How codes are verified
Faultsheet is a reference for appliance error codes, run by Dmitry Kulchitsky. It covers 369 codes across 15 brands of dishwashers, dryers, washers. 77 of them have passed every check below and have a page of their own; the rest are rows in a brand’s table until they do.
Where the facts come from
Each source is filed by how close it is to the machine. Service manuals and tech sheets come first. Manufacturer support pages and OEM parts databases come next, and they are the only place a part number may come from. Repair forums and professional blogs say how often a cause turns up in practice. Videos confirm a check can be done the way it is described.
Nothing is copied. Facts are taken from each source one at a time and written in new words, and every page lists the sources it rests on so you can read them yourself.
What a code needs before it gets a page
- A meaning confirmed by at least 2 independent publishers, one of them a manufacturer, a service document or an OEM parts database.
- At least 2 causes, listed most likely first, and at least 2 checks you can do yourself before buying anything.
- A severity, and a safety note on every code rated safety-critical.
- The date the facts were last checked, shown on the page.
- A person reading the draft and approving it. No page is published automatically.
“Independent” means a different organisation, not a different web address. Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid and Amana share one support operation, so their pages count as one source, however many of them say the same thing.
What is left out on purpose
When a fact cannot be confirmed — a part number, a model detail, how often a cause occurs — the field stays empty and the page does not show it. A blank is a gap we report. A guess that looks right is the most harmful thing a reference like this could print, so we do not fill one in.
Some codes never get a page, and that is the correct answer. A child-lock symbol or a cleaning reminder is a status, not a fault, and has no causes to list.
Why the brand matters
The same characters mean different faults on different machines. OE is an overflow on a GE washer and a failure to drain on an LG — opposite problems with opposite first steps. That is why every code lives under its brand, and why each page links to the same code on other brands.
Corrections
If your machine did something a page does not describe, write to corrections@faultsheet.com with the brand, the code and what happened. Each correction is checked against the sources, and the date on the page changes when a fact does. Faultsheet is not affiliated with any manufacturer; for anything else, see contact.