--- title: "Washer signal SU dS" description: "Washer signal SU dS: electrolux washer — reported by blinking lights rather than by a code." url: "https://electroluxmiami.support/error-codes/washer-su-ds/" date_modified: "2026-09-11" Appliance type: "Washers" --- # Washer signal SU dS ### What the appliance is actually reporting Too much foam, and the machine is dealing with it by rinsing again. This is the code that makes an owner think the washer has broken when it is doing exactly the right thing — the cycle simply will not end, five minutes at a time. Two causes, and one of them is not the detergent: a front loader uses a fraction of the water a top loader does, so a normal dose of the wrong detergent oversuds every time, and so does the right detergent in a machine whose drum still holds residue from the previous product. The second is why this often starts the week somebody switches brands. ### The other ways this one is printed SU dS · SUdS · SUD The same condition is printed differently on different panels of the same make, and every spelling the maker publishes for it is above. 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, 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 - Check the detergent says HE or high-efficiency on the bottle. A non-HE product cannot work in this machine at any dose. - Halve what you are pouring. That moulded line inside the cap was drawn around a far thirstier drum than this one. - Run an empty quick wash with nothing in it to clear what is already there — the maker’s own instruction. - Let the extra rinses finish rather than canceling them. Each adds about five minutes, and canceling leaves the foam in the drum for next time. ### Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/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](tel:+13059129018) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. 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. What the lights are telling you What the appliance is actually reporting Too much foam, and the machine is dealing with it by rinsing again. This is the code that makes an owner think the washer has broken when it is doing exactly the right thing — the cycle simply will not end, five minutes at a time. Two causes, and one of them is not the detergent: a front loader uses a fraction of the water a top loader does, so a normal dose of the wrong detergent oversuds every time, and so does the right detergent in a machine whose drum still holds residue from the previous product. The second is why this often starts the week somebody switches brands. The other ways this one is printed SU dS · SUdS · SUD The same condition is printed differently on different panels of the same make, and every spelling the maker publishes for it is above. 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, 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 Check the detergent says HE or high-efficiency on the bottle. A non-HE product cannot work in this machine at any dose. Halve what you are pouring. That moulded line inside the cap was drawn around a far thirstier drum than this one. Run an empty quick wash with nothing in it to clear what is already there — the maker’s own instruction. Let the extra rinses finish rather than canceling them. Each adds about five minutes, and canceling leaves the foam in the drum for next time. 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](tel:+13059129018) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. --- **[Read full article: Washer signal SU dS](https://electroluxmiami.support/error-codes/washer-su-ds/)**