--- title: "Whirlpool-built Kenmore washer error code LdL" description: "Whirlpool-built Kenmore washer error code LdL — whirlpool wrote this code, not Kenmore." url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/whirlpool-washer-ldl/" date_modified: "2026-09-01" Appliance type: "Washers" --- # Whirlpool-built Kenmore washer error code LdL ### Whose code this actually is Kenmore did not write LdL, 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 The lid lock will not lock. The machine will not wash or spin until it can confirm the lid is secured. ### 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 LdL 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: **dLO, dL**. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place. ### What happens next - Check nothing is caught under the lid, and that the strike is not bent. - Cut the power for thirty seconds and try again. - A lock that never engages is an inexpensive part and a straightforward repair. ### 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 LdL, 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 LdL, 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 The lid lock will not lock. The machine will not wash or spin until it can confirm the lid is secured. 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 LdL 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: dLO, dL. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place. What happens next Check nothing is caught under the lid, and that the strike is not bent. Cut the power for thirty seconds and try again. A lock that never engages is an inexpensive part and a straightforward repair. 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 LdL, 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. --- **[Read full article: Whirlpool-built Kenmore washer error code LdL](https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/whirlpool-washer-ldl/)**