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title: "LG-built Kenmore washer error code dE"
description: "LG-built Kenmore washer error code dE: lG wrote this code, not Kenmore. On a washer wearing this badge, dE means: On a front-loader LG's label is DOOR OPEN…"
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/lg-washer-de/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# LG-built Kenmore washer error code dE

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write dE, 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

On a front-loader LG's label is DOOR OPEN ERROR — the door is not closed properly, often because laundry is caught in it. On a top-loader the same two characters mean LID ERROR, which is a different machine and a different check.

### 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 dE 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: **dE1, E01**. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place.

### What happens next

- Open the door, clear the seal of anything caught in it, and close it firmly.
- Check the fold of the gasket for a sock. It is where they go.
- Tell us whether yours is a front-loader or a top-loader when you call — on this code it changes the answer.

### 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 dE, 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 this one means

Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write dE, 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

On a front-loader LG's label is DOOR OPEN ERROR — the door is not closed properly, often because laundry is caught in it. On a top-loader the same two characters mean LID ERROR, which is a different machine and a different check.

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 dE 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: dE1, E01. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place.

What happens next

Open the door, clear the seal of anything caught in it, and close it firmly.

Check the fold of the gasket for a sock. It is where they go.

Tell us whether yours is a front-loader or a top-loader when you call — on this code it changes the answer.

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 dE, 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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