Samsung dryer
showing HC2
HC2 on a Samsung gas dryer means the burner failed to ignite.
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- Heating
- Heating element repair
- Source: Samsung
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What HC2
actually means.
HC2 on a Samsung gas dryer means the burner failed to ignite.
Samsung dryer display
What to do when HC2 shows on the dryerKind of codeHeating
The dryer expected heat and did not get it, or got it too slowly. On an electric model the element and its wiring; on a gas model the igniter, the flame sensor and the valve coils. A blocked vent is ruled out first.
Usually leads toHeating element repair
No heat or weak heat on an electric dryer, traced to the coil, its terminals or the safety parts on its housing.
Shows up asDryer Not Heating
The drum turns and the cycle runs, but the air stays cool and the clothes come out damp.
MakeSamsung
Full-size and stacked dryers in electric and gas versions, built around electronic controls and sensor drying.
SourceSamsung US support: Samsung dryer displays an error code
Samsung gas dryers.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Samsung's own guidance for HC2 on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Turn the dryer off, wait two to three minutes, and start the cycle again.
Confirm the gas supply to the dryer is connected and turned on.
Book a visit if HC2 comes back.
What not to do
HC2 is not the overheating code HC; the two share letters but point in opposite directions.
What you may
notice with it.
The dryer problem HC2 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dryer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where HC2 usually leads
Heating element repair.
Samsung
dryers.
Full-size and stacked dryers in electric and gas versions, built around electronic controls and sensor drying.
Samsung 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 Samsung's own words
Gas Ignition Error
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Samsung gas dryers.
Samsung HC2 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 HC2.
Can I clear HC2 myself?
Does Samsung list HC2 with its other heating codes?
What should I have ready when booking a visit for HC2?
Back to your everyday
Still showing HC2?
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.