Samsung dishwasher
showing tE
The temperature sensor is giving a reading the board does not trust.
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- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
- Source: Samsung
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What tE
actually means.
The temperature sensor is giving a reading the board does not trust. Samsung describes it in the same words as HE but names the sensor.
Samsung dishwasher display
What to do when tE shows on the dishwasherKind of codeSensor circuit
A temperature, turbidity or water-level sensor reporting a value outside its range, or the wiring to it. The reading is measured with a meter before any part is ordered.
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 Not Heating Water
Dishes and the tub are cool at the end of the cycle, and grease stays on plates.
MakeSamsung
Built-in dishwashers with stainless tubs and connected features on many recent models.
SourceSamsung US support: dishwasher is displaying an error code
Samsung models with a digital display.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Samsung's own guidance for tE on its dishwashers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Empty the racks.
Put detergent in and run one Normal cycle.
If tE shows again, turn the breaker off and book a visit to test the sensor.
What not to do
Do not swap the heating element for a tE code. Samsung's label for it is a sensor error.
What you may
notice with it.
The dishwasher problems tE tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dishwasher before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dishwasher Not Heating Water
5 causes, cheapest first
Where tE 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 repair
In Samsung's own words
tE - Temperature sensor error The temperature inside the dishwasher is being detected incorrectly.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Samsung models with a digital display.
Samsung tE 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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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 tE.
Can I clear tE myself?
Is a new heating element the answer to tE on my Samsung?
Why do tE and HE sound alike in Samsung's descriptions?
Back to your everyday
Still showing tE?
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.