--- title: "Kenmore dryer showing tE1 | DryerRepair.center" description: "What tE1 means on Kenmore dryers, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-796-te1/" --- # Kenmore dryer showing tE1 tE1 on a 796-prefix Kenmore says the electronic control has decided the thermistor, its temperature sensor, has failed. ## What tE1 actually means. tE1 on a 796-prefix Kenmore says the electronic control has decided the thermistor, its temperature sensor, has failed. Sears gives the same description for tE2. Kenmore dryer display · also shown as tE2 What to do when tE1 shows on the dryer ### Kind of code Sensor 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 to Controls 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 as Dryer Takes Too Long to Dry Loads that used to dry in one cycle now need two, or come out damp at the seams. ### Make Kenmore Store-brand dryers in electric and gas versions, built for Kenmore by other manufacturers over the years. ### Source Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 796 model dryer error codes (Wayback 19.11.2019) From the Sears chart for the 796 prefix; tE2 on the same chart is described the same way. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for tE1 on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Stop the cycle and unplug the dryer. 02 Check that the lint screen is clean and in place before judging anything else. 03 Book a visit so the thermistor can be measured, since a good one reads near 10,000 ohms at room temperature. ### Still there? It usually turns into [controls and sensors](https://dryerrepair.center/services/controls-and-sensors/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do tE1 does not by itself mean the dryer is overheating; it is about a sensor the control no longer trusts. ## What you may notice with it. The dryer problems tE1 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dryer before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://dryerrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Dryer Takes Too Long to Dry](https://dryerrepair.center/problems/dryer-takes-too-long/) [All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://dryerrepair.center/problems/dryer-takes-too-long/) It also comes with - [**Dryer Overheating**](https://dryerrepair.center/problems/dryer-overheating/) Problem ### Dryer Takes Too Long to Dry 5 causes, cheapest first Where tE1 usually leads ## Controls and sensors. **Control board, timer or moisture sensor · moderate.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://dryerrepair.center/services/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](https://dryerrepair.center/brands/kenmore/) More Kenmore codes [E1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-110-e1/) [E5B](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-417-e5b/) [E8C](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-417-e8c/) [E10](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-417-e10/) [dE](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-796-de/) [Ex21](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-compact-ex21/) [Ex52](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-compact-ex52/) Sensor circuit on other makes [ASKO E1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e1/) [Electrolux E 4](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-e4/) [LG SIGNATURE tE1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/lg-signature-te1/) [LG HS](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/lg-hs/) [Maytag F3 E3](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/maytag-f3e3/) [Miele F1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/miele-f1/) [Samsung tC](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/samsung-tc/) [Whirlpool F3 E1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f3e1/) [All 15 codes of this kind](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/#family-sensor-circuit) Kenmore builds this ### Electric dryer The most common dryer in US homes: a 240-volt heating coil, a belt-driven drum and a vent to the outside. Kenmore builds this ### 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. Kenmore builds this ### 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 > The electronic control detects that the thermistor (temperature sensor) has failed. [Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 796 model dryer error codes (Wayback 19.11.2019)](https://web.archive.org/web/20191119032121/https://www.searspartsdirect.com/diy/error-codes/dryer-repair/1234594/kenmore-796-model-dryer/0582) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. From the Sears chart for the 796 prefix; tE2 on the same chart is described the same way. ## Kenmore tE1 dryer repair, where we come out. 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