GE Appliances serial number with year code L: 2018 or 2006 or 1994 or 1982

In the GE Appliances 1977 to present format the year letter L means 2018 or 2006 or 1994 or 1982. Two or more years share this letter, so the plate's other dates or the official lookup settle it.

• A GE Appliances serial number with year code L was built in 2018 or 2006 or 1994 or 1982 (1977 to present format; source: products.geappliances.com).
• Official GE Appliances page. Year letter repeats every 12 years, so GA = April 2001 or April 2013 (GE's own example); GE says to use the print date on the owner's manual (e.g. 02-20) to pick the cycle, or contact them with model + serial. Building-center's Hotpoint page text says '1st = year, 2nd = month' - that is backwards (its GE page, GE's page and the VZ902110G plate stamped NOVEMBER 1988 all say month first). Pre-1977 codes (E=1969/1948, N=1972/1956, two-letter codes AY..DB for 1961-68, B/C/J/K for 1945-53) are in the official table but rarely matter. Worked examples: VZ902110G = Nov 1988 (building-center plate photo), ZV700153M = Dec 1975/1987/1999, LR821547C = Jun 2020, RL059433C = Aug 2018, ZR525322 = Dec 1996, LV227019H = Jun 1999 (Hotpoint), RD166115R = Aug 2002 (Hotpoint) (appliancedates).

The full year-letter table

Month letters

Sources

• https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=16195official
• https://www.building-center.org/ge-appliances/
• https://www.building-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GE-chart.jpg
• https://appliancedates.com/MajorAppliances/GeDateCodes.htmlofficial
• https://www.building-center.org/hotpoint-appliances/
• https://www.geappliances.com/ge/service-and-support/official

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