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F1E1

The main control board (ACU) reported an internal fault. The board itself failed its own self-check.

Needs a technician

What you will see

Most likely causes, in order

Listed from the most common and cheapest to check, to the least common and most expensive. Work down the list — do not jump to the last item because it is the one that sounds serious.

  1. Internal failure on the appliance control unit (ACU) board
  2. Moisture or water intrusion reaching the control board
  3. Board damaged by a power surge

Safe checks you can do

Before you start: This code reports an internal fault. The checks below are limited to power-cycling and confirming your model number — do not open the cabinet.
  1. Write down the code, then press POWER to clear it.
  2. Unplug the washer or flip the breaker off for 5 minutes, then restore power and retry one cycle.
  3. If F1E1 comes back on the second try, stop repeating the cycle.

When to call a technician

The code returns after one power cycle. This is a board-level fault with no user-serviceable part.

Also call if you see or smell burning, if the breaker trips when the washer starts, or if water has reached any electrical part. Those are stop-now conditions, not check-it-later conditions.

Models that show F1E1

We confirmed F1E1 in the published troubleshooting table for these models:

The code is defined for the shared washer platform, so a sibling model can display it even when its own manual does not list it.

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Where this data comes from

One source is listed above because it is the only place this page draws from. We publish facts we can point to — no republished manual text, no hosted PDFs, no invented model numbers or error codes.