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title: "LG-built Kenmore washer signal CL"
description: "LG-built Kenmore washer signal CL: cL is an indicator rather than an error. LG publishes it for the washer this badge covers, and it means: LG's own label is…"
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/lg-washer-cl/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# LG-built Kenmore washer signal CL

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write CL, 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 the appliance is telling you

LG's own label is CONTROL LOCK FUNCTION — the child lock is on, and it is not an error. LG's manual prints this as `[L` on a segment display and the help library writes it 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 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 CL and no other manufacturer’s does.

### Worth trying yourself, in this order

- Hold the child lock button for three seconds.
- It is switched on by accident more often than it is switched on deliberately.

### Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is [washer lock and lid switch repair](/services/washer-lock-and-lid-switch-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 CL, 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 — Washing Machine, Front Loader, USA, P/No. MFL71728911*. 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 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 the appliance is telling you

LG's own label is CONTROL LOCK FUNCTION — the child lock is on, and it is not an error. LG's manual prints this as `[L` on a segment display and the help library writes it 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 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 CL and no other manufacturer’s does.

Worth trying yourself, in this order

Hold the child lock button for three seconds.

It is switched on by accident more often than it is switched on deliberately.

Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is washer lock and lid switch 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 CL, 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 — Washing Machine, Front Loader, USA, P/No. MFL71728911. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead.

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