--- title: "LG-built Kenmore dryer signal [L" description: "LG-built Kenmore dryer signal [L — [L is an indicator rather than an error. LG publishes it for the dryer this badge covers, and it means: LG's own label is…" url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/lg-dryer-l/" date_modified: "2026-09-01" Appliance type: "Dryers" --- # LG-built Kenmore dryer signal [L ### Whose code this actually is Kenmore did not write [L, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is LG’s, and it appears on the dryer that LG built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool, LG and Frigidaire all built dryers for this badge, and all three publish short two-character codes, so a lookup that skips the prefix is a coin toss dressed as an answer. ### What the appliance is telling you LG's own label is CONTROL LOCK FUNCTION. Not an error. The manual prints `[L`; the help library writes CL. 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 dryer whose model number begins 796 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are LG’s, which is why LG’s table is the one that applies to [L 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: **CL**. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place. ### Worth trying yourself, in this order - Hold the child lock button for three seconds. ### Where this usually goes The job this most often becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/diagnostic-visit/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore dryer in South Florida is almost always on a long horizontal duct carrying humid air, and that duct is behind more heat and airflow codes here than any component inside the machine. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears [L, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis. ### Where this meaning came from LG’s own documentation: *LG Owner's Manual — WashTower WKEX200H*A / WKGX201H*A, P/No. MFL71485405*. 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 [L, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is LG’s, and it appears on the dryer that LG built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool, LG and Frigidaire all built dryers for this badge, and all three publish short two-character codes, so a lookup that skips the prefix is a coin toss dressed as an answer. What the appliance is telling you LG's own label is CONTROL LOCK FUNCTION. Not an error. The manual prints `[L`; the help library writes CL. 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 dryer whose model number begins 796 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are LG’s, which is why LG’s table is the one that applies to [L 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: CL. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place. Worth trying yourself, in this order Hold the child lock button for three seconds. Where this usually goes The job this most often becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore dryer in South Florida is almost always on a long horizontal duct carrying humid air, and that duct is behind more heat and airflow codes here than any component inside the machine. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears [L, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis. Where this meaning came from LG’s own documentation: LG Owner's Manual — WashTower WKEX200H*A / WKGX201H*A, P/No. MFL71485405. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead. --- **[Read full article: LG-built Kenmore dryer signal [L](https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/lg-dryer-l/)**