LG Washing Machine Error Codes
One page per code — never a wall of codes to scroll through. Find the code on your display, open its page, and you get the manufacturer's meaning, the causes in the order LG checks them, the exact steps, and a plain line for where DIY stops and a technician starts.
One LG wrinkle worth knowing: LG publishes separate error-code lists for front-load and top-load washers, and the two do not always use a code the same way. Every guide below covers both lists and says plainly where they differ — LE is the clearest case, a rotation error on both, but with a different signature cause on each.
All published LG codes
| Code | What it means | |
|---|---|---|
| OE | Water is not draining from the washer — LG's outlet error: drain pump filter, drain hose, or a frozen machine. | Guide → |
| IE | The washer is not filling with water — LG's inlet error: taps, hoses, inlet filters, freezing, or water siphoning straight out again. | Guide → |
| UE | The load is unbalanced — the washer cannot spread the laundry evenly enough to spin. | Guide → |
| dE also dE1 · dE2 · dE4 | The door is not closed properly — the washer pauses until the door is shut and locked. | Guide → |
| LE also LE1 (top load) | The drum is failing to rotate — the motor is stuck or overloaded. LG's rotation error. | Guide → |
Most searched
The three LG washer codes people look up first — a drain problem, a fill problem and a balance problem. All three are usually a hose, a filter or a load, not a failed part.
Washer is not draining water.IE
Washer is not filling with water.UE
Washer will not spin — unbalanced load.
Finding your model number
LG's lists differ by model family, so your model's own manual is the final word on its codes. The model number is on the rating label — on front loaders usually inside the door rim, on top loaders under the lid or on the back panel. Quote it when you talk to LG service; it decides which list applies to your machine.
Frequently asked questions
Do front-load and top-load LG washers use the same codes?
Mostly the same letters, but LG publishes two separate lists and the details differ — the top-load list groups LE with LE1 and AE as a rotation family, for example, and handles OE through the drain hose rather than a pump filter. Each guide on this hub covers both lists and flags the differences.
Where do these meanings come from?
From LG's official support documentation: its WashTower error code resolution guide (the front-load family), its front-loader OE guide, and its US and NZ top-load error code lists. The exact LG pages are linked at the foot of every guide.
My code is not in the table. What now?
LG's full lists also include PE (pressure sensor), FE (overfill), tE (temperature sensor), PF (power failure) and FF (freeze failure), among others. We have verified those against LG's lists but have not yet published full guides for them — see the note below. Until their pages exist, your model's manual and LG's help library are the safe sources; do not work from a generic code list that does not name its source.
Codes we have not published yet
PE, FE, tE, PF and FF are real LG codes, verified against LG's official lists while building this hub — but a code earns a page here only when we can publish the full procedure, the model differences and the safety framing, as with Samsung's HE. Sensor and overfill codes are diagnosis-heavy with little safe DIY content, so they wait rather than arrive thin. The five guides above are the codes where a homeowner can genuinely act.
Other brands
Samsung washing machine codes are published in full — all 17 code families, 15 with complete guides: Samsung washing machine error codes.
Sources
Every meaning and check order on this hub and its guide pages is taken from LG's official support documentation and model manuals, linked at the foot of each guide page. Where LG's front-load and top-load lists treat a code differently, the guide page says so and prints both.