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title: "LG-built Kenmore washer error code LE"
description: "LG-built Kenmore washer error code LE — lG wrote this code, not Kenmore. On a washer wearing this badge, LE means: LG's own label is MOTOR LOCKED ERROR."
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/lg-washer-le/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# LG-built Kenmore washer error code LE

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write LE, 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 own label is MOTOR LOCKED ERROR. On the help library it is described as the tub failing to spin, commonly through overloading.

### 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 LE and no other manufacturer’s does.

### What happens next

- Reduce the load and try again — LG names overloading first and it is right.
- Check the drum turns freely by hand with the power off.
- On a two-character display LG warns that LE is shown first and then the 1 — so LE and LE1 can look identical for a moment. They are different findings.

### 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 LE, 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 LE, 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 own label is MOTOR LOCKED ERROR. On the help library it is described as the tub failing to spin, commonly through overloading.

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 LE and no other manufacturer’s does.

What happens next

Reduce the load and try again — LG names overloading first and it is right.

Check the drum turns freely by hand with the power off.

On a two-character display LG warns that LE is shown first and then the 1 — so LE and LE1 can look identical for a moment. They are different findings.

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 LE, 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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