry machines without one blink their indicator lights instead. Both are published by the maker and both are on this site. Photograph what the panel shows before cutting the power. On a refrigerator you can also force the last code back onto the display by holding Freezer Temperature and Express Frz together for three seconds — LG documents that, and it is the one thing that makes a first visit more useful. A code that has been reset is information a technician no longer has. ### What to do about it - Ask what went in the machine. Hand dish soap in a dishwasher will do this every time. - Look under the toe panel with a torch for standing water or a wet trail. - Check the machine is level, and that the door closes squarely without being pushed. - Leave it draining rather than switching it off at the wall — that cycle is the protection. ### Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/diagnostic-visit/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 419-0291](tel:+13054190291) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. Leak or overfill What this one means What AE means on this make LG groups leakage and overfilling under one condition because the machine answers both the same way: it stops washing and it starts draining, and it keeps draining until somebody comes. That is deliberate, and it is why a dishwasher showing this code sounds like it is running when it is not. The causes divide neatly. Too much water is a fill valve that is not closing or a level sensor that has lost its reading. Water underneath is a hose, a pump seal or the tub. And a third cause catches people out entirely: ordinary washing-up liquid instead of dishwasher detergent produces enough foam to trip the same sensor, with nothing broken at all. The other ways LG prints this one AE · EI · FE · RE · AE/EI/FE 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 condition on a washer, and Er dS, F dS and r dS are one sensor on different evaporators. They are one page here, so whichever of them you searched for, this is the right page. Where this appears, and why not to clear it On the appliance’s own display. LG reports errors two ways: machines with a digital display show a code, and the laundry machines without one blink their indicator lights instead. Both are published by the maker and both are on this site. Photograph what the panel shows before cutting the power. On a refrigerator you can also force the last code back onto the display by holding Freezer Temperature and Express Frz together for three seconds — LG documents that, and it is the one thing that makes a first visit more useful. A code that has been reset is information a technician no longer has. What to do about it Ask what went in the machine. Hand dish soap in a dishwasher will do this every time. Look under the toe panel with a torch for standing water or a wet trail. Check the machine is level, and that the door closes squarely without being pushed. Leave it draining rather than switching it off at the wall — that cycle is the protection. Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 419-0291](tel:+13054190291) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. --- **[Read full article: Dishwasher error code AE](https://lgmiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-leak-or-overfill/)**