Enter your LG appliance's serial number to find its manufacture date — free, instant, no sign-up required.
Works for LG refrigerators, washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges, ovens & microwaves.
Not sure where to look? See where the tag is on your appliance ↓
The model/serial tag is usually a printed sticker or metal plate. Common locations by appliance type:
Inside the fridge compartment, along the side wall, or behind the crisper/produce drawer.
Inside the door frame, on the front-facing edge, or on the back of the top panel.
Inside the door frame, or on the inside of the lint filter housing.
On the edge of the door, visible when the door is open.
Inside the storage drawer at the bottom, or along the door frame.
Inside the door frame, along the edge visible when the door is open.
LG encodes the manufacture date directly into the first three characters of the serial number:
Why we show more than one possible year: LG's serial numbers don't encode the decade, only the final digit of the year. That means a serial starting with "6" is honestly ambiguous between 2006, 2016, and 2026 from the serial alone. Our tool shows every realistic candidate year rather than guessing — here's how to narrow it down further:
This tool is based on LG's publicly documented serial number format and is provided as a helpful estimate. It is not an official LG lookup service, and results should be treated as a best estimate rather than a certainty.
Enter the serial number from the model tag above. LG's format tells you the exact month and the final digit of the manufacture year — since the decade isn't encoded, we'll show you every realistic year that digit could match.
Because that's genuinely all the serial number tells you. Any tool claiming a single certain year from an LG serial alone is guessing at the decade — we'd rather be upfront about the real limitation than give you false confidence.
Not automatically in this tool, but it's useful context — cross-referencing your model number's owner's manual publication date is one of the best ways to rule out candidate years.
Once you know roughly how old your LG appliance is, our technicians can help you decide whether a repair still makes sense — try our Repair or Replace tool or call us for a same-day estimate.
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