Samsung Washers2016–present

Error Code SUD

There are too many soap suds in the washer.

Moderate

Address soon - your appliance may not work properly

Also displayed as: SUD or SUdS

What This Means

Too much detergent used; Non-HE detergent used in HE washer; Excessive foaming detected during wash cycle

What actually causes this:

Too much detergent was added, or regular (non-HE) detergent was used instead of High Efficiency detergent.

First Thing to Check

Let the washer finish its suds-reduction cycle — it will handle this automatically. Next time, use less detergent.

How to Fix

  1. 1

    1. Verify customer is using HE (High Efficiency) detergent

  2. 2

    2. Check amount of detergent being used

  3. 3

    3. 'SUdS' displayed during foam removal, 'End' displayed when removal is finished

  4. 4

    4. Normal cycle proceeds after foaming is removed

This Error Applies To

Samsung WA50K8600A Series Washers (2016) (2016–present)

Service manual exact match: WA50K8600AW/A2Service manual exact match: WA50K8600AV/A2Service manual exact match: WA52J8060AW/A2

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