Water Filter for the LG LFXS26973S-00 (1000P)

LFXS26973S/00 specifics — where the filter actually lives

The LFXS26973S/00 carries its water filter upper rear of the fresh-food section in most French-door builds with interior dispensers — usually a kneeling-height or shoulder-height swap, not a teardown. It is a push-twist bay — press, quarter-turn, finished — the two-step seat keeps the o-ring from dragging on installation.

Order-day practicalities: plan on a towel for the first pull — sitting water in the line — and a five-second reset hold once the fresh cartridge is in. The badge reads LFXS26973S/00, but the chassis reads LF: LG uses it across the French-door range, which means shared cartridge economics — one media family, dozens of cabinet variants, all drinking from the same parts catalog. That trailing 00 is the revision counter: LF chassis revisions share one water path, so the cartridge order never changes with it.

LF vs LS — what the prefix tells you

Same parts shelf, two cabinet missions — split by cabinet mission (French-door versus side-by-side), joined by cartridge line — that is the LF/LS story. read the code as 26 cubic feet of capacity, which tells you the cartridge’s real workload between changes.

Swap it in 5 minutes

• Press the release (if fitted), twist the old cartridge free, and pull it from the header.
• Wet the new cartridge’s o-ring with cold tap water so it seats without dragging.
• Push the cartridge square onto the header, then give it the locking quarter turn.
• Run two gallons through the dispenser to flush carbon fines, then hold the filter-reset control until the status light clears.

What this filter takes out of your water

Coverage above lists what the standard addresses, not a performance claim for any specific cartridge — removal claims vary by certificate, so check the NSF listing for the exact part number you are buying.

LFXS26973S/00 filter questions