Samsung washing machine: error CE
Code CE on a Samsung washing machine display means: problem cooling the water before draining.
- Meaning
- Problem cooling the water before draining
- Check first
- Wait for the water to cool down and start draining.
- Repair shop
- 410–1000 zł
Most common causes
- Very hot water in the drum
- Temperature sensor fault
What you can check yourself
Wait for the water to cool down and start draining.
Unplug the washing machine for 10 minutes.
If the error returns, report it to 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 CE mean on a Samsung washing machine?
Code CE means: problem cooling the water before draining. The most common causes: very hot water in the drum, temperature sensor fault.
Can I keep using the washing machine with error CE?
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
- 6E / HE1heating element is not working
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.