Samsung washing machine: error 6EHE1
Code 6E / HE1 on a Samsung washing machine display means: heating element is not working.
- Meaning
- Heating element is not working
- Check first
- Check that the selected program heats the water (quick programs heat very little).
- Repair shop
- 200–480 zł
Most common causes
- Damaged heating element
- Loose heating element wire
What you can check yourself
Check that the selected program heats the water (quick programs heat very little).
Unplug the appliance for 5 minutes and try again.
If the error returns, the heating element or temperature sensor needs repair by a repair service.
- the error keeps coming back after these checks,
- water is leaking or you smell burning,
- the appliance trips the circuit breaker.
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What does error 6E mean on a Samsung washing machine?
Code 6E / HE1 means: heating element is not working. The most common causes: damaged heating element, loose heating element wire.
Can I keep using the washing machine with error 6E?
If the error goes away after the checks above, yes. If it keeps coming back, water leaks, you smell burning or the breaker trips, stop using it and call a repair service.
Other codes: Samsung washing machine
- 4C / 4Ewashing machine is not filling with water
- 5C / 5Ewashing machine is not draining water
- dC / dEdoor is not closed or locked
- Ub / UElaundry is unevenly distributed in the drum
- LC / LEwater leak or water in the base
- HC / HEwater temperature problem (e.g. hose connected to hot water) or a heating fault
- 3C / 3Emotor fault
- tC / tEtemperature sensor fault
- OC / OEtoo much water in the drum
- Sud / SUdtoo much foam
- 1C / 1Ewater level sensor fault
- 8C / 8E8E: motor current error, 8C: vibration sensor fault (MEMS)
A code can mean different things on different models and years. Always check the manual or the manufacturer's support page too. Repair prices are approximate, for repair shops in Poland.