--- title: "Samsung dishwasher error code LC" description: "Samsung dishwasher error code LC: The most urgent code this machine publishes, and the one people most often ignore because there is nothing on the floor." url: "https://samsungmiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-leakage/" date_modified: "2026-09-04" Appliance type: "Dishwashers" --- # Samsung dishwasher error code LC ### What LC means on this make The most urgent code this machine publishes, and the one people most often ignore because there is nothing on the floor. The sensor sits in the base pan, so it finds water long before the kitchen does. Samsung documents the behavior that goes with it: the machine turns itself on and will not turn off while it tries to pump the water away, which owners often read as the machine malfunctioning when it is doing exactly the right thing. On WaterWall models it can also mean the reflector is blocked, so that is worth checking before anything is taken apart. ### The other ways Samsung prints this one LC · LE Samsung publishes a condition and then every string that can stand for it, and which one your machine shows depends on the panel it was built with. They mean the same thing and they are one page here, so whichever of them you searched for, this is the right page. ### 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 - On a WaterWall machine, look first for anything blocking the reflector at the bottom of the tub. - Look under and behind the machine, and inside the cabinet next to it, for any sign of water. - Do not stop it from running its drain-out; that is what it is trying to do. - If there is no obstruction, turn the water off at the shut-off valve and have it looked at before the next cycle. ### Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is [dishwasher leak repair](/services/dishwasher-leak-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. Leakage error What this one means What LC means on this make The most urgent code this machine publishes, and the one people most often ignore because there is nothing on the floor. The sensor sits in the base pan, so it finds water long before the kitchen does. Samsung documents the behavior that goes with it: the machine turns itself on and will not turn off while it tries to pump the water away, which owners often read as the machine malfunctioning when it is doing exactly the right thing. On WaterWall models it can also mean the reflector is blocked, so that is worth checking before anything is taken apart. The other ways Samsung prints this one LC · LE Samsung publishes a condition and then every string that can stand for it, and which one your machine shows depends on the panel it was built with. They mean the same thing and they are one page here, so whichever of them you searched for, this is the right page. 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 On a WaterWall machine, look first for anything blocking the reflector at the bottom of the tub. Look under and behind the machine, and inside the cabinet next to it, for any sign of water. Do not stop it from running its drain-out; that is what it is trying to do. If there is no obstruction, turn the water off at the shut-off valve and have it looked at before the next cycle. Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is dishwasher leak 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. --- **[Read full article: Samsung dishwasher error code LC](https://samsungmiami.support/error-codes/dishwasher-leakage/)**