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title: "LG-built Kenmore washer error code AE"
description: "LG-built Kenmore washer error code AE: lG wrote this code, not Kenmore. On a washer wearing this badge, AE means: LG's wording: a leakage error — a problem…"
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/lg-washer-ae/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# LG-built Kenmore washer error code AE

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write AE, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is LG’s, and it appears on the washer that LG built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool-built and LG-built washers wear one badge and share almost none of their code scheme, so the wrong table here sends you to a pump when the machine is reporting a lid.

### What it means

LG's wording: a leakage error — a problem with a leak inside the appliance.

### Which Kenmore models can raise it

The Kenmore washer 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 AE and no other manufacturer’s does.

### What happens next

- Stop using it and look underneath before running another cycle.
- A leak found in week one is a hose; a leak found in month six is a floor.

### Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is [washer leak repair](/services/washer-leak-repair/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore washer in this county works in hard water and a warm laundry room, so a code that arrives with slow draining or long cycles is very often the supply or the drain rather than the machine. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears AE, 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 Help Library — error code lists*. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead.

What this one means

Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write AE, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is LG’s, and it appears on the washer that LG built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool-built and LG-built washers wear one badge and share almost none of their code scheme, so the wrong table here sends you to a pump when the machine is reporting a lid.

What it means

LG's wording: a leakage error — a problem with a leak inside the appliance.

Which Kenmore models can raise it

The Kenmore washer 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 AE and no other manufacturer’s does.

What happens next

Stop using it and look underneath before running another cycle.

A leak found in week one is a hose; a leak found in month six is a floor.

Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is washer leak repair, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore washer in this county works in hard water and a warm laundry room, so a code that arrives with slow draining or long cycles is very often the supply or the drain rather than the machine. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears AE, 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 Help Library — error code lists. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead.

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