LG Signature dryer
showing tE1
The Signature manual lists tE1 and tE2 together as a temperature sensor failure, meaning a thermistor that is not reading correctly.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
- Source: LG SIGNATURE
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What tE1
actually means.
The Signature manual lists tE1 and tE2 together as a temperature sensor failure, meaning a thermistor that is not reading correctly.
LG SIGNATURE dryer display · also shown as tE2
What to do when tE1 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 Not Heating
The drum turns and the cycle runs, but the air stays cool and the clothes come out damp.
MakeLG SIGNATURE
LG's premium line, with laundry models built to a higher finish and more electronics than LG's main range.
SourceLG DLEX9500*/DLGX9501* dryer owner's manual MFL67731093 (PDF on LG's document server)
LG Signature DLEX9500K and DLGX9501K; the same codes are checked during the installation test (duct check).
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from LG SIGNATURE's own guidance for tE1 on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Turn the dryer off and leave it off.
Book a visit and mention whether tE1 or tE2 was on the display.
What not to do
On the Signature model, LG offers no owner fix for tE1 or tE2; the reset published for other LG dryers is not what this manual prescribes.
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
Where tE1 usually leads
Controls and sensors.
LG SIGNATURE
dryers.
LG's premium line, with laundry models built to a higher finish and more electronics than LG's main range.
LG SIGNATURE dryer repair
In LG SIGNATURE's own words
Temperature sensor failure
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. LG Signature DLEX9500K and DLGX9501K; the same codes are checked during the installation test (duct check).
LG SIGNATURE tE1 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 tE1.
Can I clear tE1 myself?
Can the Signature dryer show tE1 during the installation duct check?
Is a tE1 or tE2 on a Signature dryer the cold-weather code other LG dryers have?
Back to your everyday
Still showing tE1?
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.