--- title: "Washer error code tE" description: "LG washer error code tE: A washer that cannot measure temperature cannot run a warm or hot program honestly, so it stops rather than guess." url: "https://lgmiami.support/error-codes/washer-temperature-sensor/" date_modified: "2026-09-05" Appliance type: "Washers" --- # Washer error code tE ### What tE means on this make A washer that cannot measure temperature cannot run a warm or hot program honestly, so it stops rather than guess. On a WashCombo — the all-in-one that washes and dries in one drum — this code covers the drying side as well, and a tE on one of those often shows up as a machine that washes and will not move on to dry. ### The other ways LG prints this one tE · TE 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 - Note whether it fails on every program or only the warm ones. - Cut the power for five minutes. - On a combo machine, note whether the wash finished before it stopped. - Book it if it returns; the sensor is a part and the job is short. ### Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is [temperature sensor replacement](/services/temperature-sensor-replacement/), 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. Temperature sensor What this one means What tE means on this make A washer that cannot measure temperature cannot run a warm or hot program honestly, so it stops rather than guess. On a WashCombo — the all-in-one that washes and dries in one drum — this code covers the drying side as well, and a tE on one of those often shows up as a machine that washes and will not move on to dry. The other ways LG prints this one tE · TE 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 Note whether it fails on every program or only the warm ones. Cut the power for five minutes. On a combo machine, note whether the wash finished before it stopped. Book it if it returns; the sensor is a part and the job is short. Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is temperature sensor replacement, 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: Washer error code tE](https://lgmiami.support/error-codes/washer-temperature-sensor/)**