LG dryer
showing tE2
tE2 is a thermistor reading LG links to cold conditions, often during steam cycles when outside air cools the duct quickly.
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- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
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What tE2
actually means.
tE2 is a thermistor reading LG links to cold conditions, often during steam cycles when outside air cools the duct quickly.
LG dryer display
What to do when tE2 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.
MakeLG
Full-size and stacked dryers in electric and gas versions, heavily electronic and quick to show an error code.
SourceLG US Help Library: LG dryer error code list (Wayback copy, 28 Feb 2026)
LG dryers with steam cycles such as SteamFresh and Steam Sanitary.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from LG's own guidance for tE2 on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Make sure the outside vent flaps close properly and are not held open by snow, ice or lint.
Warm the dryer by running it empty for a few minutes on another cycle.
Alternatively, select Steam Fresh, press More Time until the bulky size shows, and start; book a visit if tE2 repeats.
What not to do
A tE2 during a cold snap does not by itself mean a failed sensor; cold air coming back through the vent can cause it.
What you may
notice with it.
The dryer problems tE2 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 tE2 usually leads
Controls and sensors.
LG
dryers.
Full-size and stacked dryers in electric and gas versions, heavily electronic and quick to show an error code.
LG 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 LG's own words
A tE2 error code also indicates a problem with the dryer's thermistor but normally during cold conditions.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. LG dryers with steam cycles such as SteamFresh and Steam Sanitary.
LG tE2 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.
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Questions
about tE2.
Can I clear tE2 myself?
Why does my LG dryer only show tE2 in winter?
Why does tE2 appear on steam cycles?
Back to your everyday
Still showing tE2?
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.