Thanks - glad it could help someone else - and thank you for the feedback. Mind giving the video a 'Like'? (Should help the algorithm find the video for others facing the same problem :)
Was your wire on the blue side clearly broken? I have one of these LG washers that looks identical to yours! The thermister was hanging down but the wires look just fine, so I replaced the thermister and put it back in properly and no go, same thing tE code. I had a guy at sears parts tell me i would need to buy a whole control board. I really want to get this washer going again, but I can't really see buying a whole new control board when that might not even fix it! Mine is a model WM2250CW ,but look just like yours. Have any ideas for me? Thanks
It has been a few years on mine, but if memory serves, the blue wire was broken off at the wiring harness itself, which made it straight-forward to diagnose. It looks like your model also does not have a heating element, so I would assume you are on the right track, replacing the thermistor itself, and then moving to the wiring. Of course, if your wire is not obviously broken, but has an internal short, it will probably be more difficult to locate where exactly in the wire the fault lies. Here is a link I found to a guy troubleshooting the TE error, and using a multi-meter to test for the correct readings. removeandreplace.com/2017/03/01/lg-front-load-washing-machine-error-code-te-how-to-clear/ You might also gamble on just cutting out the wiring harness (since that does seem to be a common fail-point on these LGs), and re-splicing, but it would just be a guess - and might leave you with the same unresolved issue. I think this multi-meter testing might be worth pursuing, at least to narrow down where your issue lies. I'd feel as you do about replacing the control board. Expensive, and also appears pretty complex. Hope the link helps.
It has been about 3 years since I performed the repair, so I can't recall for certain - but watching the video again, it looks to me like there was a blue wire and a white wire coming from the thermistor, into a harness, and connecting out to corresponding blue and white wires. I simply cut out the damaged portion of wire (in my case, the blue one), and the wiring harness (since I could not repurpose it), and replaced with butt-connectors. So blue to blue, white to white. Hope it helps :)
The only one who has this fix on this model, Thank you so much!!
Glad it helped!
Access from bottom VERY helpful insight. Last part skipped over but meaningful & cheap troubleshooting: cut out connector which could be faulty.
Glad it was helpful - and thank you for the feedback. Mind giving the video a 'Like'? (Should help the algorithm find the video for others :)
Michael!!! (This is Maggie MacInnis) I'm not in any need of washer repair, but it's so nice to hear your voice! :-)
Wow, thank you! Hello to you all :)
Very helpful Thanks
Thanks - glad it could help someone else - and thank you for the feedback. Mind giving the video a 'Like'? (Should help the algorithm find the video for others facing the same problem :)
Was your wire on the blue side clearly broken? I have one of these LG washers that looks identical to yours! The thermister was hanging down but the wires look just fine, so I replaced the thermister and put it back in properly and no go, same thing tE code. I had a guy at sears parts tell me i would need to buy a whole control board. I really want to get this washer going again, but I can't really see buying a whole new control board when that might not even fix it! Mine is a model WM2250CW ,but look just like yours. Have any ideas for me? Thanks
It has been a few years on mine, but if memory serves, the blue wire was broken off at the wiring harness itself, which made it straight-forward to diagnose.
It looks like your model also does not have a heating element, so I would assume you are on the right track, replacing the thermistor itself, and then moving to the wiring. Of course, if your wire is not obviously broken, but has an internal short, it will probably be more difficult to locate where exactly in the wire the fault lies.
Here is a link I found to a guy troubleshooting the TE error, and using a multi-meter to test for the correct readings.
removeandreplace.com/2017/03/01/lg-front-load-washing-machine-error-code-te-how-to-clear/
You might also gamble on just cutting out the wiring harness (since that does seem to be a common fail-point on these LGs), and re-splicing, but it would just be a guess - and might leave you with the same unresolved issue. I think this multi-meter testing might be worth pursuing, at least to narrow down where your issue lies. I'd feel as you do about replacing the control board. Expensive, and also appears pretty complex. Hope the link helps.
did you remove the white connector at the end of the thermistor and connect the wires into the butt connector?
It has been about 3 years since I performed the repair, so I can't recall for certain - but watching the video again, it looks to me like there was a blue wire and a white wire coming from the thermistor, into a harness, and connecting out to corresponding blue and white wires. I simply cut out the damaged portion of wire (in my case, the blue one), and the wiring harness (since I could not repurpose it), and replaced with butt-connectors. So blue to blue, white to white. Hope it helps :)
@@mslivkoff Thanks for this reply, I'll give it a go!