LG dish care — clean the filter
LG's own support article says regular cleaning of the dishwasher filter ensures improved washing performance and prevents various errors and offensive odors, and gives the steps for removing, rinsing and reinstalling it.
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What Clean the dishwasher filter
actually means.
LG's own support article says regular cleaning of the dishwasher filter ensures improved washing performance and prevents various errors and offensive odors, and gives the steps for removing, rinsing and reinstalling it.
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What to do when Clean the dishwasher filter shows on the home applianceKind of codeFilters
A filter has reached the end of its life or is clogged enough for the appliance to notice: a refrigerator water cartridge past its gallons or months, a hood's grease or charcoal filter loaded with residue, a dish-care filter packed with food, a washer inlet filter choked with grit. The fix is a clean or a new filter of the right part number, fitted with the appliance unplugged and the water closed where there is one, then the reminder reset.
Usually leads toWater filter and descaling service
Fresh filters in dispensers and ice makers, and scale cleared from steam ovens, ice makers and dish care machines.
Shows up asDishes Coming Out Gritty or Spotted: Filter, Spray Arms and Rinse Aid
Dishes coming out gritty are plates and glasses with sandy specks, dried food, a white film or spots after a full cycle, often worse on the upper rack or in one corner.
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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.
SourceLG USA Support — LG Dishwasher: How to Clean the Filter
General LG dishwasher filter design; some models have a filter that lifts out directly, others require a counterclockwise twist first.
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in this order.
Each step comes from LG's own guidance for Clean the dishwasher filter on its home appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Pull out the lower basket and remove the filter, turning it counterclockwise on some models before lifting it out.
Rinse the filter clear of debris under running water.
Reinstall the filter in reverse order, checking it's seated correctly — LG warns improper installation lowers wash performance.
Run a Standard cycle with a bowl of vinegar in the lower basket occasionally to clean and deodorize the interior.
Still there?
It usually turns into water filter and descaling service. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
A dirty filter causing wash problems or odor is a cleaning issue, not a pump or spray-arm failure; LG's own guidance treats it as routine upkeep rather than a diagnostic code.
What you may
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The home appliance problems Clean the dishwasher filter tends to arrive with. Answer these at the home appliance before anyone is booked.
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Where Clean the dishwasher filter usually leads
Water filter and descaling service.
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home appliances.
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 appliance maintenanceMore LG codes
Filters on other makes
Cold storage
Upkeep for everything in the house that keeps things cold: refrigerators, freezers, wine and beverage units and ice makers, cleaned and checked before they start struggling.
Cooking appliances
Upkeep for ovens, ranges, cooktops, hoods, microwaves, steam and speed ovens: burners and igniters cleaned, gas joints checked, grease filters and descaling done on time.
Dish care
Upkeep for dishwashers and disposers: filters rinsed, spray arms cleared, the door seal and drain loop checked, and hard-water scale kept off the parts that heat and spray.
In LG's own words
Regular cleaning of the dishwasher filter ensures improved washing performance and prevention of various errors and offensive odors.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. General LG dishwasher filter design; some models have a filter that lifts out directly, others require a counterclockwise twist first.
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Still showing Clean the dishwasher filter?
A booking goes further when it has the reminder or code as shown, the model number from the rating plate, and a word on when that filter, screen or tub was last cleaned. With those three, the office can pack the right filter or cleaner for your appliance.