Error code
Samsung washer error code CL
Samsung washer error code CL: This one surprises people because it looks like a malfunction and is a safety feature. Every spelling Samsung publishes for it, which machines can raise it, and what to do next.
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What we can confirm
Code CL, from the manufacturer's own documentation
A code is only meaningful together with the machine showing it — the same digits mean different things on different equipment.
The code
CL
This one surprises people because it looks like a malfunction and is a safety feature. On newer machines, if Child Lock is on and the door is opened while there is an unsafe amount of water in the drum, the washer empties itself and shows this. Nothing has broken; the machine has just decided that an open door and a full drum should not exist at the same time.
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What it narrows down to
Child Lock has drained the drum because the door was opened
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What else belongs to the washers
On this make a code belongs to the appliance rather than to a product line. These are the other conditions this machine can display, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this appliance can display
Water where it should not be, or a level sensor that cannot agree with itself
Water is not arriving at the rate the machine expects
The cold inlet is being fed hot water
The water is not leaving, or not leaving fast enough
More water in the drum than the cycle called for
The panel thinks a button is being held down
The supply is not what the machine expects
The door is not being seen as shut and locked
The dispenser drawer is not fully closed
Too much foam, and the machine is waiting for it to collapse
The small add-laundry door is not latched
The drum cannot be spun safely with the load as it sits
The same digits mean different things on different equipment. Search the full code list
In more detail
About Samsung washer error code CL
What CL means on this make
This one surprises people because it looks like a malfunction and is a safety feature. On newer machines, if Child Lock is on and the door is opened while there is an unsafe amount of water in the drum, the washer empties itself and shows this. Nothing has broken; the machine has just decided that an open door and a full drum should not exist at the same time.
Where this appears, and why not to clear it
On the appliance's own display. Samsung reports errors two ways: machines with a digital display show a code, and the same machines without one blink their cycle lights instead. Both are published by the maker and both are on this site. Photograph what the panel shows before cutting the power — Samsung asks for this itself on its refrigerator and dishwasher pages, and it is the one thing that makes a first visit more useful. A code that has been reset is information a technician no longer has.
What to do about it
- Switch the washer off and on again, or turn Child Lock off, to clear the display.
- If this keeps happening, look at when the door is being opened mid-cycle and by whom.
- No service is needed for this on its own.
Where this goes next
The job this usually becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call (305) 506-1256 and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards