Samsung washing machine: error UbUE
Code Ub / UE on a Samsung washing machine display means: laundry is unevenly distributed in the drum.
- Meaning
- Laundry is unevenly distributed in the drum
- Check first
- Spread the laundry evenly in the drum or add a few towels to a single heavy item.
- Repair shop
- 200–440 zł
Most common causes
- A single heavy item in the drum
- Washing machine is not level
- Worn shock absorbers
What you can check yourself
Spread the laundry evenly in the drum or add a few towels to a single heavy item.
Check that the washing machine is level and that the transport bolts have been removed on a new machine.
Start the spin cycle again.
- 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 Ub mean on a Samsung washing machine?
Code Ub / UE means: laundry is unevenly distributed in the drum. The most common causes: a single heavy item in the drum, washing machine is not level, worn shock absorbers.
Can I keep using the washing machine with error Ub?
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
- LC / LEwater leak or water in the base
- HC / HEwater heating problem
- 3C / 3Emotor fault
- tC / tEtemperature sensor fault
- OC / OEtoo much water in the drum
- 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.