Kenmore dryer
showing E10
E10 on a 417-prefix Kenmore is an electronic control board communication error.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Communication
- Controls and sensors
- Source: Kenmore
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What E10
actually means.
E10 on a 417-prefix Kenmore is an electronic control board communication error. Sears treats it as a board-level problem after a reset has failed.
Kenmore dryer display · also shown as E11, E12
What to do when E10 shows on the dryerKind of codeCommunication
The main control board and the display board have stopped talking to each other. The harness and its connectors are checked before either board.
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 Control Panel Not Responding
Buttons do nothing, the dial turns without effect, or the display is frozen or flickering.
MakeKenmore
Store-brand dryers in electric and gas versions, built for Kenmore by other manufacturers over the years.
SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 417 model dryer error codes (Wayback 17.11.2019)
Kenmore 417 model dryers (Sears chart), where E11 and E12 carry the same description.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for E10 on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Unplug the dryer for five minutes to reset the control.
Plug it back in and start a cycle.
If E10 comes back, book a visit to confirm the board and its connections.
What not to do
E10 does not involve the heating or drive parts. The drum and heater may be fine; it is the electronics that lost their exchange.
What you may
notice with it.
The dryer problems E10 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dryer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dryer Control Panel Not Responding
5 causes, cheapest first
Where E10 usually leads
Controls and sensors.
Kenmore
dryers.
Store-brand dryers in electric and gas versions, built for Kenmore by other manufacturers over the years.
Kenmore 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 Kenmore's own words
Unplug the dryer for 5 minutes to reset the control board.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore 417 model dryers (Sears chart), where E11 and E12 carry the same description.
Kenmore E10 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 E10.
Can I clear E10 myself?
Why unplug a Kenmore 417 for five minutes when E10 shows?
My Kenmore shows E11 instead of E10. Is that different?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E10?
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.