--- title: "Whirlpool dryer showing F3E2 | DryerRepair.center" description: "What F3E2 means on Whirlpool dryers, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f3e2/" --- # Whirlpool dryer showing F3E2 The control has counted five straight loads that dried without any signal from the moisture strips. ## What F3E2 actually means. The control has counted five straight loads that dried without any signal from the moisture strips. Most of the time the clothes simply never touched the strips, because the dryer is out of level or the loads were very small. Whirlpool dryer display · also shown as F3 E2 What to do when F3E2 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 Whirlpool One of the most common dryer brands in American homes, in electric and gas versions and stacked laundry centers. ### Source Whirlpool product help: F3E2 moisture sensor Whirlpool dryers with sensor (Automatic) cycles and a two-part code display. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Whirlpool's own guidance for F3E2 on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Press Power to clear F3E2. 02 Lay a level across the front of the cabinet and adjust the feet until it sits true. 03 Use Timed Dry for one or two items and larger loads for Automatic cycles. 04 Book a visit if F3E2 returns with full, level loads. ### 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 F3E2 is not a heating problem. The dryer may be hot and working; it is the dryness reading that went missing. ## What you may notice with it. The dryer problems F3E2 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 F3E2 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/) ## Whirlpool dryers. One of the most common dryer brands in American homes, in electric and gas versions and stacked laundry centers. [Whirlpool dryer repair](https://dryerrepair.center/brands/whirlpool/) More Whirlpool codes [F4 E3](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f4e3/) [F3 E1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f3e1/) [F4 E1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f4e1/) [F6 E1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f6e1/) [ERR](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-err/) [Loc](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-loc/) [Water tank](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-water-tank/) Sensor circuit on other makes [ASKO E1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e1/) [Electrolux E 4](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-e4/) [Kenmore E1](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-110-e1/) [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/) [All 15 codes of this kind](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/#family-sensor-circuit) Whirlpool 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. Whirlpool 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. Whirlpool 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 Whirlpool's own words > The F3E2 error code occurs when five consecutive loads are dried without registering moisture sensor data. [Whirlpool product help: F3E2 moisture sensor](https://producthelp.whirlpool.com/Laundry/Dryers/Dryer/Error_Codes/Starts_with_F/F3_E2_-_Error_Code_-_Dryer) [Whirlpool product help: F3E2 moisture sensor](https://producthelp.whirlpool.com/Laundry/Dryers/Dryer/Error_Codes/Starts_with_F/F3_E2_-_Error_Code_-_Dryer) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. 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