The **BE** display on a Samsung dishwasher points to **stuck-key / control-panel error**. Treat it as a diagnostic direction rather than a parts order: operating conditions, wiring, sensors, actuators, and control electronics can overlap. The exact stage when the code appears can be as important as the characters themselves. Note whether it happens at startup, during fill, heating, cooling, draining, spinning, drying, or after a power event. The recorded display form is **BE**. Search normalization stores it as **BE** while preserving the characters a homeowner actually sees.
Reviewed by Ethan Mercer · Last reviewed August 17, 2026
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Error codeBE
ApplianceDishwasher
Quick answer
Stuck-key / control-panel error.
Model compatibility: Samsung can reuse or reformat codes across series and model years, so BE may mean something different on another appliance or generation. Confirm this against your model’s documentation and record your full model number before acting.
Plain language
What this code means
The **BE** display on a Samsung dishwasher points to **stuck-key / control-panel error**. Treat it as a diagnostic direction rather than a parts order: operating conditions, wiring, sensors, actuators, and control electronics can overlap. The exact stage when the code appears can be as important as the characters themselves. Note whether it happens at startup, during fill, heating, cooling, draining, spinning, drying, or after a power event. The recorded display form is **BE**. Search normalization stores it as **BE** while preserving the characters a homeowner actually sees.
Signs
Symptoms you may notice
BE can be accompanied by this pattern: the appliance can stop or limit the affected function when the code is detected.
A symptom that fits BE is that the same code may return at a repeatable stage of operation.
While BE is active, other symptoms depend on the model and the subsystem named by Samsung.
The BE display becomes more meaningful if bE appears during the dishwasher function associated with stuck-key / control-panel error.
While BE is active, the cycle may stop, drain, fail to fill/heat, or repeat a stage.
These are simple, non-hazardous checks only. If anything is unclear, stop and contact a technician.
For BE, start by doing this: record the exact code, model number, and operating stage before resetting power.
Before requesting service for BE, complete only the owner-accessible checks described in the model manual.
As an external check for BE, do not replace parts solely from a display code when wiring, conditions, or control feedback can create the same result.
The next non-invasive check is to record the code before resetting.
As an external check for BE, check water supply, drain path/filter, door, detergent/suds, and visible leaks only when relevant.
The next non-invasive check is to if the code returns after the supported owner checks, request model-specific diagnosis.
Important safety warning. Stop use for active leakage near electrical parts, burning smell, or repeated breaker trips. Do not defeat leak or door-safety switches. For BE, stop troubleshooting immediately if the symptom crosses into a safety hazard rather than a normal diagnostic condition.
Get help
When to request repair service
For BE, the service threshold is straightforward: If the code returns after the documented basic checks, request model-specific diagnosis of the affected subsystem. Bring the exact model number and a photo of the display so the diagnosis stays tied to the documented Samsung code.
Book your repair
Seeing this code on your Samsung appliance?
Book a specialist visit for a clear estimate and approval before any repair.
A single documented power reset can help after an external condition or power event is corrected. If **BE** returns at the same stage, repeated resets only erase useful evidence and do not repair the cause.
Continue only if the appliance is otherwise safe and the owner-level checks are appropriate. Stop for leakage near electrical parts, smoke, burning odor, arcing, gas concerns, repeated breaker trips, uncontrolled heating, or unsafe temperatures.
No. **BE** tells you which condition or check the control detected. The same display can result from the named component, its wiring, a connector, a supply/airflow/water condition, or the control that reads it.
The same-looking code can be reused on another Samsung appliance family or reformatted by region/model year. Match the appliance type and exact model before applying a meaning. This page therefore keeps **Dishwasher BE** separate from same-looking codes used by other Samsung appliance families.
