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title: "Whirlpool-built Kenmore washer error code F2 E3"
description: "Whirlpool-built Kenmore washer error code F2 E3 — whirlpool wrote this code, not Kenmore."
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/whirlpool-washer-f2-e3/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# Whirlpool-built Kenmore washer error code F2 E3

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write F2 E3, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Whirlpool’s, and it appears on the washer that Whirlpool 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

Whirlpool's wording: an issue with the appliance control unit, the user interface or the wiring between them.

### Which Kenmore models can raise it

The Kenmore washer whose model number begins 110 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Whirlpool’s, which is why Whirlpool’s table is the one that applies to F2 E3 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: **F2 E4, F2 E5**. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place.

### What happens next

- Cut the power at the breaker for a minute and restore it.
- If it comes back, this is a control or interface repair rather than anything you can clear.

### Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/diagnostic-visit/), 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 F2 E3, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis.

### Where this meaning came from

Whirlpool’s own documentation: *Top Load HE Washer error codes — Whirlpool Product Help*. 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 F2 E3, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Whirlpool’s, and it appears on the washer that Whirlpool 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

Whirlpool's wording: an issue with the appliance control unit, the user interface or the wiring between them.

Which Kenmore models can raise it

The Kenmore washer whose model number begins 110 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Whirlpool’s, which is why Whirlpool’s table is the one that applies to F2 E3 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: F2 E4, F2 E5. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place.

What happens next

Cut the power at the breaker for a minute and restore it.

If it comes back, this is a control or interface repair rather than anything you can clear.

Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is diagnostic visit, 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 F2 E3, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis.

Where this meaning came from

Whirlpool’s own documentation: Top Load HE Washer error codes — Whirlpool Product Help. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead.

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