LG Washer Repair in Northeast San Antonio

LG washers use a direct-drive motor mounted on the back of the tub, so there's no drive belt, and front-loaders have a drain pump filter behind a small door at the lower front. The display does much of the early diagnosis: OE for draining, IE for filling, UE for an unbalanced load, dE for the door lock and LE when the motor is locked or overloaded. A tcL message is a reminder to run the Tub Clean cycle, not a fault.

Failure points to check on an LG washer:

Northeast San Antonio's ranch homes usually have the washer in the garage or a utility room on original or partly original drain lines. A drain narrowed by decades of buildup can back up during the pump-out and trigger drain errors, so the drain gets checked before the pump is blamed.

Many Northeast San Antonio households move on military orders, and washers take a beating in the move. A washer shifted without its shipping bolts, or a dishwasher hose pinched during installation, causes problems that look like part failures.

One washer problem that often sends people to the wrong part is a washer error code taken to mean a broken part when it's describing a situation: an off-balance load, a water valve only partly open, or a drain hose shoved so deep into the standpipe that it siphons.

Front-loaders have a drain filter behind a small panel at the bottom; check it for socks and coins. Make sure both water valves are fully open and the drain hose isn't pushed too far down the standpipe, and write down any error code.