Error code
Washer signal LOC
Electrolux washer — reported by blinking lights rather than by a code. The control lock is on.
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What we can confirm
Signal LOC, from the manufacturer's own documentation
This code has no number, because this equipment has no display to put one on. The appliance signals it instead — an alarm, a symbol or a pattern of lights — and what it means is recorded in the documentation that ships with it.
The signal
LOC
The control lock is on. It is a feature, not a failure: the panel stops responding so that a cycle cannot be changed by a passing hand or a child at eye level with the buttons. We list it with the codes for the same reason the range's dash is listed — from across a laundry closet, a locked panel and a dead panel are the same thing, and one of them is free to fix. The maker names the condition and publishes nothing further, which is honest: the button combination differs between models and belongs in the book that came with the machine.
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What it narrows down to
Control lock activator.
Diagnostic
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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
Error Code E11 indicates the washing machine isn't filling with water during the washing phase of the cycle. E11 may cause the unit to lock for up to 6 minutes. NOTE: This is a known installation issue. If your washer was recently installed or moved, have the installer verify the installation was done correctly.
Error code E21 indicates the washing machine water isn't pumping fast enough or is taking too long to empty. NOTE: This is a known installation issue. If your washer was recently installed or moved, have the installer verify the installation was done correctly.
Error Code E35 indicates the washing machine pressure sensor is indicating water overfill. Water runs continuously. NOTE: This is a known installation issue. If your washer was recently installed or moved, have the installer verify the installation was done correctly.
Error Code E41 indicates the washing machine control board thinks the door switch is open.
Error Code E42 means that the door lock is not being recognized.
Reversed hose detection.
Error Code SU dS indicates oversudsing has been detected by the washer, which will result in the washer requiring additional rinses until the suds have been cleared. Each extra rinse the washer performs to clear the suds will add approximately 5 minutes to the cycle duration.
The same digits mean different things on different equipment. Search the full code list
In more detail
About Washer signal LOC
What the appliance is actually reporting
The control lock is on. It is a feature, not a failure: the panel stops responding so that a cycle cannot be changed by a passing hand or a child at eye level with the buttons. We list it with the codes for the same reason the range's dash is listed — from across a laundry closet, a locked panel and a dead panel are the same thing, and one of them is free to fix. The maker names the condition and publishes nothing further, which is honest: the button combination differs between models and belongs in the book that came with the machine.
Where this appears, and why not to clear it
On the appliance's own display, as a short single code — a letter and a number, or two letters. Nothing alternates and nothing arrives in halves on this make, so what the panel shows is the whole of it. Photograph it before you cut the power. This maker's own answer to most of these is thirty seconds at the breaker, and that is worth following once — but a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again.
What to do about it
- Look for a key or padlock icon on the panel. If it is lit, this is the whole story.
- Look the control lock up in the book that came with the machine. On most of these it is a three-second hold on a button that does something entirely different when tapped.
- Hold it until the icon goes out and the panel answers again.
- If the panel is unlit and unresponsive with no lock icon, this is not LOC and the machine has a power or control problem instead.
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) 912-9018 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