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title: "LG-built Kenmore washer error code dE2"
description: "LG-built Kenmore washer error code dE2 — lG wrote this code, not Kenmore. On a washer wearing this badge, dE2 means: The door is closed but is not locking."
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/lg-washer-de2/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# LG-built Kenmore washer error code dE2

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write dE2, 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

The door is closed but is not locking.

### 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 dE2 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: **E30**. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place.

### What happens next

- Check the door closes square and the latch is not obstructed.
- A door that needs a shove is a hinge before it is a lock.

### 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 dE2, 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 dE2, 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

The door is closed but is not locking.

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 dE2 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: E30. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place.

What happens next

Check the door closes square and the latch is not obstructed.

A door that needs a shove is a hinge before it is a lock.

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 dE2, 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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