Electrolux dryer
showing E 4
E 4 means the humidity sensor that judges dryness has failed.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
- Source: Electrolux
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What E 4
actually means.
E 4 means the humidity sensor that judges dryness has failed. The dryer finishes the current cycle, and manual timed cycles still work while you wait for the repair.
Electrolux dryer display · also shown as E4
What to do when E 4 shows on the dryerKind of codeSensor circuit
A thermistor or the moisture sensor bars reading outside their range, or the wiring to them. The reading is checked with a meter before any part is ordered.
Usually leads toControls and sensors
A blank display, a panel that ignores buttons, codes, or cycles that end too soon or never end, traced to the board, timer or sensors.
Shows up asDryer Takes Too Long to Dry
Loads that used to dry in one cycle now need two, or come out damp at the seams.
MakeElectrolux
Full-size front-load dryers in electric and gas versions, usually paired with a matching Electrolux washer.
SourceElectrolux owner support: laundry dryer error code guide
Electrolux dryers with the front-mounted moisture sensor, per the code guide.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Electrolux's own guidance for E 4 on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Let the current cycle finish.
Use timed cycles until the sensor is checked.
Book a visit if E 4 keeps appearing.
What not to do
E 4 does not stop the dryer from heating. It stops the dryer from judging when clothes are dry.
What you may
notice with it.
The dryer problems E 4 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dryer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dryer Takes Too Long to Dry
5 causes, cheapest first
Where E 4 usually leads
Controls and sensors.
Electrolux
dryers.
Full-size front-load dryers in electric and gas versions, usually paired with a matching Electrolux washer.
Electrolux dryer repair
Electric dryer
The most common dryer in US homes: a 240-volt heating coil, a belt-driven drum and a vent to the outside.
Gas dryer
Heat from a burner on natural gas or propane, lit by an igniter and watched over by a flame sensor, with the motor on 120 volts.
Stackable dryer
The dryer half of a stacked pair or a single-frame laundry center, where the height and the closet decide how the repair is done.
In Electrolux's own words
E 4 Humidity Sensor Failed
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Electrolux dryers with the front-mounted moisture sensor, per the code guide.
Electrolux E 4 dryer repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about E 4.
Can I clear E 4 myself?
Can I keep drying clothes with E 4 on my Electrolux?
Why does E 4 only show sometimes on my Electrolux?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E 4?
Book with the code exactly as displayed, the whole model number, and whether you smell burning or gas — for a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.