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title: "Samsung dishwasher error code CE"
description: "Samsung dishwasher error code CE: The control panel in the door and the board in the base are connected by a harness that runs through the door hinge, and…"
url: "https://samsungmiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-communication/"
date_modified: "2026-09-04"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Samsung dishwasher error code CE

### What CE means on this make

The control panel in the door and the board in the base are connected by a harness that runs through the door hinge, and that harness flexes every time the door opens. Over years it is a genuine wear item, which is why this code turns up on machines where nothing else is wrong.

### 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 dishwasher off and start it again.
- Note whether the code appears more often after the door has been opened and closed.
- If it returns, the harness through the hinge is the first thing checked, before either board.

### Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is [appliance control board repair](/services/appliance-control-board-repair/), 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](tel:+13055061256) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.

Communication error

What this one means

What CE means on this make

The control panel in the door and the board in the base are connected by a harness that runs through the door hinge, and that harness flexes every time the door opens. Over years it is a genuine wear item, which is why this code turns up on machines where nothing else is wrong.

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 dishwasher off and start it again.

Note whether the code appears more often after the door has been opened and closed.

If it returns, the harness through the hinge is the first thing checked, before either board.

Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is appliance control board repair, 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](tel:+13055061256) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.

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