Kenmore Dryer Model Guides — Complete Models Guide

Three Kenmore dryer guides, and every one of them names its actual manufacturer: the 70/80 Series and the Elite 110/796 are Whirlpool-built, while the other Elite line is LG-built. On a Kenmore that is the single most useful fact in any repair. The badge on the door tells you nothing about the parts inside; the prefix on the model number tells you whose catalogue to search.

So each guide begins by establishing which platform is actually in the laundry room, then covers its failures in the usual order — vent restriction, thermal fuse and thermostat, element or burner, control. The Whirlpool-built machines share drum support and belt arrangement with their Whirlpool equivalents, and the LG-built one shares sensors and codes with LG's. The pages name that equivalent rather than pretending Kenmore is its own platform.

Electric models hold 240 volts at the rear terminal block until the breaker is off; gas models add a supply line and a burner. Lint inside the cabinet has been accumulating for as long as the machine has run, which on these platforms is often a very long time, so clearing it belongs to the repair. Order by the full model number, prefix included, or the catalogue hands you the wrong platform. EasyBear services Kenmore dryers across Sacramento and the Bay Area.