Samsung dishwasher
showing CE
The control panel cannot talk to the rest of the dishwasher.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Communication
- Controls and sensors
- Source: Samsung
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What CE
actually means.
The control panel cannot talk to the rest of the dishwasher.
Samsung dishwasher display
What to do when CE shows on the dishwasherKind of codeCommunication
The control board and the user panel on the door stopped talking to each other. The ribbon cable through the door hinge is checked before either board.
Usually leads toControls and sensors
Dead panels, stuck cycles and blinking lights, separated into board, keypad, sensor and wiring before a part is ordered.
Shows up asDishwasher Control Panel Not Responding
Buttons do nothing, only some keys work, or the display stays dark or frozen.
MakeSamsung
Built-in dishwashers with stainless tubs and connected features on many recent models.
SourceSamsung US support: dishwasher is displaying an error code
Samsung dishwashers with a separate control panel and main board.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Samsung's own guidance for CE on its dishwashers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Turn the machine off.
Wait a moment and start it again.
If CE stays on the display, book a visit.
What not to do
Do not replace the control panel on a guess. The link between panel and main board is checked first.
What you may
notice with it.
The dishwasher problem CE tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dishwasher before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where CE usually leads
Controls and sensors.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesSamsung
dishwashers.
Built-in dishwashers with stainless tubs and connected features on many recent models.
Samsung dishwasher repairMore Samsung codes
Communication on other makes
In Samsung's own words
CE - Communication error The control panel is unable to communicate with the rest of the dishwasher.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Samsung dishwashers with a separate control panel and main board.
Samsung CE dishwasher 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
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Still showing CE?
Book with the characters exactly as shown, the full model number, and whether any water is on the floor — for a code, that is where the diagnosis begins.