--- title: "Frigidaire-built Kenmore dishwasher signal CL" description: "Frigidaire-built Kenmore dishwasher signal CL — cL is an indicator rather than an error." url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/frigidaire-dishwasher-cl/" date_modified: "2026-09-01" Appliance type: "Dishwashers" --- # Frigidaire-built Kenmore dishwasher signal CL ### Whose code this actually is Kenmore did not write CL, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Frigidaire’s, and it appears on the dishwasher that Frigidaire built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool, Frigidaire and Bosch all built dishwashers for this badge, and their numbering overlaps enough to be convincing while meaning entirely different things. ### What the appliance is telling you Frigidaire's own wording: the door is open, and it reminds you the door needs to be closed for the cycle to start. This one is an indicator rather than an error. It is published in the same table as genuine problems, and treating it as one is how a working appliance gets a service call. ### Which Kenmore models can raise it The Kenmore dishwasher whose model number begins 587 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Frigidaire’s, which is why Frigidaire’s table is the one that applies to CL and no other manufacturer’s does. ### The other ways it may be written The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of the appliance and because a segment display draws some characters oddly: **Cd**. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place. ### Worth trying yourself, in this order - Close the door firmly within a few seconds of pressing start. - A door that has to be leaned on is a latch or an alignment, and that is a small repair. ### Where this usually goes The job this most often becomes is [dishwasher door latch repair](/services/dishwasher-door-latch-repair/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore dishwasher on this water scales its heater and its spray arms faster than the manual assumes, so codes about temperature and wash performance are read here with the supply in mind first. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears CL, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis. ### Where this meaning came from Frigidaire’s own documentation: *Dishwasher Error Codes and Alarms Guide, Frigidaire owner support*. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead. What the machine is telling you Whose code this actually is Kenmore did not write CL, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Frigidaire’s, and it appears on the dishwasher that Frigidaire built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool, Frigidaire and Bosch all built dishwashers for this badge, and their numbering overlaps enough to be convincing while meaning entirely different things. What the appliance is telling you Frigidaire's own wording: the door is open, and it reminds you the door needs to be closed for the cycle to start. This one is an indicator rather than an error. It is published in the same table as genuine problems, and treating it as one is how a working appliance gets a service call. Which Kenmore models can raise it The Kenmore dishwasher whose model number begins 587 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Frigidaire’s, which is why Frigidaire’s table is the one that applies to CL and no other manufacturer’s does. The other ways it may be written The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of the appliance and because a segment display draws some characters oddly: Cd. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place. Worth trying yourself, in this order Close the door firmly within a few seconds of pressing start. A door that has to be leaned on is a latch or an alignment, and that is a small repair. Where this usually goes The job this most often becomes is dishwasher door latch repair, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore dishwasher on this water scales its heater and its spray arms faster than the manual assumes, so codes about temperature and wash performance are read here with the supply in mind first. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears CL, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis. Where this meaning came from Frigidaire’s own documentation: Dishwasher Error Codes and Alarms Guide, Frigidaire owner support. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead. --- **[Read full article: Frigidaire-built Kenmore dishwasher signal CL](https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/frigidaire-dishwasher-cl/)**