Samsung washing machine: error OCOE
Code OC / OE on a Samsung washing machine display means: too much water in the drum.
- Meaning
- Too much water in the drum
- Check first
- Pump the water out through the drain pump filter.
- Repair shop
- 410–1000 zł
Most common causes
- Damaged water level sensor
- Leaking water valve
What you can check yourself
Turn off the water and unplug the washing machine.
Pump the water out through the drain pump filter.
If the error returns, the valve or water level 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 OC mean on a Samsung washing machine?
Code OC / OE means: too much water in the drum. The most common causes: damaged water level sensor, leaking water valve.
Can I keep using the washing machine with error OC?
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 heating problem
- 3C / 3Emotor fault
- tC / tEtemperature sensor fault
- Sud / SUdtoo much foam
- 1C / 1Ewater level sensor fault
- 6C / 6Eheating element is not working
- 8C / 8Eovercurrent in the motor circuit
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.