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Error code TE

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What does TE mean on a Samsung dishwasher?
The temperature sensor is sending the board a reading it treats as impossible. No, and this is one to stop on rather than reset through. Every heating decision the machine makes depends on this reading, and it has just said it cannot trust it. Start here: cut the power at the breaker for a few minutes.
What does TE mean on an LG washing machine?
The machine cannot heat the water, or cannot trust the sensor that measures its temperature. Cold washes will often still run, and nothing is dangerous. But a machine that cannot heat is not sanitising anything, and warm and hot cycles will either stop or quietly wash cold, which is worse because you cannot tell. Start here: unplug for ten seconds and try again.
What does TE mean on an LG dishwasher?
The temperature sensor is reporting a reading the board treats as impossible, or the water genuinely overheated. No, and this is one to leave alone rather than reset repeatedly. The machine has stopped because it can no longer trust what it knows about the water temperature, and the whole heating circuit depends on that reading being right. Start here: reset at the breaker for five minutes.

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This is not a coincidence of one code: we compared every code that appears on more than one brand and found that several mean the opposite depending on the badge.

Last checked 2026-08-10.