--- title: "LG Appliance Maintenance | ApplianceMaintenance.center" description: "LG home appliance maintenance. LG dryers can warn you about a restricted exhaust before drying slows, and LG washers ask for a tub clean; a visit acts on both…" url: "https://appliancemaintenance.center/brands/lg/" --- # LG Appliance Maintenance LG dryers can warn you about a restricted exhaust before drying slows, and LG washers ask for a tub clean; a visit acts on both and checks the refrigerator's filter and coil. ## LG home appliances, specifically. LG sells a full home lineup — refrigeration, laundry, ranges, cooktops, wall ovens, microwaves and dishwashers — and documents its maintenance reminders in unusual detail: a duct-blockage sensor with a percentage-style readout on dryers, a load-counting tub-clean reminder on washers, and named parts for the fresh-air and water filters on refrigerators. An LG maintenance visit follows that same detail, working from LG's own help-library articles by model and code. The LG lineup ### Builds 4 home appliance types Cold storage · Cooking appliances · Dish care · Laundry ### Called out for Laundry Taking Two Cycles to Dry: The Lint Path Is Usually Why and 6 more problems on LG ### Services we do 10 services, on any make Whole-home maintenance visit · Condenser coil cleaning · Water filter and descaling service · Door seal check and replacement ### Error codes d90 · tCL · Drain pump filter cleaning · Clean the dishwasher filter · Fresh Air Filter replacement 5 LG codes with a page of their own ## The LG lineup. LG builds 4 of the 4 home appliance types this site covers. Which one decides how the visit is planned. [All home appliance types](https://appliancemaintenance.center/types/) Cold storage unit ### Cold storage **4** of the problems we see on LG come up on it Cold storage maintenance Cooking appliance ### Cooking appliances **1** of the problems we see on LG come up on it Cooking appliances maintenance Dish care machine ### Dish care **2** of the problems we see on LG come up on it Dish care maintenance Laundry machine ### Laundry **4** of the problems we see on LG come up on it Laundry maintenance ## What is particular to LG. LG's maintenance-relevant lineup is French-door and side-by-side refrigeration, top- and front-load laundry pairs, ranges, cooktops, wall ovens, microwaves and dishwashers, documented through LG's own help-library articles. ### A laundry unit that grades its own exhaust blockage LG's duct blockage sensor reports a d90 or d95 code when it detects roughly 90% or 95% restriction in the exhaust duct, prompting immediate attention rather than waiting for a drying-time complaint. ### A laundry unit that counts loads toward a clean LG washers track the number of loads run and prompt a tub clean cycle with a tCL code once enough have accumulated, which LG frames as a load counter rather than a failure. ### A drain pump filter reached from the front, not underneath On front-load LG washers, the drain pump filter sits behind a small service panel at the bottom-left of the cabinet, reached by unclipping the drain hose first to empty the standing water. ### Two filters, two schedules, one cold-storage unit LG French-door refrigerators carry both a water filter and a separate Fresh Air Filter for odor control, and LG's manual gives each its own replacement interval and its own reset button on the control panel. Parts LG's refrigerator water filters and Fresh Air Filters, and washer drain-pump filter assemblies, are the parts most often needed on an LG maintenance visit, and LG sells the water filter directly as a named cartridge. Repair or replace An LG washer, dryer or refrigerator that's current on its tub-clean, vent and filter schedule is a strong repair candidate through most single-part failures; a dryer that keeps returning a d95 code right after its vent has been cleared is the case we look at more closely, since a persistent blockage reading after cleaning usually means the run itself needs correcting. Book your LG visit ## What we are called out for. On LG, most often laundry taking two cycles to dry: the lint path is usually why. [All problems](https://appliancemaintenance.center/problems/) LG error codes - [`d90` Vents and airflow](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/lg-dryer-d90/) - [`tCL` Reminders, not failures](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/lg-washer-tcl/) - [`Drain pump filter cleaning` Water, fill and drain](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/lg-washer-drain-pump-filter/) - [`Clean the dishwasher filter` Filters](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/lg-dishwasher-filter-clean/) - [`Fresh Air Filter replacement` Filters](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/lg-refrigerator-fresh-air-filter/) [All LG codes](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/#codes-lg) ### Laundry Taking Two Cycles to Dry: The Lint Path Is Usually Why 6 causes, cheapest first ### Laundry Drum Smelling Musty: Door Boot, Drain Filter and Detergent 6 causes, cheapest first ### Dishes Coming Out Gritty or Spotted: Filter, Spray Arms and Rinse Aid 6 causes, cheapest first ### Water or Ice Tasting Stale: Filter Age, Scale and Idle Lines 6 causes, cheapest first ## Not a LG? 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Both come from the same duct-blockage sensor: d90 reports roughly 90% restriction and d95 about 95% or more, with LG's guidance being to check the lint filter, the outside vent airflow and the ductwork itself before running the dryer again. ### Is tCL on my LG laundry unit an error? No — LG describes it as the washer's own load counter telling you it's time to run the tub clean cycle, not a failure, and running the cycle with a washing-machine tub cleaner clears it. ### Why does LG's tub-clean guide also tell me to clean the drain pump filter? LG ties the two together because a dirty drain pump filter is a common cause of both leaking and poor performance, and its tub-clean instructions include unclipping the drain hose and removing the filter for a wash with a soft-bristle brush. ### Do I need to replace the water filter and the Fresh Air Filter at the same time? No — LG gives them separate schedules; the water filter's interval depends on usage and flow, while the Fresh Air Filter is recommended roughly every six months, each with its own reset button on the panel. --- **[Read on the site: LG Appliance Maintenance | ApplianceMaintenance.center](https://appliancemaintenance.center/brands/lg/)** **[Book a visit with ApplianceMaintenance.center](https://appliancemaintenance.center/schedule/)**